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In this 2008 file photo, thousands of crosses are placed in Zocalo Square in Mexico City to protest abortion. Lawmakers in the Mexican state of Veracruz have approved a state constitutional amendment banning abortion and "defending life from the moment of conception until natural death."

Mexican state lawmakers passes abortion ban

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MEXICO CITY – Lawmakers in the Mexican state of Veracruz have approved a state constitutional amendment banning abortion and "defending life from the moment of conception until natural death."

An exam room at the Planned Parenthood South Austin Health Center in Austin, Texas, is shown June 27. Charges against the creators of undercover videos of Planned Parenthood officials were dropped.

Charges against Planned Parenthood video creators dropped

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HOUSTON – The Harris County district attorney's office dropped the last remaining charges against David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt July 26.

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, second from left; President Francois Hollande, third from left; and Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, right, look on during a meeting with French representatives of religious communities at the Elysee Palace in Paris on July 27, 2016.

Terror attacks confound French authorities with shifting tactics and targets

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PARIS – The urgent pleas for national unity heard after every terrorist attack in France are sounding ever more strained as the killers inspired by the Islamic State group nimbly shift their tactics and targets and confound the politicians struggling to combat them.

Australian Cardinal George Pell, prefect of the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy, in St. Peter's Basilica Jan. 1, 2016. An Australian broadcaster has discovered that the cardinal is facing new allegations of abuse.

Vatican finance minister denies lastest abuse allegations

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An Australian television station said July 26 that it had discovered new allegations of sexual abuse against Cardinal George Pell, which the cardinal strongly denied.

Donald Trump speaking at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland. Boston Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley publicly voiced his concern about Trump's campaign rhetoric.

U.S. cardinal expresses worry about Trump rhetoric

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WASHINGTON – While most U.S. bishops have not publicly addressed comments from Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump regarding immigration, a popular U.S. cardinal and advisor to the Pope said he is worried about such rhetoric.

Pope Francis speaks to journalists aboard his flight from Rome to Krakow, Poland, July 27. The Pope is attending World Youth Day in Krakow.

'The world is at war,' but religions are not, Pope says on way to Krakow

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ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT TO KRAKOW, POLAND – The world, not religion, is waging a war in pieces, Pope Francis said.

Bishop John Pazak giving a blessing in front of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Toronto, May 29, 2016. the Holy Protection of Mary Byzantine Eparchy of Phoenix officially celebrated the enthronement of Bishop John S. Pazak on July 20.

World needs 'witness of Christ's unconditional mercy,' says Phoenix eparchy's new bishop

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GLENDALE, Ariz. – In a liturgy packed with rich symbolism and ancient tradition, the Holy Protection of Mary Byzantine Eparchy of Phoenix celebrated the enthronement of Bishop John S. Pazak as its fifth bishop.

A policeman secures a position in front of the city hall after two assailants took five people hostage in the church at Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray near Rouen in Normandy, France, July 26, 2016. The attackers killed a priest and seriously wounded another hostage before being shot dead by police.

Priest slain in France while saying Mass; ISIS claims attack

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ROME – France was convulsed by another horrific attack as armed men burst into a Catholic Church near Rouen and slit the throat of a priest who was saying Mass.

A policeman reacts as he secures a position in front of city hall after two assailants killed 84-year-old Father Jacques Hamel and took five people hostage during a weekday morning Mass at the church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, France, near Rouen July 26.

Pope expresses shock over violence in French church

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VATICAN CITY – The murder of a priest in northern France, taken hostage with a handful of other faithful during a weekday morning Mass July 26, is another act of "absurd violence" added to too many stories of senseless violence and death, said the Vatican spokesman.

A church in the town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, in Normandy, France from 2012.

Priest slain in suspected French terror attack

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A French priest was killed and another person seriously wounded after two attackers took hostages inside a church in northern France this morning.

U.S. Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., is seen in Miami July 23.

Clinton's VP pick, a Catholic, faces criticism for his stand on abortion

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WASHINGTON – Only a week after Donald Trump chose as his running mate Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, who was raised a Catholic and today is evangelical, Hillary Clinton chose as her vice presidential running mate, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, a practicing Catholic who has never lost an election, as her vice presidential running mate.

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