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March 2015

March 29

Priest advocates for peace in Colombia

March 29, 2015

Nobody has shot at Fr. Jesus Alberto Franco since Feb. 13, 2013. But that doesn’t necessarily mean the situation in Colombia is getting better.

St. Basil’s parish reflects on environmental impact

March 29, 2015

TORONTO - Construction has become the soundtrack of daily life at St. Basil’s parish.

March 30

Syrian refugees in Jordan cling to hope for peace so they can go home

March 30, 2015

ZAATARI CAMP, Jordan - Abu Bilal, a slender man in his 40s, is surrounded by cages of bright yellow canaries merrily twittering.

March 31

Pope names Cardinal Versaldi new prefect of education congregation

March 31, 2015

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis named 71-year-old Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi, president of the Prefecture of the Economic Affairs of the Holy See since 2011, to be the new prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education.

Church directives seek to keep mafia out of Easter processions

March 31, 2015

VATICAN CITY - The bishop of a southern Italian diocese has issued new directives aimed at keeping the mafia out of this year's Easter processions.

Lebanon's religious leaders affirm Christianity's role in Middle East

March 31, 2015

BEIRUT - Lebanon's Catholic, Orthodox and Muslim religious leaders affirmed the "essential role" of the Christian presence in the Middle East and called for terrorism in the region to be confronted "culturally, educationally and politically."