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Holocaust survivor Hy Abrams, 90, poses for a portrait Jan. 15 in the Brooklyn borough of New York with a book that documents all the different concentration camps he was held in during World War II. Abrams was taken at age 20 by German Nazi soldiers an d separated from his mother, father, brother and three sisters.

Catholics join in marking 70th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation

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WARSAW, Poland - Catholic leaders joined in commemorations of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, where 1.2 million mostly Jewish prisoners were killed by the Nazis during the Second World War.

Bishop Oscar Cantu of Las Cruces, N.M., distributes Communion to displaced Iraqi Christians during a Jan. 20 visit to northern Kurdistan. Bishop Cantu traveled to northern Iraq with a delegation from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Jan. 16-20 to see the needs of displaced Christians and other religious minorities.

U.S. bishops' group travels to Iraq, meets with those who fled ISIS

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AINKAWA, Iraq - One of Iraq's Christians chased out of her historic homeland quietly prayed the rosary as a bishop who traveled halfway around the world to meet her and others displaced celebrated Mass for them.

On Jan. 26, Anglican archbishop of York John Sentamu laid hands on the Rev. Libby Lane in an ordination ceremony. In this photo, Sentamu speaks as Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, the leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion looks on during the Church of England's General Synod at Church House in central London Nov. 20. The Church of England's law-making body voted in favour of female bishops that day, a move that ended a 20-year impasse and could see women ordained as senior clergy.

First female bishop ordained in Church of England amid ongoing controversies

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CANTERBURY, England - More than 1,000 people watched as Uganda-born Archbishop of York John Sentamu, laid hands on the Rev. Libby Lane Monday (Jan. 26), making her the eighth bishop of Stockport and the first woman bishop in the Church of England.

Msgr. John Kozar, president of the U.S.-based Catholic Near East Welfare Association, and Bishop Lionel Gendron of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Quebec, celebrate Mass at St. Charbel convent in Annaya, Lebanon, Jan. 19. Msgr. Kozar, Bishop Gendron and other officials spoke with Catholic News Service at CNEWA's Beirut office about their Jan. 19-23 visit to Lebanon

CNEWA officials look at long-range needs of Lebanon's refugees

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BEIRUT - Officials of a pontifical aid agency said they saw much that needed done in Lebanon -- if they could get beyond crisis mode.

Locals run with items from a shop in Soweto, South Africa, Jan. 22. Local media reported that violence broke out Jan. 19 after a 14-year-old South African was allegedly shot dead by a foreign shop owner.

Jesuits say violence continues South African history of xenophobia

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa - A week of violence targeting foreign nationals and their businesses in Soweto and other Johannesburg townships is a national disgrace and "continues South Africa's shameful history of xenophobia," said The Jesuit Institute South Africa.

Pope Francis arrives to lead ecumenical vespers at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome Jan. 25. The service marked the closing of the Week of Prayer for Christian unity as well as the feast of the Conversion of St. Paul.

Persecuted for faith, Christians are united in bloodshed, Pope says

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VATICAN CITY - Christians are united in bloodshed as they suffer from violence and persecution in various parts of the world, Pope Francis told Christian leaders.

Men start reconstruction on a church in Niamey, Niger, Jan. 23 that was destroyed in violent protests against French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo's cartoons of the prophet Muhammad. Archbishop Michel Cartateguy of Niamey said the church would rebuild after rioters destroyed places of worship during an assault on local Christians.

Archbishop says church in Niger will rebuild after riots

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OXFORD, England - An archbishop in Niger said the church would rebuild after rioters destroyed its places of worship during protests over cartoons mocking depictions of Muhammad by the French satirical newsweekly Charlie Hebdo.

University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., seen Jan. 21, is readied for Super Bowl XLIX, the Feb. 1 match between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots. Catholic Charities of Arizona is preparing to serve an increased number of sex-tra fficking victims arrested by local police in the days surrounding Super Bowl Sunday.

Increase in sex trafficking expected during Super Bowl, golf tournaments

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PHOENIX - Catholic Charities of Arizona is preparing to serve an increased number of sex-trafficking victims arrested by local police in the days surrounding Super Bowl Sunday.

Victor Alcantara, a religion teacher at St. John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Dumfries, Va., hands a test in 2014 to Myles Sherman, a Baptist who says the Catholic high school has enriched his faith.

Non-Catholics choose Catholic schools for values, not just academics

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ARLINGTON, Va. - When Felicia and Ethan Carr began searching for a high school for their eldest son, they wanted a school with a top-notch college preparatory program.

But the Carrs, who are Baptist, sought something else as well.

Linda Del Rio holds a football signed by members of the Denver Broncos, outside St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 20. Del Rio was in town to attend a Vatican sports meeting and present the football to Pope Francis.

What’s God got to do with football devotion? Plenty

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Did God lift Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson’s overtime pass into the end zone in the conference final, rewarding the prayerful Christian player with a championship victory and a trip to the Super Bowl?

Millions of Americans may think so.

French troops lead a disarmament operation in Bangui, Central African Republic in February during what has been called a humanitarian crisis. The country's church leaders emphasized the "need for healing from the trauma people have experienced," said Bishop Richard E. Pates of Des Moines, Iowa, who visited South Sudan and the Central African Republic July 10-21.

Church in Central African Republic readies plans for papal visit

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OXFORD, England - Pope Francis plans to visit the Central African Republic late this year in an effort to end two years of intercommunal violence, the vice president of the country's bishops' conference confirmed.

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