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The clothing of the six Jesuit priests killed in El Salvador during the country's civil war are exhibited at the museum of the Central American University in San Salvador. The priests, their housekeeper and her daughter were killed at the univers ity Nov. 16, 1989, by members of an army unit during a military offensive.

In El Salvador, seeing firsthand the legacy of murdered Jesuits

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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Standing at the edge of the garden where six Jesuit priests were killed in 1989, Echol Nix is clear about the message he is taking home with him to the United States.

Jesuits tell their alumni in Congress: Protect border children

Jesuits tell their alumni in Congress: Protect border children

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American Jesuits are pushing members of Congress who were educated at the Catholic order’s schools to pass aid for thousands of refugee children who have surged across the border in Texas in recent months, calling proposals to swiftly deport them “inhumane and an insult to American values.”

Sex workers and their supporters participate in a July 22 march demanding an end to stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV. The march, held during the the 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia, concluded with a cand lelight vigil in which participants remembered all who have died of HIV- and AIDS-related causes.

AIDS activists praise progress, warn about lingering danger of HIV

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MELBOURNE, Australia - Catholic AIDS activists said they are encouraged by the steady progress being made against HIV, but warned against complacency.

Meriam Ibrahim of Sudan carries one of her children as she arrives with Lapo Pistelli, Italy's vice minister for foreign affairs, holding her other child, Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, left, and his wife Agnese, second from left in green, after landing at a Rome airport July 24. The Sudanese woman, who was spared a death sentence for converting from Islam to Christianity and then was barred from leaving Sudan, left Italy on July 31 on a flight for the United States where she plans to build a new life.

Meriam Ibrahim leaves Italy for new life in New Hampshire

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ROME - Meriam Ibrahim, the Sudanese woman sentenced to death for refusing to renounce her Christian faith and then spared after an international campaign, left Italy on July 31 on a flight for the United States, where she plans to build a new life.

Sister Muna Totah, a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition, works on Karim Nofal, 15, of Gaza, at St. Joseph Hospital in Jerusalem July 30. The teenager is one of 23 Gaza patients being treated at the hospital, which specializes in head- and chest-trauma wounds.

In Jerusalem hospital, staff and family help Gaza trauma patients

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JERUSALEM - Since the death of his wife in an Israeli missile attack on their house in the Gaza Strip in late July, George Ayyad, 75, has been keeping vigil over his son Jeries, 31.

The Vatican has ordered a Roman Catholic diocese in eastern Paraguay to remove Carlos Urrutigoity accused of sex abuse in the United States and to restrict the activities of the bishop who hired him.

Vatican removes priest in Paraguay accused of sex abuse in U.S.

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VATICAN CITY - The Vatican has ordered a Roman Catholic diocese in eastern Paraguay to remove a priest accused of sex abuse in the United States and to restrict the activities of the bishop who hired him.

According to a survey published in La Stampa, 61 per cent of Italians support abortion and only 44 per cent said they supported face-lifts, which are common in Italy.

Poll: More Italians support abortion rights than cosmetic surgery

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ROME - As the Catholic Church wrestles with changing community attitudes on key social issues, a new Italian survey finds more support for abortion, gay rights and euthanasia than for cosmetic surgery.

Pro-Russia protesters scuffle with the police at the regional government building in Donetsk, Ukraine, April 6.

Ukraine crisis shows the danger of manipulating truth, chaplain says

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ROME - Propaganda and fear were the sparks that ignited the conflict in eastern Ukraine, a conflict that has become a real war, said a Jesuit military chaplain.

Smoke rises from Gaza City after an Israeli airstrike July 29. Violence escalated the previous night after an attempted unofficial truce for the three-day Eid al-Fitr holiday crumbled.

Even with airstrike warnings, Gaza parish staff have nowhere to go

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JERUSALEM - When the staff at the lone Catholic parish in the Gaza Strip received text warnings to evacuate the premises, they had nowhere to go.

Displaced Iraqi refugees line up to receive free food inside the Khazer camp on the outskirts of Irbil, Iraq, June 29. The number of displaced people because of their religious beliefs skyrocketed in 2013.

Number of people displaced because of faith skyrockets in 2013

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WASHINGTON - The displacement of people around the globe because of their religious beliefs in 2013 rose to levels unseen in years, the State Department reported.

Christian refugees march against persecution by Islamic State fighters outside the U.N. compound near the airport in Irbil, Iraq, July 24. Christians braved temperatures as high as 122 degrees Fahrenheit to make their voices heard.

Iraqi Christians brave heat to demand help from United Nations

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MANCHESTER, England - Iraqi Christian refugees braved temperatures as high as 122 degrees Fahrenheit to demand that the United Nations intervene to protect them from persecution by Islamist militants.

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