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Top priest psychologist Msgr. Stephen Rossetti told hundreds of Irish delegates that in the United States, child abuse rates are dropping throughout society and the church. He also said that the Catholic Church is no longer a safe haven for child abusers. Rossetti spoke at the first national conference on safeguarding children in Ireland Feb. 27-28.

U.S. priest to Irish safeguarding meeting: Church not haven for abusers

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ATHLONE, Ireland - The Catholic Church is "no longer a safe haven for child abusers," said a top priest psychologist who advises the U.S. bishops on child sexual abuse.

Nigerians are seen packed in a van fleeing Mubi, Nigeria, following attacks in 2014. Nigeria's bishops criticized Boko Haram insurgents' use of children to commit crimes such as suicide bombings.

Nigerian bishops criticize Boko Haram's use of kids as suicide bombers

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LAGOS, Nigeria - Nigeria's bishops criticized Boko Haram insurgents' use of children to commit crimes such as suicide bombings.

Pope Francis gives a blessing as he leads the Angelus from the window of the Apostolic Palace in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Feb. 22.

Remedy against violence is seeing differences as beneficial, says Pope

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VATICAN CITY - The best antidote to violence is teaching people to discover and accept differences as being valuable, Pope Francis told the bishops of North Africa.

A priest gives Communion during Mass at a church in Baghdad March 1. Christian organizations have begun funneling aid to Syrian cities that are housing refugees from the Islamic State.

Catholic aid group channels money to help Christians displaced in Syria

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BEIRUT - A pontifical aid organization has begun sending aid to families who fled their homes when Islamic State militants raided a cluster of Assyrian Christian villages on the Khabur River in northeast Syria.

Displaced people from the minority Yezidi community keep warm under blankets as they take refuge in a building in Shikhan, Iraq, Jan. 19. Thousands of Iraq's religious minorities were displaced by vicious attacks by Islamic State militants last summer.

19 Assyrian Christians released, but many concerned for more than 200 said to be held captive

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AMMAN, Jordan - Christians in the Middle East welcomed the release of nearly 20 Assyrian Christians abducted by Islamic State militants in northeastern Syria, but expressed concern that more than 200 others remained in captivity.

Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, poses with Chris Caicedo, Andrea Minichini and their son, Gabriel Caicedo, following a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington Feb. 23 to call attention to a protocol to reverse RU-486 medical abortions.

Baby born after RU-486 reversal is 'light of our life,' says father

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WASHINGTON - Two-month-old Gabriel Caicedo is one of 78 children who have been saved by a new medical protocol being used to reverse the effects of the RU-486 abortion regimen in its early stages.

Carabinieri police officers stand guard in front of the shroud in Turin, Italy, May 2, 2012.

During shroud display, Turin reaches out to women who have aborted

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ROME - With the aim of ensuring that the public display of the Shroud of Turin promotes conversion and healing, the archbishop of Turin has given priests throughout the archdiocese special faculties to offer absolution to women who confess to having had an abortion.

Soldiers of the U.S. Army's 2nd Cavalry Regiment, deployed in Latvia as part of NATO's Operation Atlantic Resolve, ride in an armoured vehicle during a joint military exercise in Adazi Feb. 26. Catholic officials in Latvia are trying to stay out of the region's ideological war with neighbouring Russia.

Latvian Church officials wary of regional propaganda wars

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WARSAW, Poland - Catholic officials in Latvia are trying to stay out of the region's ideological war with neighboUring Russia.

Catholic and Orthodox patriarchs meet in Bkerke, Lebanon, Jan. 27 to address the crises in the Middle East. Pictured from left to right are Melkite Catholic Patriarch Gregoire III Laham; Greek Orthodox Patriarch John X of Antioch; Lebanese Cardinal Becha ra Rai, Maronite patriarch; Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II; and Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan.

Melkite, Orthodox patriarchs urge world to work to solve Syrian crisis

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BEIRUT - Two Syrian-born patriarchs separately urged the international community to work together to address the crisis in Syria and the region.

A French soldier stands guard in 2014 outside St. Joseph Cathedral in Bambari, Central African Republic. A church leader confirmed Pope Francis will visit the Central African Republic later this year in an effort to end two years of intercommunal conflict.

Central African archbishop compares his people to Israelites in desert

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BANGUI, Central African Republic - An archbishop in Central African Republic compared citizens of his country to the people of Israel wandering in the desert and urged them to use the Pope's planned autumn visit to escape from their "prolonged crisis."

In a cafe in the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep, Zaid AlFares, a journalist from Raqqa city, tells about life under the Islamic State group.

Islamic State refugees grow disgruntled

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SANLIURFA, Turkey - Hassan, a chain-smoking 20-year-old from Syria, sits in a cafe across the border from his homeland, one of thousands who escaped the clutches of the Islamic State group.

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