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Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, Vatican foreign minister, addresses the 72nd U.N. General Assembly Sept. 25 at U.N. headquarters in New York. The next day Archbishop Gallagher met with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at the State Department in Washington.

Vatican diplomat calls on U.N. to pursue peace in world's trouble spots

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UNITED NATIONS – A Vatican official called on the world's governments to strive more actively to prevent wars, protect human dignity and the environment and work toward a nuclear-free world.

German political leaders Horst Seehofer and Chancellor Angela Merkel attend their first parliamentary meeting after the general election in Berlin.

German bishops urge calm after anti-immigrant party gains in election

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FULDA, Germany – The president of the German bishops' conference urged "verbal disarmament" after Sept. 24 elections brought a far-right party into the Bundestag, or parliament, for the first time since World War II.

Bishop Ramon Castro Castro of Cuernavaca, Mexico, celebrates Mass Sept. 24 outside the city's cathedral, which dates to the 1500s and was badly damaged by the Sept. 19 earthquake in Mexico.

Mexicans respond to quake with generosity, concern about politicians

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CUERNAVACA, Mexico – Donations from Caritas chapters across Mexico started streaming into affected areas after an earthquake rocked central Mexico Sept. 19, claiming more than 300 lives, leveling homes and churches and leaving thousands homeless.

Some of the estimated 4,000 people prepare to spend the night at Largo High School as Hurricane Irma bore down on Largo, Fla., Sept. 9.

Worst of Irma brings out best in America

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Canadians are privy to so much information about our southern neighbours. It’s unfortunate that most often it’s the bad that overwhelms us when we think of the United States.

People pass buckets and shovels to remove the rubble of a collapsed building Sept. 19 after an earthquake hit Mexico City. The magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit to the southeast of the city, killing hundreds.

Church leaders offer prayers, Mexicans pitch in after earthquake

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MEXICO CITY – Mexican church leaders offered prayers and urged generosity after an earthquake struck the national capital and its environs, claiming more than 240 lives -- including at least 20 children trapped in a collapsed school.

Rescue personnel remove rubble Sept. 20 at a collapsed building while searching for survivors after an earthquake hit Mexico City. The magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit Sept. 19 to the southeast of the city, killing hundreds.

Pope prays for victims of Mexico quake

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VATICAN CITY – As search and rescue operations continued in central Mexico, where more than 200 people died after a strong earthquake Sept. 19, Pope Francis offered his prayers for the victims.

Rohingya refugee children are seen through a rain-covered window Sept. 19 at a camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

Myanmar leader condemns human rights violations in speech on Rohingya

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NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar – Faced with a powerful military keen to have martial law declared in Rakhine state, which nearly half a million people fled in three weeks, Myanmar's de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, avoided any mention of ethnic cleansing of Muslim Rohingya while broadly condemning human rights violations in her first major address on the issue.

Salesian Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who was released from captivity Sept. 12, greets journalists as he arrives for a news conference in Rome Sept. 16. Father Uzhunnalil was abducted during an attack on a charity care home in Yemen in March 2016 and imprisoned for 18 months.

Salesian priest recounts harrowing tale of his capture, liberation

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ROME – Salesian Father Tom Uzhunnalil was sitting in a room in an unknown location -- one of several he had been relocated to during his 18-month imprisonment -- when he received some unexpected news.

Father Teresito Soganub gives a statement Sept. 18 during a news conference in Manila, Philippines. Father Soganub was released after being held captive by the Maute terror since May 23.

Philippine priest, kidnapped in May, freed

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MANILA, Philippines – A senior Philippine priest taken hostage by Islamic State-inspired militants in the southern city of Marawi has been freed after almost four months of captivity.

People are seen outside the Vatican Embassy, or apostolic nunciature, in Washington in 2014. A member of the Vatican diplomatic corps serving in Washington has been recalled to the Vatican where he is involved in a criminal investigation involving child pornography, the Vatican said.

Vatican diplomat recalled from U.S. during child-porn investigation

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VATICAN CITY - A member of the Vatican diplomatic corps serving in Washington has been recalled to the Vatican where he is involved in a criminal investigation involving child pornography, the Vatican said.

A woman reacts Sept. 15 following a blast caused by an improvised explosive device on a London Underground train. The blast injured more than a dozen people and is being treated as terrorism by police investigators.

London cardinal calls Tube incident 'another cowardly attack'

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LONDON - Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster described the attempted bombing of a rush hour Tube train in London as "yet another cowardly attack" and said he was praying for the 22 people being treated for burns and other injuries.

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