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Pope Francis speaks to media on his flight to speak at European Parliament in France

Pope would 'never close the door' on talks with Islamic State

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Pope Francis said he would "never close the door" on dialogue with the Islamic State in an effort to bring peace to a region of the world suffering from violence and persecution.

Pope Benedict XVI stands next to Emrullah Hatipoglu, imam of the Blue Mosque, and Mustafa Cagrici, right, the grand mufti of Istanbul, as he visits the Blue Mosque in Istanbul in this Nov. 30, 2006, file photo. The pope's unexpected prayer next to the mu fti in the mosque soothed anger in the Muslim world over a quote about Islam in his Sept. 12, 2006, lecture in Regensburg, Germany. It was only the second time a pontiff had entered a mosque.

Islam, ecumenism and regional conflict on Pope's agenda in Turkey

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VATICAN CITY - Almost every papal trip abroad is a complex mix of the religious and political, and that will be especially true of Pope Francis' Nov. 28-30 visit to Turkey.

Filipinos walk past a picture of Pope Francis Nov. 20 at a museum dedicated to the pope inside a Manila cathedral where he is scheduled to celebrate Mass during his Jan. 15-19 trip to the Philippines. Philippine church officials say pope's visit will bri ng healing to the country, which was devastated by a 2013 typhoon.

Pope's Philippine's visit for healing, not fundraising

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MANILA, Philippines - Philippine Church officials expect the Pope's Jan. 15-19 visit to bring healing to victims of disasters. They also emphasized that the visit will not be a fundraising event for the Church.

Cardinal O’Malley repeats: Church needs to discipline bishops over sex abuse

Cardinal O’Malley repeats: Church needs to discipline bishops over sex abuse

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Following up on remarks to 60 Minutes about the clergy sex abuse crisis and other controversial topics, Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley has stressed that the Catholic Church needs a system to hold bishops accountable and must “avoid crowd-based condemnations.”

A view shows smoke rising Nov. 20 from a Kobani, Syria, neighborhood damaged by fighting between Islamic State militants and Kurdish forces. The Chaldean Catholic patriarch has appealed to moderate Muslims to more forcefully oppose actions of Islamic Sta te militants.

Chaldean patriarch urges moderate Muslims to challenge extremist acts

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VIENNA - Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Sako of Baghdad implored moderate Muslims to reject "terrorism in the name of religion" and step up to challenge the actions of Islamic State militants against minority communities in Iraq.

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Kenyan city of Mombasa tense after mosque closures

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NAIROBI, Kenya - Christian and Muslim leaders fear more violence in the coastal city of Mombasa after the government indefinitely closed four mosques over suspected terror activities.

lothes dry in the backyard of a home facing a U.S.-Mexico border fence near Brownsville, Texas, Aug. 5. U.S. and Central American leaders continue to work on approaches to address the situations driving Central Americans to seek refuge in the U.S.

As Obama unveils program, other efforts aim to help Central Americans

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WASHINGTON - As millions of immigrants to the United States celebrate the possibility of protection from deportation under a new Obama administration plan, among those who cannot take advantage of it will be the 68,445 families and 68,541 unaccompanied minors who were apprehended at the border in the last fiscal year.

Auxiliary Bishop Edward M. Rice of St. Louis visited the Ferguson, Mo., site of 18-year-old Michael Brown's shooting in this photo dated Aug. 17. Catholic schools in the Ferguson area were already prepared in case the grand jury ruling comes down with classes in session.

St. Louis Catholic schools prepare for Ferguson grand jury verdict

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ST. LOUIS - While the timing of the grand jury decision involving the Michael Brown shooting remained uncertain, Catholic schools in the Ferguson area were already prepared in case the ruling comes down with classes in session.

Feed the world, safeguard the planet, Pope tells nutrition conference

Feed the world, safeguard the planet, Pope tells nutrition conference

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ROME - Every human being has a right to food, and no business plan or economic policy can override that right, Pope Francis told world leaders gathered in Rome.

Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia.

Pope’s 2015 Philly visit won’t focus on hot-button sex issues

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VATICAN CITY - Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput says hot-button socio-sexual issues won’t be the central focus when the World Meeting of Families welcomes Pope Francis to the City of Brotherly Love next year.

Pakistani members of the Christian minority shout slogans during a Nov. 9 protest in Karachi, Pakistan, against the killing of a Christian couple accused of blasphemy. The Catholic Church in Pakistan has presented a series of demands to the government, c alling for a fair and thorough investigation into the beatings and burning of the young Christian couple accused of desecrating the Quran.

Pakistani church sends demands related to blasphemy to government

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THRISSUR, India - The Catholic Church in Pakistan has presented a series of demands to the government, calling for a fair and thorough investigation into the beatings and burning of a young Christian couple accused of desecrating the Quran.

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