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News/International

Dr. Gregory Delgado, medical director of Culture of Life Family Health Care, speaks during the National Right to Life Committee's annual convention in New Orleans July 9.

RU-486 abortion pill can be reversed, says physician

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NEW ORLEANS - While the annual number of abortions in the U.S. has dropped from a high of 1.6 million in 1990 to about 1.06 million today, the number of chemical abortions through the use of RU-486 has increased and now represents about 25 per cent of all abortions.

Brittany “Bree” Newsome is arrested after the Confederate flag was removed from a pole at the Statehouse in Columbia, S.C., on June 27, 2015.

Activist who took down Confederate flag drew on her faith and on new civil rights awakening

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HOT SPRINGS, North Carolina - As she prepared for her mission — scaling the nine-metre flagpole outside the South Carolina Statehouse to bring down the Confederate flag — Bree Newsome reread the biblical story of David and Goliath.

A group of Filipino bishops will draft a position paper to address climate change and to hopefully present it at the 2015 United Nations climate summit in Paris, said Archbishop Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan.

Philippine bishops tackle climate change during general meeting

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MANILA, Philippines - The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines tackled climate change on different fronts and also addressed a host of other issues, from equitable education to sovereign disputes at its biannual plenary session July 6-13.

Pope Francis answers questions from journalists aboard his flight from Asuncion, Paraguay, to Rome July 12.

Pope says he'll read critiques of his economic thought before U.S. trip

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ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM PARAGUAY - Before arriving in the United States in September, Pope Francis said, he will study American criticisms of his critiques of the global economy and finance.

People wait for Pope Francis' arrival to Banado Norte, a poor neighbourhood in Asuncion, Paraguay, July 12.

Pope says Paraguayans in poor barrio remind him of Holy Family

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ASUNCION, Paraguay - Pope Francis returned to his roots July 12 when he visited Banado Norte, a poor neighbourhood near the Paraguay River where residents battle seasonal flooding and face possible eviction.

Pope Francis receives flowers at Silvio Pettirossi International Airport in Asuncion, Paraguay, July 10.

Close to home, Pope highlights need for cooperation for common good

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CAACUPE, Paraguay - Pope Francis was as close to home as he has been since becoming pope in March 2013 as he celebrated Mass at Paraguay's popular shrine of Our Lady of Miracles of Caacupe.

Bill Levin poses in the sanctuary at The First Church of Cannabis, on June 23, 2015. The sanctuary, still under renovation, includes a painting on the back wall of two hands passing a cannabis cigarette. The painting, by CS Stanley, the church’s minister of art, is similar to a detail of the Michelangelo “Creation of Adam” on the Sistine Chapel ceiling.

Indiana’s Church of Cannabis files religious liberty suit

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INDIANAPOLIS - The First Church of Cannabis filed a lawsuit against the state of Indiana and city of Indianapolis, challenging state laws on possession and use of marijuana as infringing upon religious beliefs.
Pope Francis blesses a plaque commemorating St. John Paul II's 1988 visit during the arrival ceremony at Silvio Pettirossi International Airport in Asuncion, Paraguay, July 10.

Pope honours St. John Paul's historic visit to Paraguay

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ASUNCION, Paraguay - Arriving in Paraguay July 10, Pope Francis paid tribute to the historic visit to the country made in 1988 by St. John Paul II, a visit many people saw as contributing to the end of one of the world's longest military dictatorships.

A family prays before Sunday Mass starts at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Alexandria, Va., Nov. 27, 2011.

U.S. Catholic families: strong on prayer, weak on sacraments

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Most of today’s American Catholic parents don’t go to Mass, provide any Catholic education for their children or stress the basic sacraments beyond baptism.

Pope Francis speaks at the second World Meeting of Popular Movements in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, July 9.

Pope to activists: Defend the earth, demand economic reform

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SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia - Meeting with an international gathering of grassroots activists, Pope Francis not only encouraged, but tried to add fuel to their fire for "standing up to an idolatrous (economic) system which excludes, debases and kills."

A family pays a wheelbarrow operator to take a box of sandwiches and other care items to a relative inside the Palmasola prison in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, July 8. Pope Francis is scheduled to visit the prison July 10.

Bolivian families, Church workers hope Pope's prison visit spurs change

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SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia - Fernando Fernande brought toilet paper, soap and food to the Palmasola prison, where his son has been locked up for the past two years.

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