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Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan gestures during a press conference on the human rights situation of Christians in Iraq and Syria at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva Sept. 16. (CNS photo/Salvatore di Nolfi, EPA)
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An Ethiopian priest, Tesfaye Tadesse Gebresilasie, became the first African to be elected superior general of the Comboni Missionaries on Sept. 30. • The Vatican denounced the decision by Msgr. Krzysztof Charamsa of Poland on the eve of the Synod of Bishops’ meeting on the family to annou
Archbishop Socrates Villegas, head of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines, talks to the media at the end of the bishops' plenary session in Manila July 13. (CNS photo/Simone Orendain)
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Church leaders in the southern Philippines said the killing of tribal leaders and the harassment suffered by indigenous peoples in Mindanao are related to mining operations in the area. The tribal people “who firmly stand against mining activities were the ones being intimidated by paramilitar
MAKING HISTORY. Pope Francis addresses a joint session of Congress in the House chamber in Washington on Sept. 24.
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Francis, the first pope ever to address the United States Congress, provoked sustained applause by his very first words, expressing his gratitude for the invitation to address this joint session of Congress in “the land of the free and the home of the brave.”Many veteran politicians, inc
FRANCIS ON FIFTH AVENUE. Members of the Missionaries of Charity cheer as Pope Francis arrives at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
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Pope Francis urged the hundreds of thousands of people gathered for the closing Mass of the World Meeting of Families on Sept. 27 to serve and care for each other as freely as God loves the human family.The pope called upon the faithful to embrace signs that the Holy Spirit can work through everyone
GREETINGS FROM THE UNITED NATIONS. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomes Pope Francis.
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Whether they are dealing with war, development, the economy or environmental concerns, bureaucrats and diplomats must always remember that the lives of real children, women and men are at stake, Pope Francis told the United Nations. Helping to celebrate the organization’s 70th anniversary, Pop
TASKMASTER. Pope Francis gets a lesson on the environment in East Harlem.
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‘We can find no social or moral justification, no justification whatsoever, for lack of housing,” Pope Francis told hundreds of homeless people in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 24. He met them in the 220-year-old Church of Saint Patrick and told them, “There are many unjust situations