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U.S. bishops include Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput (pictured) have chosen a mixed slate of delegates for next year’s Vatican summit on the family.

U.S. bishops send new delegates, mixed message, to 2015 Vatican family synod

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The nation’s Catholic bishops have chosen a mixed slate of delegates for next year’s high-level Vatican summit on the family, including outspoken culture warriors who are sometimes viewed as out of step with Pope Francis’ priorities.

Bishop Robert W. Finn of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Missouri

Cardinal O'Malley says Rome 'urgently' needs to look into Bishop Finn

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WASHINGTON - In an interview with the CBS newsmagazine "60 Minutes" scheduled to air Nov. 16, Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston said the Vatican needs to "urgently" address the situation of Bishop Robert W. Finn of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Missouri, who was convicted in 2012 on one misdemeanor count of failing to report suspected child abuse.

A gravestone is uncovered under the parking lot at St. John the Evangelist Church in Toronto

Cemetery found under Toronto church parking lot

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TORONTO - In Toronto’s west end a long-forgotten, paved-over cemetery has been unearthed on the grounds of St. John the Evangelist Church.

People stand in front of an altar Oct. 30 with food offerings during a protest for the 43 missing students of the Ayotzinapa Teacher Training College Raul Isidro Burgos, in Chilpancingo, Mexico. The students disappeared in Iguala on Sept. 26 after they c lashed with police and masked men. Security forces have combed the area around Iguala in search of the students, whose disappearance has sparked massive protest marches in Mexico.

Mexican bishops call violence a 'national crisis'

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MEXICO CITY - The Mexican bishops' conference issued an impassioned plea for peace and an end to the bloodshed in a country consumed with the crisis of 43 teacher trainees allegedly captured by crooked cops, killed by organized crime and burned.

Catholic, Muslim forum urges dialogue, condemns violence, persecution

Catholic, Muslim forum urges dialogue, condemns violence, persecution

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VATICAN CITY - Gathering at "a time of severe tension and conflict," particularly in the Middle East, 24 Catholic and Muslim leaders and scholars urged dialogue to promote greater respect and understanding and condemned all acts of violence committed in the name of religion.

Israeli Border Police patrol the the site in Jerusalem's Old City known as Haram al-Sharif by Muslims and that Jews refer to as the Temple Mount Nov. 6. Recent tensions at the site, which is important to the faith life of Jews and Muslims, led the Counci l of Religious Institutions of the Holy Land to call for calm, saying that attachments to holy places should not be a cause of bloodshed, hatred or violence.

Activists intent on building third Jewish temple spark tensions at holy site

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JERUSALEM - It’s a site holy to both Jews and Muslims — considered the most religiously sensitive square kilometre on the planet.

Saskatoon Bishop Don Bolen, left, presides with Anglican Bishop Linda Nicholls at a Nov. 9 ecumenical celebration of the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Decree on Ecumenism from the Second Vatican Council.

Time to take commitment to ecumenism seriously

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TORONTO - When Saskatoon’s Bishop Don Bolen worked for Cardinal Walter Kasper in the Vatican, the boss would tell him that all those documents produced at the Second Vatican Council weren’t supposed to sit on shelves gathering dust. 

Fr. Robert Greene, rector of St. Andrew Anglican Church

Canada already on the slippery slope towards euthanasia

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TORONTO - Watching the world slide down a slippery slope to euthanasia and assisted suicide, or “medical aid in dying,” is disheartening to a Second World War veteran who confronted state-sanctioned killing while helping to liberate Europe. 

Cpl. David Nespolo who teaches at St. Anselm Catholic School standards guard blocking traffic as the schools student body precessed around the block carrying a picture of a fallen solider as part of the Resemblance Day celebrations.

Remembrance Day hits close to home

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TORONTO - On Nov. 11 the entire student body, full roster of staff and a couple dozen community members came together at St. Anselm Catholic School to celebrate the sacrifice of soldiers, both living and deceased. That included one of their own.

People gather to chat in a neighborhood of Tacloban, Philippines, Nov. 7. Resolving interpersonal conflicts has been a key component to recovery since Typhoon Haiyan ravaged their community.

After Philippine typhoon, neighbors pulled together to rebuild lives

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TACLOBAN, Philippines - In the past year since Typhoon Haiyan tore through the central Philippines, small personal conflicts were ironed out as people pulled together to rebuild their lives.

A blind boy stands outside his makeshift shelter in Islamabad. Pope Francis urged world leaders at G-20 to focus on helping the poor and “not to forget that many lives are at stake.”

Pope urges G-20 focus on helping the poor, says 'lives are at stake'

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VATICAN CITY - As world leaders prepared to meet in Australia to continue looking at ways to improve the global economy, Pope Francis asked them "not to forget that many lives are at stake" behind their discussions and decisions.

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