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The Vatican’s new commission for the protection of minors is led by Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley.

Victims demand action as Vatican abuse panel gets down to work

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VATICAN CITY - As Pope Francis prepares to address the new Vatican panel charged with tackling the clergy sexual abuse scandal, victims are demanding the Catholic Church take immediate action to expose perpetrators and punish the bishops who protected them.

An Iraqi woman living in Jordan casts her ballot at a polling station in a government school in Amman April 27. Iraqi Catholic refugees, along with their exiled countrymen, are voting in the first parliamentary polls since the 2011 withdrawal of U.S. tro ops from their nation.

Iraqis in Jordan go to the polls, hoping for stability at home

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AMMAN, Jordan - A steady stream of Iraqi refugees, smiling and displaying purple index fingers, emerged from a polling station in the Hashemi Shamali district, where the majority of these urban refugees live in the Jordanian capital.

Nigerian Christians begin three-day fast after schoolgirls kidnapped

Nigerian Christians begin three-day fast after schoolgirls kidnapped

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Christians began a three-day prayer and fasting period after Islamist Boko Haram militants kidnapped hundreds of schoolgirls in Nigeria and desperate parents joined the search in a remote forest.

Pro-Russia protesters scuffle with the police at the regional government building in Donetsk. According to Israeli media, Jews in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk were told they have to “register” with the Ukrainians who are trying to make the city become part of Russia.

Jews ordered to register in east Ukraine

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Jews in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk where pro-Russian militants have taken over government buildings were told they have to “register” with the Ukrainians who are trying to make the city become part of Russia, according to Israeli media.

A crowd gathers at the scene of a bomb blast at a bus terminal on the outskirts of Abuja, Nigeria, April 14 that killed at least 71 people. The Catholic Church condemned the bombing and called for an end to violence, especially during Holy Week.

Nigerian Church condemns bombing that claimed at least 71 lives

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LAGOS, Nigeria - The Catholic Church in Nigeria condemned the morning rush hour bombing of a bus station near the capital of Abuja that killed at least 71 people and injured dozens more April 14.

Caritas Chile and the Diocese of Valparaiso opened a bank account to help more than 10,000 people forced from their homes due to fire.

Pope offers support as Catholic agencies assist Chilean fire victims

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With fire still raging in parts of the historic city of Valparaiso, Chile, Caritas Chile and the Diocese of Valparaiso opened a bank account to help more than 10,000 people forced from their homes.

A woman cries as she holds a boy at a site hit by what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad in Aleppo, Syria. Wael Suleiman, executive director of Caritas Jordan said the influx of Syrian Christian refugees into Jordan is on the rise.

Syrian Christian refugees fleeing to Jordan on the rise, Caritas says

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VATICAN CITY - The influx of Syrian Christian refugees into Jordan is on the rise, said the head of Caritas Jordan.

Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi told reporters the Vatican promised to file periodic reports about its laws and efforts to fight torture.

Vatican was not ordered to appear before U.N. committee, spokesman says

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VATICAN CITY - The Vatican's scheduled May appearance before a United Nations committee monitoring adherence to an anti-torture treaty is being done willingly and not because church officials were ordered to appear for questioning, the Vatican spokesman said.

Pope Francis embraces Father Luigi Ciotti, founder of the Italian anti-Mafia group Libera, at the Church of St. Gregory VII in Rome March 21, during a prayer service for crime victims of the Mafia.

Priests on front line in Italy's battle against Mafias

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis' dramatic appearance at a March prayer vigil with the families of Mafia victims, where he said he would plead on bended knee with Mafia bosses to "stop doing evil," has highlighted the Catholic Church's role in combatting Italian organized crime.

A police officer guards the entrance to the scene of a shooting at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City in Overland Park, Kan., April 13. A gunman opened fire at two Jewish facilities near Kansas City that day, killing three people, police said.

Killings at Jewish community center mourned; Catholic woman among dead

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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Outpourings of grief and support came in response to the murder of three people at two Jewish-run facilities in the Kansas City suburb of Overland Park April 13, the day before the Jewish feast of Passover was to begin.

U.S. President Obama shares laugh with Pope Francis as he receives copy of Francis' apostolic exhortation at the Vatican on March 27.

Obama praises Pope Francis at Easter breakfast

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WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama praised Francis during an Easter prayer breakfast at the White House, April 14.

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