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Demonstrators shout slogans as they hold placards during a protest outside Sacred Heart Cathedral in New Delhi Feb. 5. Hundreds of Christian protesters clashed with police in India's capital as they tried to press demands for better government protection amid concern about rising intolerance after a series of attacks on churches.

Indian Christians arrested during protest outside New Delhi cathedral

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BANGALORE, India - Church leaders criticized police manhandling of Christians who gathered Feb. 5 at the gate of Sacred Heart Cathedral in New Delhi to protest recent attacks on churches.

Ukrainians walk past symbolic crosses set up by protesters in front of the Russian embassy in Kiev, Ukraine, Feb. 1.

Catholic, Orthodox leaders urge 'unity against aggression' in Ukraine

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WARSAW, Poland - Catholic and Orthodox archbishops in Ukraine appealed for national unity against pro-Russia separatists as calls mounted for the United States to help arm Ukrainian forces.

A general view shows South Sudanese patients Dec. 11 inside the surgery ward at the Bor teaching hospital after renewed conflict in Bor, South Sudan. Marking a year since South Sudan's latest war began, a Sudanese archbishop said the fighting has had a bitter impact on the nation, with communities sharply divided along ethnic lines.

Focus on Islamic extremists diverts attention from South Sudan’s growing crisis

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As world attention shifts to the growing influence of Muslim militant groups on the African continent, few have paid any attention to the ongoing bloody conflict in South Sudan.

Together with Montreal Archbishop Christian Lepine, Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Feb. 4 to invite him to the city's 375th anniversary celebrations in 2017. The 375th anniversary of Montreal is an “extraordinary” opportunity for the Pope to deliver a message of mutual respect and respect for freedom of expression between governments and religious leaders, says Coderre.

Montreal mayor invites Pope to city's 375th anniversary in 2017

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MONTREAL - Pope Francis has been invited to Montreal in 2017 to participate in celebrations marking the city’s 375th anniversary.

CCCB president Archbishop Paul-André Durocher released a message Jan. 29 examining, in a Canadian context, the Year of Consecrated Life.

Canadian lives, past and future, shaped by consecrated life

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OTTAWA - As Catholics mark the Year of Consecrated Life, the president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops looks to a future of hope for Canadian religious.

Saif al-Kasasbeh, second from left, father of First Lt. Muath al-Kasasbeh, Jordanian pilot, prays in Jordan Feb. 4 with other mourners during an event commemorating the Islamic State murder of the pilot.

Jordan's Christian churches condemn pilot's murder, offer prayers

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AMMAN, Jordan - Christian churches in Jordan condemned the Islamic State militants' killing of First Lt. Muath al-Kasasbeh, a Jordanian pilot who had been held in captivity by the jihadist group.

A crucifix and image of Christ are seen in the casket of Georgian Tomaz Sukhiashvili, a member of a self-defense battalion, during his Jan. 21 funeral in Kiev, Ukraine. The United Nations estimated that at least 224 civilians have been killed and another 545 people wounded since mid-January, raising the death toll to more than 5,300 people since April.

War in Ukraine, between Christians is a scandal, Pope says

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VATICAN CITY - The only word worthy of being heard in the throes of war is "peace," and there is nothing more scandalous than a nation made up of Christians engaged in conflict, Pope Francis said.

This handout photo courtesy of the office of U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, shows unaccompanied migrant children at a Department of Health and Human Services facility in south Texas. Many undocumented minors coming across the U.S. border claim they ar e escaping gang violence in their home countries.

Bishops in Mexico's South: Catholics must change views on migrants

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MEXICO CITY - Bishops from Mexico's southernmost dioceses issued a statement calling for Catholics to stop acting indifferently toward the difficulties faced by undocumented migrants, who continue abandoning Central America and taking dangerous trips through Mexico in their attempts at reaching the United States.

Verona Blumenauer, director of the Kinderwunschzentrum Leipzig Laboratory in Germany, inspects the microinjection of sperm into an egg cell using a microscope in this July 2011 photo at the in vitro fertilization clinic. Bioethicists and pro-life leader s criticized a new "benefit" Facebook and Apple have offered to female employees -- paying for them to freeze their eggs and delay having children. The Pope Paul VI Institute in Omaha, Neb., also reported that more effective options exist for infertile couples than in vitro fertilization.

England mulls legalization of in vitro technique giving baby DNA of three parents

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CANTERBURY, England - Members of Parliament voted Tuesday (Feb. 3) to allow the creation of human embryos from the DNA of three people to try to eradicate a type of genetic disease that has caused the deaths of thousands of babies.

Archbishop Oscar Romero receives a sack of beans from parishioners following Mass outside of the church in San Antonio Los Ranchos in Chalatenango, El Salvador, in 1979. The Mass was held outdoors for fear of possible violence by the Salvadoran military. Before arriving at the church, the archbishop's delegation was detained by armed military for about 20 minutes.

Pope recognizes martyrdom of Archbishop Romero

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VATICAN CITY - After decades of debate within the Church, Pope Francis formally recognized that Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero was killed "in hatred of the faith" and not for purely political reasons.

Brittany Maynard is pictured with husband Dan Diaz in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters Nov. 3. The 29-year-old woman who was suffering from terminal brain cancer ended her life Nov. 1 in Oregon, where physician-assisted suicide is legal. Maynard's decision was praised by assisted suicide advocates, but pro-life leaders called it a tragedy.

California bill would legalize assisted suicide for terminally ill

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SAN FRANCISCO - California legislators have introduced assisted suicide legislation modeled on Oregon's assisted suicide law, energized by the heartbreaking story of Brittany Maynard, a young woman with brain cancer, who moved from the San Francisco Bay Area to Oregon to end her own life Nov. 1.

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