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A banner calling attention to climate change is seen in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican June 28. Some 1,500 people marched to the Vatican in support of Pope Francis' recent encyclical on the environment. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
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Luke Hansen
Cardinal Turkson said the measure of success for the Paris summit on climate change, which begins Nov. 30, is “the extent to which people and groups are coming on board.” He noted there is substantial public awareness about “what is at stake.”
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Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
Gianluigi Nuzzi, the Italian journalist who published documents stolen from Pope Benedict XVI's private office by his butler, has a new book out based on more leaked documents. "Merchants in the Temple: Inside Pope Francis's Secret Battle Against Corruption in the Vatican," was scheduled for release in English Nov. 5.
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Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, the spokesman, issued a statement on Nov. 4 about the investigations involving the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See. The office, known by its Italian acronym APSA, handles the Vatican's investment portfolio and its real estate holdings.
A staff member of a polling station assists people to check their names on final voter list during early voting in Mandalay, Myanmar, Nov. 1. Myanmar will hold its nationwide general elections Nov. 8. (CNS photo/Hein Htet, EPA)
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Catholic News Service
"The trend is like a mix of religion and politics," Cardinal Charles Bo said, raising fresh questions about the country's future at a crucial point on Myanmar's journey from military dictatorship to a functioning democracy.
Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, speaks about Pope Francis' environmental encyclical on the planet and the poor at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington Nov. 2. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)
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Dennis Sadowski - Catholic News Service
"We cannot ignore that we are co-responsible for all around the world," Honduran Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga said. "We cannot be closed down in our own borders and looking only to our own places because all of us are citizens of the same earth and all of us have a common home."
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Fredrick Nzwili - Religion News Service
But bishops worry ongoing political strife and ethnic incitement could blight the visit.