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Sean Considine and his wife, Nicole, hold their 19-month old triplets, from left, son Cohen, daughter Hadley, and son Corben, while their oldest, 5-year-old Caden, lounges between them in an undated photo. Considine, a safety for the Baltimore Ravens who will play in the Super Bowl Feb. 3, says his Catholic faith has played a huge role in his family and career.

Ravens Considine says his Catholic faith plays 'huge role' in life, career

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ROCKFORD, Ill. - Sean Considine, a safety for the Baltimore Ravens, is the first to point out that he belongs to some important families — God's family, the family his parents began, his hometown community, the family he shares with his wife and four children, and the NFL.

Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh and his brother, San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh, are pictured in a combination photo in late January. Jack Harbaugh and his wife, Jackie, are bracing for the the battle between the siblings in the Feb. 3 Super Bowl

Harbaugh parents brace for family Super Bowl battle

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Coaching siblings meet for NFL supremacy

Newly arrived Syrian refugees wait to receive aid at the Zaatri refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, Jan. 25. The United Nations urged neighboring countries to keep open their borders to civilians fleeing the intensif ying conflict in Syria. More than 30,000 refugees have arrived at the Zaatri camp this year, including 6,400 in the last two days.

Church, governmental groups seek more funds as Syrians flood Jordan 

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AMMAN, Jordan (CNS) -- As frightened Syrian refugees flood into Jordan and other nearby countries, U.N. officials at a donor conference in Kuwait appealed to the international community for desperately needed funding for victims of the 22-month crisis.

The 19th-century St. Joseph Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, is seen in 2012 next to an 18-story office building that an appeals court ordered demolished. The court said the building threatens the Bucharest cathedral’s physical security and was illegal ly constructed.

Who will pay? Romanian court orders tower next to cathedral demolished

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BUCHAREST, Romania - A Romanian appeals court ordered a new 18-story office building demolished because it threatens the Bucharest cathedral's physical security and was illegally constructed.

David Halfmann, 17, of St. Louis, stands with a pro-life sign on the National Mall during the March for Life rally in Washington Jan. 25. Bitter cold and snow did not stop tens of thousands of people from marching against abortion for the 40th year.

Bitter cold can’t dampen March for Life crowd’s passion

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WASHINGTON - The tens of thousands of participants at the annual March for Life in Washington Jan. 25 demonstrated just how determined they are not only by showing up in such large numbers on a bitter cold day but by continuing a 40-year tradition of protesting the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision legalizing abortion.

Pope Benedict's @pontifex Twitter account has generated more than 270,000 comments and responses from other Twitter users

Tweets and retweets: Study analyses @Pontifex traffic

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ROME - In his first month on Twitter, Pope Benedict XVI sent two dozen mini-messages in nine languages, generating more than 270,000 comments and responses from other Twitter users, according to a study conducted by an Italian Jesuit magazine and an Italian new-media consulting firm.

An exterior view of Boate Kiss nightclub is seen Jan. 27 after a fire in Santa Maria, Brazil. The blaze raced through the crowded building in southern Brazil early that morning, killing more than 230 people as the air filled with deadly smoke and panicke d party-goers stampeded toward the exits, police and witnesses said.

Catholic samba group turns parade into procession after nightclub fire

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SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - A Catholic samba group in Rio de Janeiro changed its parade plans after the nightclub fire that killed more than 230 people, most of them students from the local university in Santa Maria.

Archbishop Jozef Kowalczyk said that Cardinal Jozef Glemp (pictured) took over as head of the Polish Church during "hard and uncertain" times.

Cardinal Glemp headed Church during hard times

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WARSAW, Poland - Polish Cardinal Jozef Glemp took over as head of the Polish Church during "hard and uncertain" times, Archbishop Jozef Kowalczyk of Gniezno told hundreds of people at the cardinal's funeral.

A Russian Orthodox nun with the Sisters of Mercy helps a patient during a visit to a local hospital in the south Russian city of Stavropol Jan. 27. The sick, their caregivers and any Catholic who prays for or lovingly assists someone who is ill can gain an indulgence with prayers and service on or around the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, which the Catholic Church marks as World Day of the Sick, Feb. 11.

The sick, their caregivers can gain indulgences on World Day of Sick

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VATICAN CITY - The sick, their caregivers and any Catholic who prays for or lovingly assists someone who is ill can gain an indulgence with prayers and service on or around the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, which the Catholic Church marks as World Day of the Sick.

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Catholics, United Church find common ground on marriage

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Interfaith dialogue doesn’t reach agreement, but ‘winner-take-all’ wrong approach

Faith groups throw support behind U.S. gun control efforts

Faith groups throw support behind U.S. gun control efforts

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WASHINGTON - If Vincent DeMarco is right — and he’s got a whole bunch of faith leaders and their organizations lined up to work with him — ending easy access to the kinds of high-power guns used in mass shootings in the United States can be accomplished with a tried-and-true strategy.

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