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People dig graves July 24 for victims of a suicide bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. The U.S. State Department's annual report on international religious freedom highlights Muslim violence against other Muslims. (CNS photo/Jawad Jalali, EPA)
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Mark Pattison - Catholic News Service
"All residents of countries where laws or social norms encourage the death penalty for blasphemy are vulnerable to attacks."
Pope Francis sits with refugee children from Syria at the Vatican Aug. 11. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano via Reuters)
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Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
While the Vatican is covering the living costs of the 21 refugees, they are being housed and resettled by the Community of Sant'Egidio, a lay community based in Rome.
U.S. gymnast Simone Biles, a Catholic, competes on the floor exercise during the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro Aug. 7. (CNS photo/Mike Blake, Reuters)
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Catholic News Service
I don't use it to pray before a competition. I'll just pray normally to myself, but I have it there in case."
Men build a book booth in Kolkata, India, Jan. 25. Although the Sept. 4 canonization of Blessed Teresa is at the Vatican, special festivities to honor her will continue in Kolkata until Christmas. (CNS photo/Piyal Adhikary, EPA)
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Saadia Azim - Catholic News Service
At Mother Teresa's home, the headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity, the doors are open for all, and followers and admirers come every day, visiting and praying in her tomb.
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Dale Gavlak - Catholic News Service
"Of course, we are frightened to return. What are we going back to? The houses and churches have been bombed."
Pakistani journalists in Lahore, Pakistan, protest a bombing Aug. 8 that killed at least 70 people in Quetta. (CNS photo/Rahat Dar, EPA)
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Anto Ankara - Catholic News Service
"The Catholic Church stand firmly with the people of Balochistan in this hour" and asked the government "to bring the perpetrators of this heinous crime to justice."