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A woman holds flowers as she stands next to a reflecting pool at the World Trade Center site in New York. Atheist are challenging plans to include a 17-foot, cross-shaped beam that became a famous symbol of Ground Zero after 9/11.

Atheists in court to stop Ground Zero cross

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NEW YORK - Atheists are challenging plans to include a 17-foot, cross-shaped beam that became a famous symbol of Ground Zero after 9/11 in a display at the national memorial museum that is scheduled to open this spring.

Istafanos Youssif, a university student from the port city of Suez, Egypt, stands inside the damaged Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Suez Feb. 28. The church was among dozens of Christian properties that came under attack last August in the pred ominantly Muslim country.

Are Egypt's Christians persecuted? Copts' answers vary

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CAIRO - Egypt's minority Christians have various opinions regarding claims that they are being persecuted in their predominantly Muslim country.

Armed men patrol at the airport in Crimea, Ukraine, Feb. 28. Church leaders in Ukraine appealed for peace in the Crimea peninsula as the government accused Russia of "carrying out an armed invasion."

Pope asks Christians to pray for Ukraine

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VATICAN CITY - As uncertainty reigned in Ukraine and Russian troops appeared to have control of the Crimean peninsula, Pope Francis again asked the world's Christians to pray for Ukraine and urged the parties involved in the conflict to engage in dialogue.

Marlon Tumenbang, owner of Matthew's Meat Shop in Tacloban, Philippines, poses for a photo Feb. 6. Tumenbang was out of business for nearly three months after his shop was flooded by Typhoon Haiyan.

Tacloban recovery slow as residents confront questions about the future

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TACLOBAN, Philippines - A small sign — a sheet of paper printed from a computer — announces "We're now open" on the front door of Matthew's Meat Shop on Real Street, across from some of the most devastated communities in this typhoon-ravaged city.

A man kneels in prayer in front of a statue of Mary and a crucifix by a barricade near Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Feb. 21. Acting Ukraine President Oleksandr Turchynov is neither Ukrainian Orthodox nor Eastern Rite Catholic, and that may be the key to his success at a time when fissures between East and West are threatening to split the country, analysts say.

Oleksandr Turchynov’s Baptist faith may help defuse Ukrainian crisis

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KIEV, Ukraine - Acting Ukraine President Oleksandr Turchynov is neither Ukrainian Orthodox nor Eastern Rite Catholic, and that may be the key to his success at a time when fissures between East and West are threatening to split the country, analysts say.

Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kiev-Halych, major archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, speaks Feb. 25 during a Rome news conference on the recent events in the Ukrainian capital.

Ukrainian archbishop sees lingering threat of war, but signs of hope

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VATICAN CITY - The three months of protests in Ukraine that ended with government snipers killing dozens of people strengthened the commitment to democracy of many Ukrainians, but also left the country vulnerable to further violence and division, said the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church.

Demonstrators confront police during a protest against the government of President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, Feb. 22. The country's Catholic leaders urged dialogue and respect for the demonstrators' human rights.

Venezuela's Catholic leaders urge dialogue, respect for demonstrators

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LIMA, Peru - As protests in Venezuela continued, with flare-ups of violence, the country's Catholic leaders urged dialogue and respect for the demonstrators' human rights.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, who is accused of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombings, is pictured in this undated FBI handout photo. His trial in federal court is to begin in November. The Conference of Major Superios of Men Feb. 19 decried the federal gov ernment's decision to seek the death penalty, calling instead for "restorative justice" for Tsarnaev.

'Restorative justice,' not death penalty, urged for accused bomber

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WASHINGTON - In light of the proposed death penalty for 20-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the accused in the Boston Marathon bombings, "Jesus weeps ... again" at the injustice, the U.S. Conference of Major Superiors of Men said in a Feb. 19 statement.

A man kneels in prayer in front of a statue of Mary and a crucifix by a barricade near Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Feb. 21. Scores of protesters were killed and hundreds were wounded by snipers on Kiev's Independence Square and its nearby stree ts, according to medical workers treating the victims.

Pope Francis asks cardinals to send message of support to suffering Ukrainians

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VATICAN CITY - A day after at least 75 people were reported killed in clashes between police and protesters in Ukraine's capital, Pope Francis asked the College of Cardinals to send a message of support to the two Ukrainian cardinals who are suffering because their people are.

Members of the media and residents gather outside a mosque in this photo dated Aug. 23, 2013 near the locked family house of Rimsha Masih, a Pakistani Christian girl who was accused of blasphemy, on the outskirts of Islamabad.

Misuse of Pakistan's blasphemy laws rampant

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Mohammad Asghar, a 69-year-old paranoid schizophrenic, faces a death sentence in Pakistan for claiming to be the Prophet Muhammad in letters written to officials and police in 2010.

Riot police stand in formation as their colleagues attempt to extinguish a fire during clashes with anti-government protesters in Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Feb. 19. Ukraine's political crisis escalated sharply, with more than two dozen people killed and scores injured in violent, often fiery battles between demonstrators and police in Kiev.

Pope Francis, Ukrainian Church leaders call for end to violence in Ukraine

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VATICAN CITY - After a night of violent confrontations between protesters and police and the deaths of more than two dozen people, Pope Francis and Ukrainian Church leaders called Feb. 19 for an end to all violence and a serious commitment to dialogue for the good of Ukraine.

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