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Christians Worry, But Note Signs of Freedom
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Some of Egypt’s Christians are concerned about Islamists in power, but there is greater freedom of speech than before the revolution.

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Vulnerable to Violence In Guatemala
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In Guatemala young women are vulnerable to many forms of violence, according to the human rights office of the Archdiocese of Guatemala City.

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Syria Delegation
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A papal delegation of bishops, including Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, will travel to the capital of war-torn Syria in late October.

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Jacques Berthieu, a French Jesuit (1838–96) and missionary in Madagascar, was canonized in Rome on Oct. 21 together with six other blessed.

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Scapegoating the Aged
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Western nations must resist the pressure to “scapegoat, abandon, even kill, the elderly as a cost-cutting measure,” an Australian bishop said.

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Pope Recalls Spirit of Renewal, Stresses Return to Text
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Pope Benedict XVI called on Catholics to revive the “authentic spirit” of Vatican II by re-proposing the church’s teachings to an increasingly Godless world.

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'Parsley Massacre' Remembered
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Tonight we are breaking the silence,” said Regino Martínez, the Jesuit priest who is head of Solidaridad Fronteriza, a human rights and immigration organization in the Dominican Republic. “Tonight, we lose the fear.” On Oct. 4 he led a candlelight procession to the aptly nam
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Fear Takes Hold in Mali
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Radical Islamists who seized northern Mali earlier this year are imposing an extremist version of Shariah law.

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News Briefs
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Bishop Marco Antonio Ordenes Fernandez, 48, of Chile resigned on Oct. 9 as a Vatican investigation into his alleged sexual abuse of a minor continued. • The Meaningful Chocolate Company, a fair trade enterprise in Great Britain, was forced to redesign its seasonal packaging after being advised
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World Watches As Syria Suffers
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Why can the United States and the world community not do more to end Syria’s civil war?