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Sister Helen Prejean, an advocate for the abolition of the death penalty. Prejean believes that Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was sincere in the regret for the victims.

Sr. Prejean tells Boston jury of Tsarnaev's regret for victims

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BOSTON - Sr. Helen Prejean, the death penalty abolition advocate, told a jury May 11 that convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev expressed remorse for his victims in discussions with her.

Children gather around a South African helicopter that dropped food supplies to families affected by flooding in Quelimane, Mozambique, Jan. 20. Pope Francis urged the Togo bishops to spend time with their people to share the positive aspects of family life, such as a culture of new life and respect for elders, in Africa.

Church must promote dialogue, education, families in Africa, Pope says

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VATICAN CITY - Promoting dialogue, education and strong families, the Catholic Church in Africa fulfills its mission to proclaim God's love and to work for the common good, Pope Francis said in separate meetings with the bishops of Mozambique and of Togo.

Pope Francis talks with Cuban President Raul Castro during a private audience at the Vatican May 10.

Castro says Pope is so impressive he might start praying again

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VATICAN CITY - After spending close to an hour with Pope Francis, Cuban President Raul Castro told reporters he is so impressed by what the Pope does and says that he might start praying and could even return to the church.

Marta Titaniec, projects coordinator of Caritas Poland, distributes sweets to inmates of the Children’s Home for prisoners’ children at Sankhu village outside Kathmandu, Nepal, May 7. Caritas Poland has brought a Polish air force plane with more than 14,500 kilograms of relief material for the victims of the April 25 Nepal earthquake.

Relief items in short supply in landlocked Nepal

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KATHMANDU, Nepal - Anam Tamang was excited: A truck of earthquake relief supplies had finally arrived at Caritas Nepal headquarters in Kathmandu.

Dominican Father Gustavo Gutierrez is pictured in 2007 on the campus of the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. Father Gutierrez, known as the father of liberation theology, had an informal meeting with Pope Francis Sept. 11 at the pontiff's residence, Domus Sanctae Martae.

Liberation theology’s founder basks in a belated rehabilitation under Pope Francis

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NEW YORK - It used to be that just saying the words “liberation theology” around Catholics was enough to start a schism-level fight, or at least raise a red flag in Rome.

St. Joseph Sister Monique Niraula joins two other women in packing relief material for earthquake victims at Assumption Catholic Church in Lalitpur, Nepal, May 1.

Caritas leader sees 'Francis effect' at work on the ground

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VATICAN CITY - Catholic charities around the world have no doubt about the reality of a "Francis effect" on their work.
Because of the ongoing global economic crisis, most of the 164 national Catholic charities that form the Caritas Internationalis confederation report no significant increase in donations. However, the secretary-general of the Vatican-based network says Pope Francis has had a huge impact on their programs and priorities, on the number of volunteers and, especially, on their sharing.

Catholics from the local and international community attend Christmas Eve Mass at Mother Teresa Cathedral in Pristina, Kosovo. There are about 65,000 Catholics in Kosovo, a country that is predominantly Muslim.

Muslim Kosovars rediscover their long-forgotten Roman Catholic roots

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BROD, Kosovo - The Catholic priest followed the village elders up a narrow road that curved between the green hills in the tiny hamlet of Gjonaj in southern Kosovo.

A French court ordered authorities to remove a statue of St. John Paul II in the town of Ploermel. The town’s mayor plans to appeal the court order.

French court orders removal of St. John Paul II statue from town square

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VATICAN CITY - A French court has told authorities in Ploermel, France, to remove the small town's statue of St. John Paul II on claims the statue's placement in a public square violated the separation of church and state.

Earthquake survivors select clothes from a relief material delivery near Gorkha, Nepal, May 1.

Resilient Nepalis will rebuild, Jesuit says

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The April 25 earthquake that killed more than 8,000 and left close to 15,000 injured was bad, but “it could have been terribly, terribly worse,” said Canadian Jesuit Father Bill Robins.

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York with Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York City, responds to a question during the annual John Paul II Center Lecture for Interreligious Understanding at the seminary May 6.

Cardinal calls Catholics, Jews to continue building unity through God

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NEW YORK - Catholics and Jews risk losing their hard-won interfaith amity if they take ecumenism for granted and fail to pass it along to a new generation of seminarians and laity, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York said in an address at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.

Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches, speaks with displaced Iraqis May 4 in Irbil, Iraq.

Iraq without Christians is not Iraq, cardinal told

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IRBIL, Iraq - The head of the Vatican's Congregation for Eastern Churches visited Iraq to convey Pope Francis' blessing and concern for Church officials and the displaced living and working in difficult circumstances.

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