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European Church leaders welcome court ruling on religious rights

European Church leaders welcome court ruling on religious rights

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OXFORD, England - Catholic Church representatives have welcomed a European Court judgment reaffirming the autonomy of religious communities, but warned that pressure could continue to restrict religious rights.

U.S. Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen is pictured preaching in an undated photo.

Theologians at Vatican move Archbishop Sheen's cause closer to beatification

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PEORIA, Ill. - The possible miracle needed for the beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen took another step toward papal recognition June 17 when a panel of theologians met at the Vatican, the Archbishop Fulton Sheen Foundation announced.

Prostitution Bill C-36 passes second reading vote

Prostitution Bill C-36 passes second reading vote

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OTTAWA - After only five hours of debate, Bill C-36, the federal government's new prostitution bill passed second reading June 16 by a 139-117 vote.

Wreckages of burned cars are seen outside the police station in Mpeketoni, Kenya, June 16 after unidentified gunmen attacked the town. Nearly 50 people were killed and others wounded when more than two dozen unidentified gunmen attacked the coastal town.

Kenya’s religious leaders demand government response to deadly terror attack

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NAIROBI, Kenya - Christian and Muslim leaders united June 17 to demand government action after a deadly terror attack in Kenya’s coastal region.

Police tape and vehicles are seen outside Mater Misericordiae (Mother of Mercy) Mission in Phoenix the morning after a priest was killed and another critically injured during an attack at the mission the night of June 11. Sgt. Steve Martos of the Phoenix Police Department said police received a 911 call at about 9 p.m. reporting a burglary.

Phoenix police arrest suspect in violent attack on two Catholic priests

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PHOENIX - Police in Phoenix have arrested a suspect in the violent assault on a downtown church that took the life of one priest and left a second priest critically injured.

Fr. Karl Hoeppe was a fixture at Toronto’s St. Patrick’s parish for more than 50 years.

Fr. Hoeppe served German parish for half a century

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Toronto - Maria Luxbacher credits Fr. Karl Hoeppe with influencing both her boys’ decisions to enter the seminary. He was an example to children that priests do more than just preach on Sunday, she said. 

This handout photo courtesy of the office of U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, shows unaccompanied migrant children at a Department of Health and Human Services facility in south Texas. Many undocumented minors coming across the U.S. border claim they ar e escaping gang violence in their home countries.

World must help unaccompanied minors fleeing violence, official says

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VATICAN CITY - On rickety boats crossing the Mediterranean Sea or on trains through Mexico or desert paths crossing the U.S.-Mexican border, a huge increase in the number of children traveling alone to flee war or violence calls for urgent action by the international community, a Vatican official said.

Survey: Many don’t want atheist in-laws

Survey: Many don’t want atheist in-laws

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Brace yourself for family backlash if you plan to marry an atheist.

Iraqi refugees are seen in a camp near the northern city of Irbil June 12. Hundreds of thousands of people who have fled their homes in Mosul are left without access to aid, officials said. Christians from the city say they were targeted long before Iraq i security forces abandoned the major political and economic hub.

Christians from Mosul say they have been targeted for months

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AMMAN, Jordan - The fall of Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city, to Islamist militants in early June sent half a million residents scurrying for safety, but Christians from the city say they were targeted long before Iraqi security forces abandoned the major political and economic hub.

Sacred Heart Church is one of two parishes in Sydney, N.S., which will close this month.

Antigonish churches to close

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Catholics in Sydney, N.S., will be losing two parishes this June as the Diocese of Antigonish begins another round of church closures on Cape Breton Island.

Fr. Kenneth Walker, centre, died of a gunshot wound in a June 11 attack.

Priest killed at Phoenix church was a grad of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom

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PHOENIX - An attack at a downtown Phoenix church left one priest dead and another critically wounded.

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