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An undated photo of an AIDS orphan in Malawi, a country that is plagued with the epidemic. Vatican officials are pushing to rapidly expand the availability of AIDS drugs to children.

Vatican spearheads effort to get AIDS drugs to children

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DURBAN, South Africa – The face of the AIDS epidemic has changed dramatically in recent years as scientists have created antiretroviral drugs that lower levels of the virus in the bloodstream, allowing those infected with HIV to live relatively normal lives.

A man prays outside the Olympia shopping mall in Munich, Germany, July 23, where nine people were killed by an 18-year-old gunman.

Munich, Kabul attacks are call to pray for peace, Pope says

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VATICAN CITY – While recent terror attacks in Germany and Afghanistan bring sorrow and death to the world, they are also a reminder for Christians to pray fervently for peace, Pope Francis said.

African-American and white men embrace after taking part in a prayer circle July 10 following a Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas. Theologians and justice advocates have called upon the church to better address racism as a life issue and see it as an "intrinsic evil."

U.S. Church urged to turn attention to racism before fractures widen

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WASHINGTON – Fr. Bryan Massingale, a priest of the Milwaukee archdiocese and well-known theologian, knows what it's like to be watched by police.

The skulls of, left to right, St. Martin de Porres, St. Rosa of Lima and St. John Macias were taken under high security and scanned as part of a 3-D project in Brazil.

Scientists bring saints back to life using latest imaging technology

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RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian scientists are using 3-D printing technology to reconstruct the faces of Roman Catholic saints and other holy people, producing life-size busts of what they actually looked like hundreds of years after they died.

A police officer is embraced after a July 17 vigil at St. John the Baptist Church in Zachary, La., for the fatal attack on policemen in Baton Rouge, La. A former Marine dressed in black shot and killed three Baton Rouge law enforcement officers that day, less than two weeks after a black man was fatally shot by police here in a confrontation that sparked nightly protests nationwide.

Shootings of law enforcement officers shock victims' friends

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BATON ROUGE, La. – Jerri Marino's greatest fear was realized July 17.

German emergency services workers are seen July 19 in the area where a man with an ax attacked passengers on a train near the city of Wurzburg, Germany. After the attack, German church representatives urged public opinion not to turn against Muslim refugees and asylum-seekers.

Wurzburg church leaders warn against generalizing after ax attack

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OXFORD, England – German church representatives urged people not to turn against Muslim refugees and asylum-seekers, after police killed an Afghan refugee who had attacked people on a train.

Orthodox leaders applaud June 24 during the Great and Holy Council of the Orthodox Church on the Greek island of Crete. Although the Moscow Patriarchate boycotted the event, as did more than a dozen churches, it called the council 'an important event.'

Russian Orthodox Church calls boycotted Crete council ‘an important event’

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The Russian Orthodox Church, whose boycott of a major summit of Orthodox Christian leaders in Crete last month threatened to slow down efforts to promote greater unity, has declared the meeting “an important event in the history of the conciliar process.”

An aerial view of Rio de Janeiro July 16 shows the Christ the Redeemer statue with Maracana stadium in the background.

Catholic priest to coordinate interreligious centre at Olympic Village

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SAO PAULO – About two weeks before the opening ceremony for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Father Leandro Lenin Tavares was putting the final touches on what he hopes will be a very successful spiritual mission: coordinating the interreligious centre for athletes at the Olympic Village.

Police officers attend a July 17 vigil at St. John the Baptist Church in Zachary, La., for the fatal attack on policemen in Baton Rouge, La. Since the tragedy unfolded in Baton Rouge, the Catholic community has been at the forefront of efforts for peace and healing.

Baton Rouge Catholic community works to promote peace after shootings

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BATON ROUGE, La. –As tragic events have unfolded in the Baton Rouge area, the Catholic community has been at the forefront of helping to spread the message of peace.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaking during a July 20 press conference in Ankara. Erdogan has declared a three-month state of emergency after a July 15-16 coup attempt.

Turkey’s Catholics watchful during crackdown after failed coup

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OXFORD, England – Bishop Ruben Tierrablanca Gonzalez, apostolic vicar of Istanbul, said Catholics were following closely the government crackdown that followed an attempted coup.

Cardinal Raymond L. Burke from November 2014. Burke says America needs to decide if it wants to push back against Islam's desire to "govern the world."

U.S. cardinal says ‘Christian nations’ in West must counter Islamic influx

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Amid heightened tensions over Islamic State-fueled terror attacks and anti-Muslim rhetoric, a prominent American cardinal says Islam “wants to govern the world” and Americans must decide if they are going to reassert “the Christian origin of our own nation” in order to avoid that fate.

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