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Pope Francis greets the crowd as he arrives to celebrate Mass at Kosevo stadium in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, June 6. Also in the popemobile is Bosnian Cardinal Vinko Puljic of Sarajevo. The pope was making a one-day visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina to encourage a minority Catholic community in the faith, and to foster dialogue and peace in a nation still largely divided along ethnic lines.

Peace demands passion, patience, hard work, Pope tells Balkan nation

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SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina - To overcome fear, discrimination and conflict, people must have a deep desire to open themselves up to God and his mercy, and work actively for peace every day, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis speaks to journalists aboard his flight from Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, to Rome June 6. At left is Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman. The pope announced on the return flight that a decision soon will be announced conc erning alleged Marian apparitions in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Vatican ready to announce decision, guidelines on Medjugorje, Pope says

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ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina - Pope Francis said the Vatican was ready to make an announcement concerning the alleged Marian apparitions in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Pope Francis rides in his popemobile during his weekly audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican June 3.

South Korean SUV joins elite popemobile fleet

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VATICAN CITY - A new, specially modified Hyundai SUV has joined the elite ranks of the popemobile fleet.

Fr. Pius Perumana, Caritas Nepal director, centre, gives instructions to staff at Assumption Catholic Church in Lalitpur May 1.

Caritas expertise key in Nepal rebuild

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TORONTO - Nepalese are busy rebuilding their country a month after the first of two devastating earthquakes. But the mountainous Asian nation got its practice in disaster recovery putting communities back together during more than a decade of civil war between Maoist rebels and government forces — a war that set individual communities in violent opposition to one another.

Pope Francis speaks during his weekly audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican June 3

Pope urges balanced look at Dehonian founder, accused of anti-Semitism

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VATICAN CITY - Fr. Leon Dehon, founder of the Sacred Heart of Jesus religious order, had prayed to God for humility, Pope Francis said; God granted his prayer posthumously by allowing his beatification to be blocked amid claims of anti-Semitism.

California senate passed a bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide in a 23-14 vote June 4.

Right-to-die act inspired by Brittany Maynard passes California Senate

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Right-to-die legislation passed a milestone in California Thursday (June 4) when the state Senate approved a bill to legalize physician-assisted dying in a 23-14 vote.

Pope Francis and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet laugh during a private audience at the Vatican June 5.

Pope Francis meets Chilean president amid debate over easing tough abortion law

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Pope Francis met Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, while outside in St. Peter’s Square anti-abortion protesters drew attention to one of the most controversial topics up for discussion between the two leaders June 5.

Rescue workers carry a body from the remains of a gas station that exploded in Accra, Ghana. The following day, June 5, Pope Francis sent "heartfelt condolences" to the citizens of Ghana.

Pope sends condolences to Ghana after gas explosion, flooding

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis sent "heartfelt condolences" to the citizens of Ghana after at least 150 people were killed in a gas explosion in the country's capital, Accra.

Pope Francis smiles alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin during a private audience at the Vatican Nov. 25, 2013.

Putin to visit Pope Francis amid global tensions

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VATICAN CITY - Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Pope Francis on June 10, with pressure on the pontiff to speak up about the Kremlin’s role in the Ukraine conflict.

French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian offers his condolences to Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria, patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, at the Coptic cathedral in Cairo in late February. Earlier in the month, Islamic State released a video of the killing of Egyptian Christians in Libya.

French Catholics want countries to quit buying oil from Islamic State

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OXFORD, England - French Catholics have urged church support for a campaign to stop Western companies from buying oil from Islamic State, in effect funding the mass killing of Christians.

Men collect fuel oil from rocks April 23 following an oil spill along Veneguera beach in Spain's Canary Islands. Few papal encyclicals have been as eagerly awaited as Pope Francis' upcoming statement on the environment to be published June 19.

Encyclical named after St. Francis prayer to be released June 18

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis' encyclical on the environment, "Laudato Sii" (Praised Be), a line from St. Francis of Assisi's "Canticle of Creatures," will be released June 18, the Vatican press office announced.

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