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Snowflakes float over part of a memorial for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, the first anniversary where 20 children and six adults were killed by gunman Adam Lanza. After repeatedly facing roadblocks in Congress, faith leaders and grass-roots groups have found success at the state level in seeking passage of gun violence prevention laws.

Mom who lost son in Sandy Hook massacre urges people to 'let love lead'

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DUBUQUE, Iowa - Nicole Hockley's message from Newtown, Connecticut, to people at two different venues in the Dubuque area was clear: "Our hearts are broken, but our spirit is not."

Catholic Filipino worshipers and members of the choir sing during Mass at St. Joseph Church in Beirut Dec. 7. The Philippine government said that in 2013, more than 1.8 million Filipinos were employed in other countries, including about 30,000 in Lebanon.

Filipinos in Lebanon work, sacrifice to support families at home

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BEIRUT - She wakes up before the rest of the family, prepares their breakfast and begins a long day of cleaning the house, washing clothes, cooking and taking care of the children.

Yet she's always thinking of her own family some 8,000 kilometres away.

From left to right, Leena, Anniesa, Nissar, Sarah, Kubra, Issar, and Miriam Hussain, a Christian family who have been threatened with death for converting from Islam in West Yorkshire, England.

Fleeing persecution, Christian converts find safe houses in England

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CANTERBURY, England - As a 17-year-old convert to Christianity living in Pakistan, Ali (not his real name) was stabbed in the chest and left for dead by Muslims upset he had rejected their faith.

Children carry flags of American nations during a Mass marking the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Dec. 12. The Mass was celebrated by Pope Francis.

Pope praises Our Lady of Guadalupe as great missionary of 'our America'

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VATICAN CITY - Preceded by a procession of flags from the nations of the Americas and the recitation of the rosary in Spanish, Pope Francis and thousands of Catholics from across the Atlantic celebrated the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the Vatican.

The Dalai Lama, exiled spiritual leader of Tibet, right, attends the Templeton Prize ceremony during his first visit to St. Paul's Cathedral in London May 14, 2012.

Lama says Pope Francis is unwilling to meet: ‘It could cause problems’

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ROME - The Dalai Lama said he would not meet Pope Francis while in Rome for a summit of Nobel Peace Prize winners.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon waves next to Peruvian Environment Minister Manuel Pulgar-Vidal as they arrive for the opening of the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Lima, Peru, Dec. 9. In a message to Pulgar-Vidal, Pope Francis said the time to solve the problem of climate change "is running out." He also insisted climate change is a serious moral problem.

Time to tackle global warming running out, Pope tells climate summit

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VATICAN CITY - Tackling the problem of climate change is a serious ethical and moral responsibility, Pope Francis told negotiators from around the world meeting for a climate summit in Lima, Peru.

A girl walks among a blue chairs installation for Human Trafficking Awareness Day in Cali, Colombia, July 30. The chair represent more than 20 million men, women and children who are victims of human trafficking worldwide.

As nuns face off against traffickers, priests asked to join the fight

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VATICAN CITY - Leaving their habits behind and disguised along with police in regular clothes, a small group of three or four nuns raid brothels in Calcutta, India, at night, snatching young women and girls as young as 12 from the clutches of their captors.

Kenyan church leaders, including Roman Catholic Cardinal John Njue, second left, and Anglican Archbishop Eliud Wabukala, third left, address a news conference at the All Saints Cathedral in Nairobi.

Kenya Church leaders alarmed by al-Shabab’s persecution of Christians

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NAIROBI, Kenya - Church leaders say attacks by Somalia’s al-Shabab militants in the northeast region of Kenya are increasingly taking on an anti-Christian tenor, including targeted executions of non-Muslims.

Augustinian Father Miguel Angel Cadenas baptizes a young man June 12, in a village along the Urituyacu River in Peru. Latin American church leaders apologized for historical complicity with colonial atrocities in the Amazon and called for a church with a n "Amazonian face" in a pastoral letter issued as negotiators from around the world met for a climate summit here.

Latin American Church leaders call for Church with 'Amazonian face'

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Latin American Church leaders apologized for historical complicity with colonial atrocities in the Amazon and called for a Church with an "Amazonian face" in a pastoral letter issued as negotiators from around the world met for a climate summit here.

Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, England, spiritual leader of the Anglican Communion, listens during a news conference at Lambeth Palace in London Feb, 20, 2014.

Archbishop of Canterbury warns of possibility Anglican Church "will not hold together”

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CANTERBURY, England - In a lengthy interview in The Times of London, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby predicted that the Anglican Communion might not hold together because of strong disagreements on the ordination of women as bishops and full rights for LGBT people.

In this photo, reviewed by a U.S. Department of Defense official, a detainee's feet are shackled to the floor as he attends a "Life Skills" class inside Camp 6 detention center at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba April 27, 2010.

Religious leaders condemn U.S. torture practices as report is released

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WASHINGTON - The chairman of the U.S bishops' Committee on International Justice and Peace said acts of torture outlined in a Senate Intelligence Committee report "violated the God-given human dignity inherent in all people and were unequivocally wrong."

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