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People pray the Our Father during Mass with Pope Francis in Christ the Redeemer Square in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, July 9.

Eucharistic sharing is call to mission, to feeding the poor, Pope says

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SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia - The Eucharist is a missionary sacrament; it calls people to give all they are and have to God, seek His blessing and then take His love to the world, Pope Francis said at the opening Mass for Bolivia's national eucharistic congress.

Bolivian President Evo Morales presents a gift to Pope Francis at the government palace in La Paz, Bolivia, July 8. The gift was a wooden hammer and sickle -- the symbol of communism -- with a figure of a crucified Christ.

Pope Francis not amused by 'communist crucifix'

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La Paz, Bolivia - Pope Francis shook his head no and told Bolivia's president, "this is not okay," after being presented with  a “communist crucifix” — a carving of Christ crucified on the hammer of a hammer and sickle.

Pope Francis walks with Bolivian President Evo Morales and children in traditional dress as he arrives at El Alto International Airport in La Paz, Bolivia, July 8. The airport is over 4000 metres above sea level.

Arriving in Bolivia, Pope insists on church's role in public life

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LA PAZ, Bolivia - Praising Bolivia's efforts to include all its citizens in the country's economic, political and social life, Pope Francis also defended the record and the right of the Catholic Church to be an active member of society and the right of the bishops to comment on public issues.

Pope Francis places flowers at a statue of Mary before meeting with clergy, religious men and women, and seminarians at the El Quinche National Marian Shrine in Quito, Ecuador, July 8.

At Marian shrine, Pope reminds clergy, religious: Remember your roots

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QUITO, Ecuador - Clergy and religious must remember that all they have is freely given by God and they must never forget where they came from, Pope Francis told sisters, priests, seminarians and bishops gathered July 8 at the El Quinche Marian shrine near here.

California Governor Jerry Brown told Climate Summit of the Americas delegates July 8 that Pope Francis’ discussion of climate change as a moral issue is critical.

Laudato Si' front and centre at Americas' climate summit

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TORONTO - California Governor Jerry Brown, in Toronto for the Climate Summit of the Americas, claims he is travelling with a copy of Pope Francis’ environmental encyclical Laudato Si’ and “going through it carefully.”

People queue to withdraw money from an ATM outside a branch of Greece's National Bank in Athens, Greece, July 6.

Greek archbishop hopeful for new deal to save his country's economy

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ATHENS, Greece - A Greek archbishop said he was hopeful for a last-minute deal to save his country from bankruptcy.

The sponsors behind a bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide pulled it hours before a California state Assembly hearing July 7. Here, a palliative care patient smiles as a Dominican Sister plays the piano at a nursing home for people with incurable cancer.

California assisted suicide bill appears dead for 2015

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SAN FRANCISCO - The primary sponsors of legislation legalizing physician-assisted suicide pulled the bill hours before a state Assembly hearing July 7, with its authors saying the bill was dead for this year.

Auxiliary Bishop Nicholas Hudson of Westminster, Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster and Clare Ward, home mission adviser of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, address media July 7 in London about creating evangelization teams for every parish in England and Wales.

English, Welsh bishops launch initiative for 'missionary parishes'

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LONDON - Catholic bishops in England and Wales hope to establish evangelization teams to transform about 5,000 churches into "missionary parishes."

Pope Francis told students and educators at the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador July 7 that humans were invited to grow and protect creation. A floral hummingbird is seen as the Pope celebrates Mass in Bicentennial Park in Quito, Ecuador.

Educate young to care for others, for the earth, Pope tells teachers

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QUITO, Ecuador - Education is a right and a privilege that should impart not only knowledge and skills, but also a sense of responsibility for others and for the earth, Pope Francis told representatives of Ecuadorean schools and universities.

Pope Francis greets the crowd outside the cathedral in Quito, Ecuador, July 6. The Pope is making an eight-day trip to Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay.

Building unity in church, society is key to evangelization, Pope says

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QUITO, Ecuador - Catholics will never be effective evangelizers if they are squabbling among themselves, and they cannot show the world how faith in Christ responds to the human yearning for freedom and peace if they are divided, Pope Francis said.

Australian Cardinal George Pell told Irish delegates that preserving religious freedoms will be the new political struggle. The cardinal is pictured in a 2014 photo in Sydney.

Same-sex votes show society abandoning Christian foundations

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CORK, Ireland - The outcome of May's same-sex marriage referendum in Ireland and the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court on the same issue clearly show the extent to which Western society is abandoning many of its Christian legal foundations, said Australian Cardinal George Pell, prefect of the Vatican's Secretariat for the Economy.

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