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A boy stands with cross outside Sacre Coeur basilica in Paris April 3. Catholic churches in France have been placed under police protection and urged to take extra security measures against possible Islamist attacks before the Aug. 15 feast of the Assumption.

French churches get increased security before feast of Assumption

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PARIS - Catholic churches in France have been placed under police protection and urged to take extra security measures against possible Islamist attacks before the Aug. 15 feast of the Assumption.

Community leaders, politicians and administration officers pour contents of an illicit brew during a crackdown in July 2015.

Kenyan clergy joins battle against deadly homemade brews

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NAIROBI, Kenya - Clerics in Kenya are backing a presidential decree banning homemade brews, largely blamed for a recent spate of deaths in the East African nation.

A mother kisses her 3-month-old son during Mass in Huntingtown, Md., May 3. An Italian priest is offering more than $2,000 to Catholic couples who have three or more children under certain conditions.

Italian Catholic priest offers 'baby bonus' -- with strings attached

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ROME - A Tuscany priest is offering a baby bonus of more than $2,000 to Italian Catholic families who have three or more children. But there are strings attached.

A boy eats a free meal during a July 20 feeding program at a slum area in Manila, Philippines. The head of the Philippine bishops' conference said helping the poor and getting rid of political dynasties should be front and center in the months leading up to the country's May elections.

Poor, political dynasties should be issues in Philippine election, says archbishop

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MANILA, Philippines - The head of the Philippine bishops' conference said helping the poor and getting rid of political dynasties should be front and centre in the months leading up to the country's May elections.

Afghan children are seen in late May at a temporary shelter in an internally displaced persons camp on the outskirts of Balkh province, Afghanistan. To promote a reflection on the need for a "conversion of mind and heart" open to the needs of others, Pope Francis has chosen "Overcome indifference and win peace" as the theme for the church's celebration of the World Day of Peace 2016.

Papal message for World Peace Day to focus on overcoming indifference

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VATICAN CITY - Selfishness and fear keep too many people ignorant of the suffering of others and prevent them from finding creative ways to express solidarity and to promote peace, said a statement from the Vatican's justice and peace office.

A burned-out section of the Benedictine Church of the Multiplication at Tabgha, Israel, is seen after an arson fire in late June. The Assembly of the Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land filed an official complaint to Israeli police against the leader of a radical Israeli movement over his remarks supporting and encouraging the burning of churches.

Jewish extremist poses threat to Holy Land Christians, church body says

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JERUSALEM - The church body authorized by the Vatican to oversee the Catholic Church’s property in Israel has asked Israel’s attorney general to indict a Jewish extremist who, it says, recently incited violence against Israel’s Christian churches.

Children paddle in water in Navotas City, Philippines, May 10.

Pope declares Sept. 1 ‘World Day of Prayer’ for environment

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VATICAN - The Vatican announced a World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, the latest move by Pope Francis to push environmental issues up the global agenda Aug. 10.

A Los Angeles protester with arms raised participates in a Nov. 25 march following the grand jury decision in the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo.

Forgiveness at heart of healing after Ferguson violence, says archbishop

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ST. LOUIS - Forgiveness. Such a simple word, a mere 11 letters but it's at the heart of the Catholic faith, along with love, peace and justice, said the archbishop of St. Louis.

People protest Aug. 6 in San Antonio on a sidewalk outside a Planned Parenthood clinic that performs abortions. Federal and state lawmakers have called for an investigation of Planned Parenthood and defunding it after the organization's top physicians were videotaped talking about ways to perform abortions to better salvage intact fetal tissue and organs intact to sell to researchers.

For abortion foes, it’s now more ‘SHOCK!’ and less ‘Awwwww’

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In recent years, up-and-coming leaders in the U.S. anti-abortion movement have been pushing for a kinder, gentler strategy for their “pro-life” campaign — an effort to win hearts and minds with an upbeat message and affecting ultrasound photos.

This museum representation of a nuclear bombing shows burned skin peeling and hanging from hands Aug. 6 at the Peace Museum in Hiroshima, Japan.

Pope Francis on the anniversary of the bomb: ‘A lasting warning to humanity’

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VATICAN CITY - Seventy years after the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki, Pope Francis on Aug. 9 described the bomb as a “lasting warning to humanity.”

An Assyrian woman prays at a church in Damascus March 1 during a special Mass for Assyrian Christians abducted by Islamic State fighters. In early August, Islamic State militants attacked Qaryatain, a town where Christians sought refuge after leaving Aleppo, and Hawwarin, a nearby Assyrian village, where 2,000 Assyrian Christians were forced to flee.

Dozens of Christians feared to be among 230 kidnapped in Syria

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AMMAN, Jordan - Dozens of Christians are feared to be among the 230 people abducted by Islamic State after the extremist group's militants captured a central Syrian town in early August.

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