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News/International

A small group of activists gather Nov. 6 outside the White House in Washington to celebrate the Obama administration's rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline. U.S. President Barack Obama may have denied the permit for construction of the pipeline to carry tar sands oil from Alberta in western Canada to U.S. Gulf Coast refineries, but some aren't sure the $8-billion project is dead yet.

Some believe Keystone pipeline not dead yet

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WASHINGTON - U.S. President Barack Obama may have denied the permit for construction of the Keystone XL pipeline to carry oil from Alberta to U.S. Gulf Coast refineries, but Nebraskans Susan and Jim Dunavan aren't so sure the $8-billion project is dead yet.

A Mexican soldier stands guard outside of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, as soldiers burn tons of drugs in 2010. Pope Francis is exploring the possibility of visiting the previously problematic border city of Ciudad Juarez, where a battle between drug cartels during the last decade cost more than 10,000 lives in a four-year period.

Mexican foreign minister confirms Pope to visit capital, three states

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MEXICO CITY - Mexican Foreign Minister Claudia Ruiz Massieu has confirmed that Pope Francis will visit the capital, Mexico City, along with the states of Chihuahua and Chiapas -- on the northern and southern borders respectively -- and Michoacan in western Mexico.

Kenya's bishops urge country to embrace peace, co-existence as Pope's visit nears

Kenya's bishops urge country to embrace peace, co-existence as Pope's visit nears

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NAIROBI, Kenya - The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops called on Kenyans to prepare for Pope Francis' first visit to Africa at the end of November by embracing peace and co-existence and with prayer.

Peacekeeping troops escort a humanitarian aid convoy in mid-February in Bangui, Central African Republic. A Comboni missionary in the country, recounting the violence taking place around his parish in the capital, expressed hope that Pope Francis' planned visit would open people's hearts to God's love and "renew the face of this beautiful country drenched in blood."

Central African Republic: Comboni hopes Pope visit will stop violence

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VATICAN CITY - A Comboni missionary in the Central Africa Republic, recounting the violence taking place around his parish in the capital, expressed hope that Pope Francis' planned visit would open people's hearts to God's love and "renew the face of this beautiful country drenched in blood."

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Pope Francis ‘prepared to battle’ on Vatican reform, senior cardinal says

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NEW YORK - Despite intense opposition from some conservatives and new revelations of financial scandals in the Vatican, Pope Francis is at peace with the reformist course he has set for the Catholic Church, according to a cardinal who is a leading advisor to the pontiff.

"We cannot love God when we do not appreciate or care for what God has made," says Ghanaian Cardinal Peter Turkson, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. The cardinal, pictured in a 2015 file photo, made the comments in an Oct. 31 interview with the Catholic Times, newspaper of the Diocese of Columbus, Ohio.

Turkson hopes Laudato Si' will have impact on Paris climate conference

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COLUMBUS, Ohio - Cardinal Peter Turkson, the lead consultant on the papal encyclical on the environment, is hoping the document would have a significant impact on the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Paris.

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Pope Francis expected to visit U.S.-Mexico border in February

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NEW YORK - A Honduran cardinal who is a top advisor to Pope Francis said he expects the pontiff to travel to Mexico’s border with the United States when he visits that country in February.

Persecution is a 'shared experience' that unites all Christians

Persecution is a 'shared experience' that unites all Christians

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VATICAN CITY - The persecution and martyrdom of Christians around the world have become "a shared experience" and a common journey that unites all who give witness to Christ, Pope Francis said.

People check their names on final voter list displayed at a polling station in Mandalay, Myanmar, Nov. 1. Myanmar will hold its nationwide general elections Nov. 8.

Myanmar's cardinal uneasy about pre-election push for one race, religion

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YANGON, Myanmar - From his residence at St. Mary's Cathedral, Cardinal Charles Bo has a front-row seat to the changes sweeping across his country. What he has witnessed ahead of the nation's Nov. 8 election — the first fully contested since 1990 — has troubled him, reported ucanews.com.

Merchants in the Temple is Italain journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi's second book based on leaked documents from the Vatican. Photo courtesy of Catholic News Service.

News 'VatiLeaks' 2015: Books claim strong resistance to pope's finance reform

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VATICAN CITY - Financial wrongdoing at the Vatican, leaked documents and arrests by the Vatican police may make it seem like 2012 all over again, but the situation -- while serious -- is not the breach of papal privacy that the earlier "VatiLeaks" scandal was.

Italian journalist Eugenio Scalfari, co-founder and former editor of La Repubblica, speaks on Italian television Feb. 1. Scalfari wrote in La Repubblica about his Oct. 28 telephone conversation with Pope Francis. The journalist claims the pope said that in principle Communion for the divorced and civilly remarried was accepted by the recent Synod of Bishops on the family.

Reporter claims Pope approves Communion for all remarried who ask

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VATICAN CITY - The Vatican spokesman described as obviously "unreliable" an Italian journalist's claim that Pope Francis told him that following the Synod of Bishops on the family, "all the divorced who ask" will be admitted to Communion.

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