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Sister Dorothy Stang is seen on the right. In this Feb. 15, 2005, file photo (background), inhabitants of Anapu, Brazil, gather for a Mass to honor U.S.-born Sr. Dorothy Stang, a member of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur who was murdered by ranchers three days earlier. In the 10 years since her murder, land reform risks have not decreased, said one of the coordinators of the Brazilian bishops' Pastoral Land Commission.

Sr. Dorothy Stang died fighting for Brazil’s landless; 10 years later, not much has changed

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PARA, Brazil - On Feb. 12, 2005, two hired gunmen killed Sr. Dorothy Stang, 73, as she read aloud from the Bible in a remote settlement just off the Trans-Amazonian Highway.

Displaced Iraqi Yezidi children greet Catholic Relief Service workers and a delegation of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, led by Bishop Oscar Cantu during a visit to Shariah Collective, Iraq, Jan. 17.

Education a priority for church agencies aiding displaced Iraqis

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SHARIAH COLLECTIVE, Iraq - Young children happily sing songs in Kurdish and Arabic, play interactive games, learn to count and how to read and write under a big colorful tent. Meanwhile, teens and pre-teens study more serious subjects.

Irish Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin, center, talks with Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila, Philippines, before the morning session of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican Oct. 9.

Dublin archbishop appalled by delay in applying child safety guidelines

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DUBLIN - Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin said he would seek assurances from religious congregations operating in his diocese that they are rigidly following child protection guidelines after a fresh round of audits raised serious concerns.

Ezo owl chicks sit in a tree just after leaving their nest on Hokkaido Island, Japan, June 11, 2014. Pope Francis plans to issue an encyclical on the environment later this year.

Anticipation building for papal encyclical on environment

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WASHINGTON - The much-anticipated encyclical by Pope Francis on the environment, expected sometime this spring or early summer, is generating a lot of buzz in Washington and elsewhere.

A sailor from the Greek Coast Guard monitors the Mediterranean Sea for undocumented migrants Sept. 24, 2014

Pope calls for solidarity with migrants after deadly sea crossing

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis once again urged solidarity with migrants who risk their lives crossing the Mediterranean Sea for Europe, and assured prayers for the victims of a deadly crossing in early February.

Jordan's Queen Rania holds a picture of First Lt. Muath al-Kasasbeh, executed Jordanian pilot, during a Feb. 6 march in Amman. As Jordan steps up airstrikes on Islamic State targets in Syria to avenge the murder, Catholic and other leaders are hoping tha t the tragedy can still yield good for the future.

Jordanians hope death of pilot, U.S. aid worker, can still yield good

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AMMAN, Jordan - As Jordan steps up airstrikes on Islamic State targets in Syria to avenge the murder of its pilot, Catholic and other leaders are hoping that the tragedy can still yield good for the future.

Tribal fighters take part in an intensive security deployment against Islamic State militants in Haditha, Iraq. A Chaldean archbishop has called for U.S. and British troops on the ground to help defeat the Islamic State.

Iraq needs U.S. boots on the ground

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LONDON - A Chaldean Catholic archbishop called for the redeployment of American and British troops in Iraq to prevent the “genocide” of Christians and other minorities by Islamic State militants.

Cardinal Jaime Ortega of Havana waves after concelebrating Mass Sept. 14 at the Basilica-Cathedral Notre Dame de Quebec in Quebec City.

Thaw' in U.S.-Cuba relations due to prayer, dialogue, says Cuban cardinal

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ROME - The move to normalize relations between Cuba and the United States has inaugurated "a new time ... for encounter and dialogue" between the two countries and is cause for great hope, said the cardinal of Havana.

A boy and his younger brother eat their free meals during a feeding program in late May at a slum area in Manila, Philippines. Pope Francis denounced widespread hunger due to wasted food as a symptom of a "throwaway culture" and called for greater effort to build a worldwide "culture of encounter and solidarity" instead.

Caritas aiming to end global hunger, poverty by 2025

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WASHINGTON - Caritas Internationalis is going big-picture with its first global campaign, aiming to end hunger worldwide by 2025.

Pope Francis is pictured with Cardinal Gerhard Muller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Nov. 19.

Cardinal Muller says Curia reform should stimulate reform of Church

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VATICAN CITY - Throughout history, the Catholic Church has reviewed and reformed its structures to free them from "a worldly mentality and earthly models of the exercise of power," leading to a necessary spiritual renewal, said the head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley and president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors warns bishops who do not follow the Vatican-approved child protection norms will face “real consequences.”

Bishops' accountability is key concern for Pope's child protection commission

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VATICAN CITY - Bishops who do not comply with the child protection norms adopted by their bishops' conferences and approved by the Vatican must face real consequences, said Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston, president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.

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