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Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin

Irish government finalizes terms of inquiry into mother-baby homes

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DUBLIN - The Irish government is finalizing the parameters of a judicial inquiry into Church-run state-funded mother and baby homes.

A pro-life demonstrator holds her child as activists gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington June 26 to celebrate the court decision striking down a Massachusetts law that mandated a buffer zone to keep pro-life demonstrators away from aborti on clinics.

U.S. Supreme Court strikes down 'buffer zones' at abortion clinics

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WASHINGTON - In a June 26 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that 35-foot buffer zones around abortion clinics — meant to keep demonstrators away — violates First Amendment rights.

Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois of Paris, one of three cardinals Pope Francis chose to serve as presidents of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family, speaks during a press conference at the Vatican June 26. The press conference was held to unveil th e working document for the October extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family. Also pictured is Hungarian Cardinal Peter Erdo of Esztergom-Budapest, synod relator.

Synod document cites cultural and economic threats to family

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VATICAN CITY - The working document for the October 2014 extraordinary Synod of Bishops offers a picture of the Catholic Church today struggling to preach the Gospel and transmit moral teachings amid a "widespread cultural, social and spiritual crisis" of the family.

Israeli soldiers take part in an operation to locate three Israeli teens near the West Bank City of Hebron June 24. A Jerusalem church official urged people to come forward with information on the teens' kidnapping but also urged Israel to keep its respo nse proportionate.

Bishop condemns kidnappings, asks Israel to keep response proportionate

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JERUSALEM - The chancellor of the Latin Patriarchate asked anyone with information about the kidnapping of three Israeli teens to come forward and help return the youths to their families. At the same time, he called on the Israeli army to keep its reaction and its search methods proportionate.

Residents flee from Kakate, Kenya, following an overnight attack June 24. Attackers armed with machetes killed at least five people in nearby village, close to where gunmen shot down about 65 people earlier in the month. Kenyan bishops are calling for re forms in the nation's security.

Kenyan bishops blame corruption, ethnic tensions for insecurity

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NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenya's Catholic bishops blamed "inherent corruption" and ethnic tensions for the country's recent insecurity.

The Economist accuses Pope Francis of ‘following Lenin’

The Economist accuses Pope Francis of ‘following Lenin’

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VATICAN CITY - First, Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck labelled Pope Francis a Marxist. Now, The Economist is accusing him of following Vladimir Lenin.

Father Marcial Maciel Degollado, founder of the Legionaries of Christ, speaks at a conference in Madrid, Spain, in this photo dated Oct. 6, 2001.

Legionaries of Christ to receive Vatican-appointed advisor

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VATICAN CITY - The Vatican will name a special "assistant" to advise the leadership of the troubled Legionaries of Christ, whose revised constitutions Pope Francis has still not approved four months after they were submitted to him.

Sudanese woman rearrested with family at airport

Sudanese woman rearrested with family at airport

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KHARTOUM, Sudan - Meriam Ibrahim, a Catholic woman originally sentenced to death for marrying a Christian, was released from prison June 23, but apprehended again the next day at the Khartoum airport with her husband, who is a U.S. citizen, and their two children, her lawyer said.

Muslim women pray outside the court in Putrajaya, Malaysia, June 23. Malaysia's highest court rejected a Catholic Church challenge to a Court of Appeal decision to prohibit the weekly Herald Bahasa Malaysia section from using the word "Allah."

Malaysian court upholds ruling that Catholic paper may not use 'Allah'

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia's highest court upheld a lower-court ruling that a Catholic newspaper may not use the word "Allah" to refer to God in its Malay-language edition.

Meriam Ibrahim

Sudanese Catholic woman convicted of apostasy is released from prison

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KHARTOUM, Sudan - Meriam Ibrahim, 26, a Catholic woman convicted of apostasy for marrying a Christian, was released from prison June 23, her lawyer said.

Canadian cardinal assumes his titular parish in Rome

Canadian cardinal assumes his titular parish in Rome

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ROME - Canada’s newest cardinal took possession of his titular parish in Rome June 22, celebrating the feast of Corpus Domini with Italian parishioners and members of the Canadian community in Rome.

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