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Delegates against human trafficking attend a conference at Lancaster House in London Dec. 6. Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster said "there seems to be no enticement that isn't being used" by human traffickers to entrap children.

English cardinal: Young Africans being seduced into modern slavery

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MANCHESTER, England - Young Africans are being seduced into modern slavery by the promise of a dream that never comes true, an English cardinal told a conference on human trafficking.

Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz talks with Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, the Vatican's permanent representative to U.N. agencies in Geneva, at the Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons Dec. 8. Pope Francis called on world leaders, activists and people of faith to pull together to rid the world of the threat of nuclear weapons.

Pope Francis calls for solidarity in creating a world without nuclear weapons

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VIENNA - Pope Francis called on world leaders, activists and people of faith to pull together to rid the world of the threat of nuclear weapons.

Bishop William F. Murphy of Rockville Centre, N.Y., and other bishops celebrate Mass facing the audience.

Catholics recall the winds of change brought by Mass in the vernacular

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INDIANAPOLIS - The Second Vatican Council brought about renewal to many aspects of the life of the church.

But for many Catholics, the most noticeable developments appeared 50 years ago. On Nov. 29, 1964, parts of the Mass began for the first time to be prayed in English, priests started facing the congregation, and the approach to liturgical music sounded a different note.

People displaced by fighting in Eastern Ukraine wait to enter an abandoned building site in Kiev, Oct. 19. The lot has been turned into a center for the distribution of food, clothing and other aid.

Religious freedom, Ukraine are priorities for European security

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VATICAN CITY - A top Vatican official emphasized religious freedom worldwide and a peaceful solution to the conflict in eastern Ukraine as urgent priorities for Europe's main security organization.

Nyak Minah stands in front of a store she added to the front of her home in Kubang Gajah, Indonesia, Nov. 4. Ten years after a giant tsunami swept across South Asia, survivors across the region still wrestle with the trauma that lingers long after the wa ter receded from thousands of seaside towns and villages.

A decade after tsunami, Indonesians still wrestle with trauma

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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Ten years after a giant tsunami swept across South Asia, survivors across the region still wrestle with the trauma that lingers long after the water receded from thousands of seaside towns and villages.

Wilson Kabwoya, Helen Akani, Agnes Khasandi and Margaret Naishorua wait for the bodies of their loved ones to arrive at a mortuary in Nairobi, Kenya, Dec. 2. Since Somali militants killed 36 non-Muslim quarry workers in early December, Christians in Keny a "are living in fear, wondering where the next attack will be," said Bishop Emanuel Barbara of Malindi.

Kenya's Christians 'living in fear' after latest attack

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Since Somali militants killed 36 non-Muslim quarry workers in early December, Christians in Kenya "are living in fear, wondering where the next attack will be," said Bishop Emanuel Barbara of Malindi, Kenya.

Benedictine Sister Lisa Maurer, who coaches kickers and punters for The College of St. Scholastica Saints football team in Duluth, Minn., is pictured during a game in late September. Sister Lisa joined the monastery at St. Scholastica seven years ago, one year before the school established a football program.

For Benedictine Sister, coaching football about passing on mission, values

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WASHINGTON - Sr. Lisa Maurer is a Benedictine nun who lives at the St. Scholastica Monastery on the campus of the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minnesota. She works at the Benedictine Health Centre next to the monastery, serving senior members of the community. She prays, studies and ministers at local parishes.

She also happens to coach a men's football team.

Filipino fishermen secure their fishing boats during a pre-emptive evacuation in Ormoc City, Philippines on Dec. 4. Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila implored churches to pray for safety and forgiveness for sins against the environment as Typhoon Hagupit headed toward the Philippines.

Manila cardinal: Seek forgiveness for not taking care of environment

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MANILA, Philippines - Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle told churches to pray for safety and forgiveness for not taking care of the environment ahead of a powerful typhoon approaching the Philippines.

Protesters, demanding justice for the death of Eric Garner, hold placards while shouting slogans Dec. 3 in Times Square in the Manhattan borough of New York. Thousands of protesters shouted at police and clogged streets of Manhattan, angered by a New Yor k City grand jury's decision not to charge white Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the chokehold death of the unarmed Garner, who was black.

N.Y. religious leaders ask that protests of jury decision be peaceful

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NEW YORK - The day after a grand jury decided it would not indict a New York police officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner on Staten Island, the New York City Commission of Religious Leaders asked that any protests arising from the matter be peaceful.

To curb the spread of Ebola, a Liberian woman washes her hands using a bottle of chlorine water in Jene Wonde, a village near the border with Sierra Leone, Nov. 9. Catholic Relief Services committed $1.5 million to its pre-existing programs in Sierra Leo ne, Liberia and Guinea, the three West African countries affected by widespread transmission of the Ebola virus. The money is being used a number of ways, including to train heath workers, ensure safe and dignified burials, and maintain local Catholic-run health care facilities.

Faith groups 'key' to fighting Ebola, says UN

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VATICAN CITY - More co-operation is needed between the international community and faith leaders in stemming the ongoing Ebola epidemic, said a joint communique issued by the United Nations and the World Council of Churches.

Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, retired bishop of Hong Kong, leaves the police station after surrendering to police Dec. 3. Cardinal Zen asked faithful to pray for the democracy in the city after he stayed at the police station for an hour, documenting his involvement in the Occupy Central movement.

Hong Kong cardinal surrenders to police to help end street protests

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HONG KONG - Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, retired bishop of Hong Kong, joined the civil disobedience movement organizers who surrendered to police Dec. 3, with a hope to end the present occupation campaign that has lasted more than two months.

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