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A girl eats her meal next to a relative shucking corn in Terrabona, Nicaragua. (CNS photo/Oswaldo Rivas, Reuters)
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Providing food aid to people in need is not enough to eradicate world hunger, Pope Francis said in a message marking the celebration of World Food Day on Oct. 16. An overhaul of the entire framework of aid policies and food production is needed so that countries can be in charge of their own agricul
Member of Christian community holds placard during rally to condemn suicide attack on church in Pakistan.
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A five-year court odyssey for a Pakistani Christian mother of five will continue after an appeals court in Lahore, Pakistan, on Oct. 16 upheld a death sentence for “blasphemy.” Asia Bibi, 45, has been imprisoned since 2009 while appealing her conviction. Accused by co-workers after a dis
PERMANENT STATUS? An Iraqi child, who fled from ISIS militants in mosul, outside her tent at a camp in Erbil in September.
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Church agencies are rushing to prepare shelters so refugee can last through the winter.
FINAL WORDS. Pope Francis talks with Italian Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi as they leave the synod’s concluding session on Oct. 18. At right is Italian Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, general secretary of the Synod of Bishops.
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After several days of animated debate over its official midterm report, the Synod of Bishops on the Family agreed on a final document more clearly grounded in traditional Catholic teaching. The assembly failed to reach consensus on the especially controversial questions of Communion for those who ar
Children encouraged to wash hands at Ebola sensitization program in Liberia.
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Ever since Frank Mulbah’s mother died of Ebola in Monrovia, Liberia, in August, no one will go near him. “I went to my relatives after my mother died, but they chased me away, even after I told them that I didn’t have Ebola,” said Frank, 12, who tested negative for Ebola at t
Mexico's Missing
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The Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph said on Oct. 14 that it hoped that a $9.95 million settlement of abuse claims “can bring about some closure to those hurt by abuse in the past.”• Alaska’s Gov. Sean Parnell said in a statement released on Oct. 12 that his administration wi