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Women flee Nam Lim Pa village for the jungle in Kachin state in the far north of Myanmar in this photo dated Oct. 19, 2012. The Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (D&P) is not ready yet to commit $50,000 to help internal refugees in Myanmar despite earlier reports.

D&P funds for Myanmar on hold

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The Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (D&P) is not ready yet to commit $50,000 to help internal refugees in Myanmar.

Conservative MP Mark Warawa addresses the national March for Life May 9. He also addressed the House of Commons earlier, condemning sex-selective abortion.

MP Warawa gets his say in House of Commons

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OTTAWA - Conservative MP Mark Warawa defied Tory party efforts to muzzle him and spoke on the gendercide of baby girls May 9 in the House of Commons.

The bishops of Atlantic Canada released a pastoral letter, read in parishes at May 12 Masses, backing fishermen and other seasonal workers and their fight against new EI regulations.

Atlantic bishops back EI fight

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The bishops of Atlantic Canada have declared themselves on the side of fishermen, loggers and other seasonal workers in their fight against new Employment Insurance regulations.

Ryan Bomberger speaks at the Youth Conference of the national March for Life May 10.

The social justice of adoption combats the injustice of abortion

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OTTAWA - One of the most powerful forms of social justice is adoption because it unleashes purpose, love and mercy, says Ryan Bomberger, co-founder of the Radiance Foundation.

After doing a walk through of the Estate House on the Senator O’Connor College School grounds, Tony Wagner, heritage committee chair, principal Susan Baker and Dan McNeil, senior project architect, stand together outside of the building that only a year ago was ravaged by fire.

O’Connor’s Estate House rises up from the ashes

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TORONTO - One year after a devastating fire destroyed years of work, Senator O’Connor College School’s heritage house restoration project is almost complete.

Dr. Kermit Gosnell is shown in a courtroom artist sketch during his sentencing at Philadelphia Common Pleas Court in Philadelphia May 15. Gosnell was sent to prison to serve three life terms without parole for murdering babies during late-term abortions and for other crimes at his squalid clinic. In a deal that spared him from the death penalty, Gosnell faced a judge in a two-day sentencing after waiving his right to appeal his conviction on three counts of first-degree murder.

Philadelphia abortionist convicted of murder

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PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia jury May 13 found Dr. Kermit Gosnell guilty of murder in the deaths of three babies born alive during abortions and acquitted him of a fourth similar charge. He also was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death by a drug overdose of a patient who had an abortion.

Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Mass in front of the Basilica of Our Lady of Bonaria during a 2008 pastoral visit to Cagliari, Sardinia. Pope Francis has announced he will visit the Marian shrine in September.

Marian statue connects Pope's native city of Buenos Aires with Sardinia

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis' native city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, has a centuries-old connection with the Italian island city of Cagliari, Sardinia.

Cardinal Keith O'Brien of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, pictured at a desk in a picture dated Feb. 26, 2013.

Vatican tells Cardinal O'Brien to leave Scotland for period of prayer, penance

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VATICAN CITY - Scottish Cardinal Keith O'Brien, who resigned as archbishop after admitting to sexual misconduct, will leave Scotland "for several months for the purpose of spiritual renewal, prayer and penance," the Vatican said.

The Institute for the Works of Religion, popularly known as the Vatican bank, is seen in a 2009 photo.

Vatican bank to publish annual report, launch website

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VATICAN CITY - As part of ongoing efforts to promote transparency and chip away at the myths surrounding what is commonly called the Vatican bank, its new president announced it will have a website by the end of the year and will publish its annual report.

Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt was sentenced to 80 years in prison for crimes carried out in 1982, when he allegedly initiated a policy of extermination of Mayans for their ties to Marxist guerrillas.

Church silent after ex-Guatemalan dictator found guilty of genocide

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GUATEMALA CITY - Church officials in Guatemala did not comment in the days after a former dictator, Gen. Efrain Rios Montt, was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity.

Asia, Africa lead growth in worldwide Church

Asia, Africa lead growth in worldwide Church

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VATICAN CITY - The number of Catholics in the world and the number of bishops, priests, religious men and seminarians all increased  in 2011, while the number of women in religious orders continued to decline, according to Vatican statistics.

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