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Msgr. Eamon Martin has been named as the new coadjutor archbishop of Armagh, Northern Ireland. He eventually will succeed Cardinal Sean Brady.

Pope names successor to head of church in Ireland

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI named Msgr. Eamon Martin as coadjutor archbishop of Armagh, Northern Ireland, making him the designated successor to Cardinal Sean Brady as the head of the Catholic Church in Ireland.

Pope Benedict XVI has raised the church jurisdiction for Ukrainian Catholics in Great Britain to the level of an eparchy, or diocese, and named Bishop Hlib Lonchyna, 58, a native of Steubenville, Ohio, to be the eparchial bishop. Bishop Lonchyna is pictu red in a 2004 photo.

Pope establishes eparchies for Ukrainians in Britain, France

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Updated 01/22/13

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI has raised the church jurisdictions for Ukrainian Catholics in Great Britain and France to the level of eparchies, or dioceses, and named the U.S. bishops who had been their exarchs to be their eparchial bishops.

Young people carry signs during a Jan. 13 protest against France’s planned legalization of same-sex marriage. The signs read “Where is your daddy, where is your mummy,” “Two mothers without a father, that’s not equal rights,” and “Long live equality, firstly, in marriage.”

Thousands rally in Paris against same-sex marriage

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PARIS - A French bishops’ spokesman urged politicians to “listen to the streets” after hundreds of thousands of people rallied against same-sex marriage.

Nigerian Cardinal Anthony Olubunmi Okogie criticized oil pipeline vandalism that led to the death of more than two dozen youths

Nigerian cardinal blasts politicians over youth deaths

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LAGOS, NIGERIA - Nigerian Cardinal Anthony Olubunmi Okogie criticized oil pipeline vandalism that led to the death of more than two dozen youths, saying if they had had jobs, their deaths might have been avoided.

In the wake of Lance Armstrong's admission to doping, the Vatican has invited top-tier Christian athletes Tim Tebow (pictured) and Jeremy Lin to help bring ethical values back to a scandal-ridden world of sports.

Vatican to enlist Christian all-stars to help scandal-ridden sports

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VATICAN CITY - In an effort to flex its moral muscle in the professional sports arena, the Vatican has invited top-tier Christian athletes Tim Tebow and Jeremy Lin to help bring ethical values back to a scandal-ridden world of sports.

Cyclist Lance Armstrong is interviewed by Oprah Winfrey in Austin, Texas, in this Jan. 14 handout photo. Armstrong's admission to doping is just the tip of the iceberg, since high-stakes commercial interests pressure almost every professional cyclist int o the illegal practice, said a Vatican official.

Vatican official: Armstrong's misdeeds reflect 'rotten' cycling world

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VATICAN CITY - U.S. cyclist Lance Armstrong's admission to doping is just the tip of the iceberg, since high-stakes commercial interests pressure almost every professional cyclist into the illegal practice, said a Vatican official.

Hafiz Karim and his wife, Muntaha, right, sit with one of their daughters in their Istanbul apartment Jan. 9. They fled from Iraq to Turkey after extremists threatened to kill them all if they didn't sell their Baghdad restaurant and move out of the nei ghborhood.

Some Turks feel influx of Syrians hampers efforts to aid other refugees

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ISTANBUL - Hafiz Karim fled with his family to Turkey after extremists in Iraq threatened to kill them all if they didn't sell their Baghdad restaurant and move out of the neighborhood.

Nadia Eweida, 60, a Coptic Christian, poses for a photograph in the Temple Church in London Jan. 15. Eweida, an employee who was asked by British Airways to remove a cross from around her neck, has won a religious discrimination case at Europe's human ri ghts' court, but three other claimants lost similar cases.

Vatican laments European Court denial of conscientious objection right

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Updated 01/16/13

VATICAN CITY - While applauding the European Court of Human Rights' recognition of the right of a British airline employee to wear a cross on her uniform, the Vatican lamented the court's denial of the full right of conscientious objection in other cases claiming religious discrimination in the United Kingdom.

Images of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Jesus are held up at a rally in Chavez' honor outside Miraflores Palace in Caracas Jan. 10. Venezuela's Supreme Court allowed indefinite postponement of his inauguration, scheduled for Jan. 10, raising ques tions about political leadership in the country. Chavez has not spoken or appeared publicly since undergoing a fourth cancer operation in Havana Dec. 11.

Shifts in balance of power create uneasy relations in Latin America

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LIMA, Peru - When Venezuela's bishops spoke out against postponing the inauguration of ailing President Hugo Chavez, the president's supporters accused them of meddling in politics, while government opponents praised their comments.

Young Syrian refugees stand outside their tents after heavy rain Jan. 10 at the Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian border town of Mafraq. Snow, driving rain and howling winds in early January compounded the already desperate situation for Syrians caug ht up in 22 months of civil war seeking to oust President Bashar Assad.

Syrian refugees face new enemy: winter

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AMMAN, Jordan - Snow, driving rain and howling winds in early January compounded the already desperate situation for Syrians caught up in 22 months of civil war seeking to oust President Bashar Assad.

Georgie Henley is pictured with a lion named Aslan in the 2010 movie The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, based on C.S. Lewis’ book.

C.S. Lewis inspires a new generation

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OXFORD, ENGLAND - In a wooded suburb of this fabled university city, a battered typewriter sits on a desk beside a bay window that overlooks a tangled landscape of oaks and beeches. Nearby, ancient bookshelves guard a leather armchair surrounded by wall maps and pictures depicting a fantasy world.

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