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A woman places a rose on an image of Samuel Paty during a vigil in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France, Oct. 20, 2020. Paty, a history and geography teacher at College du Bois d'Aulne in the Paris suburb, was beheaded outside his school Oct. 16.

French bishops join Muslim leaders in condemning beheading of teacher

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PARIS -- France's Catholic bishops have joined Muslim leaders in condemning the beheading of a teacher in a Paris suburb.

A woman holds flowers while standing next to a makeshift memorial outside the Armenian embassy in Moscow Oct. 20, 2020. The memorial was for people killed during a military conflict over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Armenian Orthodox leader warns of possible genocide in disputed territory

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VATICAN CITY -- The patriarch of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, said the escalating violence in the Nagorno-Karabakh region has the potential to become another genocide of the Armenian people.

A protester gestures while a church is set on fire during a demonstration against Chile's government in Santiago Oct. 18, 2020, the one-year anniversary of the protests and riots that rocked the capital in 2019. The current protests occurred a week before a referendum on whether to ditch a dictatorship-era constitution.

Demonstrators burn two churches in Chile on anniversary of protests

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SANTIAGO, Chile -- Demonstrators burned two Catholic churches in Chile, where gatherings to mark the one-year anniversary of mass protests against inequality descended into chaos.

Maxxis Brehm, 4, prays for peace and justice during a rosary led by Archbishop Alexander K. Sample of Portland, Ore., Oct. 17, 2020.

Archbishop Sample leads rosary, exorcism to bring peace to Portland, Ore.

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PORTLAND, Ore. -- Dakota Hulsey was diligently setting up tables in a downtown Portland restaurant Oct. 17.

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Polish Archbishop Edward Janiak of Kalisz, who was accused of negligence after it was revealed in a documentary that he transferred several priests accused of sexually abusing children. Archbishop Janiak is pictured in a file photo.

Polish bishop resigns following accusations of failing to act on abuse

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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis accepted the resignation of a Polish bishop accused of negligence after a documentary claimed he repeatedly transferred a priest accused of sexually abusing children.

Farmers harvest rice at a field in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Oct. 16, 2020, World Food Day. Pope Francis addressed the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization on World Food Day.

Pope repeats call to divert funds from military to fighting hunger

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VATICAN CITY - Repeating a call first made by St. Paul VI, Pope Francis urged a global move to divert money from national military spending and use it to "definitely defeat hunger."

Motorists are pictured in a file photo riding a motorcycle past ruins of buildings destroyed during fighting in Kobani, Syria. Ambassadors to the Vatican from around the world were called together Oct. 15, 2020, to hear from Cardinal Mario Zenari, apostolic nuncio to Syria, about the humanitarian disaster there.

Vatican gathers ambassadors to hear what is happening in Syria

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VATICAN CITY - As the world's attention is focused on the COVID-19 pandemic and its dire economic consequences, the Vatican urged nations not to forget the people of Syria, who are still living in a situation of violence and extreme need.

Smoke and steam billow from a coal plant in Belchatow, Poland, Nov. 28, 2018.

Around world, men, women, children 'bear burden' of climate change, says nuncio

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UNITED NATIONS - Protecting "our common home for present and future generations is one of the most urgent demands of our time," Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the Vatican's permanent observer to the United Nations, said Oct. 13.

Pope Francis meets with Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller, wife of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, during a private audience at the Vatican Oct. 10, 2020. The president's wife delivered a letter from the president asking Pope Francis to apologize for the church's role in the Spanish colonization of the Americas.

Mexican president again asks Pope for apology for 1521 conquest

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MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has asked Pope Francis to apologize for the church's role in the conquest of the Americas. It's the second time he has made such a request of the Pope in less than two years.

People sit outside the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi as they attend the beatification Mass of Carlo Acutis in Assisi, Italy, Oct. 10, 2020. The Mass was held inside the basilica but measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 meant that most of the attendees sat outside.

Beatified teen showed that heaven is ‘attainable goal,’ cardinal says

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ASSISI, Italy - Thousands sang and applauded as Italian teen Carlo Acutis was beatified in a town dear to him and to many Christians around the world: Assisi.

Journalists attend a press conference for the release of Pope Francis' new encyclical, "Fratelli Tutti, on Fraternity and Social Friendship," in the synod hall at the Vatican Oct. 4.

Pope’s new encyclical stresses brotherhood and dignity for all

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VATICAN CITY -- Professing faith in God as the creator of all human beings, or even simply recognizing that all people possess an inherent dignity, has concrete consequences for how people should treat one another and make decisions in politics, economics and social life, Pope Francis wrote.

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