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People sit on the East Side Gallery and watch a circus performance in Berlin Nov. 9. The president of the German bishops' conference praised Catholics who helped bring down the Berlin Wall, but also urged the church to look ahead to its future mission.

German church commemorates 25th anniversary of fall of Berlin Wall

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WARSAW, Poland - The president of the German bishops' conference praised Catholics who helped bring down the Berlin Wall, but also urged the church to look ahead to its future mission.

Peruvian theologian Father Gustavo Gutierrez received an honorary doctorate Nov. 7 from Saint Paul University. Fr. Gutierrez recently had eye surgery, so wore the dark glasses to protect his eyes from bright light

Saint Paul University honours father of liberation theology

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OTTAWA - Though liberation theology developed many streams, many shrouded in controvery, its principal founder said it remains anchored in the commitment to the poor in the Gospel.

Rickson Yesar lays block for a new house on Jinamoc Island, an island near Tacloban, Leyete, Oct. 22. Hundreds of thousands of survivors of Typhoon Haiyan, which struck the central Philippines Nov. 8, 2013, continue to live in tent camps or substandard h ousing, waiting for the construction of new homes.

Filipinos continue to mourn loss of family, homes a year after typhoon

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TACLOBAN, Philippines - The sun was fierce over the field of dried grass and clumps of earth marked with 3,000 small white crosses. Priests in white vestments walked along the rows of graves, sprinkling streams of holy water from plastic bottles.

A woman celebrates as she awaits the release of balloons into the sky along the former path of the Berlin Wall in Berlin Nov. 9. Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Pope Francis said the sudden end to the division of Europe was prepared by the prayers and sacrifice of many people, including St. John Paul II.

Pope hails role of St. John Paul in Berlin Wall's fall

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VATICAN CITY - Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Pope Francis said the sudden end to the division of Europe was prepared by the prayers and sacrifice of many people, including St. John Paul II.

More than 114,000 Hail Marys were said for each soldier who died in the First and Second World Wars, the Korean War and the conflict in Afghanistan

Rosary honours fallen soldiers

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An initiative that began at a London, Ont., high school saw one Hail Mary prayed for each Canadian soldier who has died in service since the First World War. 

Counselors, teachers and volunteers with Catholic Relief Service are being trained to help refugee children in Syria process their trauma through the use of puppets such as these.

When puppets meet Syrian refugees, healing begins for children

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BEIRUT - Syrian children who have seen their houses bombed and family members killed are using string, glue, socks, beads and other odds and ends to help put their lives back together.

Archbishop Paul-André Durocher, president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, is pictured in Rome Oct. 8.

Preparations underway for next Synod

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With another, bigger Synod coming next October to discuss Christian family life, Canadian bishops are beginning to ask themselves: “What next?”

With a crisis in affordable housing, the need for the Out of the Cold program keeps getting greater.

Need for Out of the Cold spreads

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TORONTO - It’s Out of The Cold season in Toronto. That means thousands of volunteers working in church basements, mosques and synagogues over the cold winter months to keep the homeless safe. 

Papal Nuncio to Canada, Archbishop Luigi Bonazzi, speaks with Cardinal Thomas Collins at the annual Cardinal's dinner.

Cardinal delivers message of joy to packed audience

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TORONTO - Christians must pay attention to the reality of evil but do so with hope-filled joy, Cardinal Thomas Collins told a packed hall at the annual Cardinal's dinner.

Kingston, Ontario

Former Kingston priest nine new sex assault charges

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A former priest of the Archdiocese of Kingston faced nine additional sexual assault charges when he appeared Nov. 5 in a Kingston court on previous sex charges.

Bishop David R. Choby

Backers of Tennessee abortion measure credit prayer, Church support for passage

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Supporters of Amendment 1 said the measure to restore Tennessee lawmakers' authority to regulate abortion passed Nov. 4 because of the backing by Catholic and other religious leaders and their churches.

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