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A boy touches his crying father during a Nov. 19 protest by angry migrants from Pakistan and Morocco who blocked a section of the Greece-Macedonia border after Macedonia began granting entry only to refugees from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Syriac patriarch says Western nations have betrayed Mideast Christians

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BEIRUT - The head of the Syriac Catholic Church has accused Western governments of betraying Christians in the Middle East and said it was "a big lie" to suggest Islamic State could be defeated with airstrikes.

The call for climate action is one that Catholics are hearing, led by Pope Francis. A new poll shows Catholics are more concerned about climate change than Protestants, though that comes as a surprise to theologian Dennis Patrick O’Hara.

Catholics waking up to perils of climate change

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Pope Francis has been getting ready for Paris for more than a year. In May of 2014 the Patriarch of Rome sat down in Jerusalem with Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and issued a joint declaration as a challenge to the world’s Christians.

Young people take part in a walk for peace in Acapulco, Mexico, Nov. 19, during a church-sponsored event to call for an end to gang violence.

Church works to promote peace in Mexico's violent Guerrero state

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ACAPULCO, Mexico - Fr. Adolfo Silva Pita celebrates a monthly memorial Mass for the deceased in a lower-middle-class neighbourhood on the outskirts of this tourist town, once famous for sun, fun and celebrities, but notorious now for drugs, crime and killings.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gestures as he speaks during a news conference after attending the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Manila, Philippines, Nov. 19.

Manila protesters call for end to APEC

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MANILA, Philippines - More than 500 protesters in Manila, including dozens of Catholic religious and other Christians, called for doing away with the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.

Templo del Niño del Cerrito, Nopalucan, Tlaxcala

Mexican priest found dead with possible signs of torture

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MEXICO CITY - A Mexican priest has been found dead in the state of Puebla with possible signs of torture, four days after disappearing in mysterious circumstances.

Syrian refugees wait on the Syrian side of the border near Sanliurfa, Turkey in this picture dated June 10.

Debate rises on whether Syrian refugees pose a threat

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ROME - Some anti-immigrant and conservative leaders in both Europe and the United States say refugees arriving from Syria should be considered potential terrorists, and some suggest that requests for asylum should be vetted on the basis of religion.

Pope Francis calendars are displayed for sale in a bookstore in Nairobi, Kenya, Nov. 7. A Kenyan bishop said the church is comfortable with the security preparations for the reception of Pope Francis, in the wake of the Paris attacks that appear to have targeted crowded areas.

Kenyan security officials on high alert for papal visit

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NAIROBI, Kenya - A Kenyan bishop said the church is comfortable with the security preparations for the reception of Pope Francis, in the wake of the Paris attacks that appear to have targeted crowded areas.

Bangladeshi security officials in Dhaka stand close to the spot where Tavella Cesare, an Italian aid worker, was killed Sept. 28, the previous day. Unknown assailants also shot an Italian priest in northern Bangladesh Nov. 18

Italian priest shot, treated at hospital in northern Bangladesh

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DHAKA, Bangladesh - Unidentified assailants shot an Italian priest in northern Bangladesh Nov. 18, in the third attack on foreigners since late September.

In this Aug. 8, 2008, file photo, a boy salvages copper found inside a burned motor in Accra, Ghana

Ghana's bishops urge citizens to fight environmental destruction

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ACCRA, Ghana - Ghana's Catholic bishops called on Ghanaians to fight the indiscriminate destruction of the environment and supported a hands-on project to fight pollution.

Children are seen next to shanties in Manila, Philippines, Nov. 17.

Philippine church leaders: Don't let poor get forgotten at APEC summit

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MANILA, Philippines - As world leaders started arriving in Manila Nov. 17 for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit, church leaders voiced concern that the poor might be forgotten once again in the high-level meeting.

Abdelali Mamoun, an imam in Paris, talks with people on the street near the Bataclan music hall in Paris Nov. 16. About a dozen imams in the city showed up at a memorial near Bataclan, where about 100 people were killed in the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks by the Islamic State.

After attacks, Muslims in Paris fear being targeted anew

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PARIS - Shortly after the string of deadly, near-simultaneous attacks around the French capital, Faical Ouertani got a call from distraught friends in Tunisia.

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