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Pope Francis greets a baby wearing a shirt with the colors of Argentina's national soccer team during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican May 3, 2017.

Argentine Church to release baptismal records from dictatorship period

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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – The Argentine Bishops' Conference will release to the justice system, in accordance with Pope Francis' wishes, dozens of baptismal records from the country’s dictatorship period.
Pope Francis greets Stephen Hawking during an audience with participants attending a plenary session of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences at the Vatican Nov. 28, 2016. Hawking, the British-born theoretical physicist, cosmologist and popular author died March 14 at the age of 76.

Church leaders praise Hawking for contribution to science, dialogue

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VATICAN – Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, who said he did not believe in God, was still an esteemed member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and fostered a fruitful dialogue between science and faith.
Suspected Hindu activists put up a fence blocking the emergency entrance of Pushpa Mission Hospital in Ujjain, India, after destroying the Catholic hospital's wall March 12.

Hindu extremists demolish wall of Catholic hospital in central India

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BHOPAL, India (CNS) -- Suspected Hindu extremists demolished the wall of a Catholic mission hospital and manhandled staff, including nuns, in the latest incident in Madhya Pradesh state, considered a hotbed of anti-Christian violence in central India.
Speaking about Humanae Vitae, Cardinal Muller said that the encyclical “goes beyond the sterile polarization between artificial and natural birth regulation.” He also said that the encyclical is still current, as “the same questions are in place today.”

Cardinal Muller: Overturning Humanae Vitae's teaching a 'crime against the Church'

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VATICAN – Speaking at a presentation of a book on Humanae Vitae, Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Muller, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, stressed Wednesday that attempts to change the Church’s teaching are “a crime against the Church.”

Holzman and another sister of the order opposed the sale of the property to Perry, due to the content of some of the pop star’s songs. In a separate transaction, and without the canonically-required approval of the Vatican or the archdiocese, the sisters sold the vacant convent property.

Nun involved with Katy Perry real estate dispute dies in court

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LOS ANGELES – Sister Catherine Rose Holzman, 89, was one of five remaining members of her religious community, the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Los Angeles.
A woman lights a candle on Good Friday in 2015 in Damascus, Syria. Christians in the Middle East, particularly those who have been forced from their homes by violence and persecution, need the support of the Catholic Church, a Vatican official said.

Vatican official urges support for Mideast Christians on Good Friday

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VATICAN – Christians in the Middle East, particularly those who have been forced from their homes by violence and persecution, need the support of the Catholic Church, a Vatican official said.
Pope Francis leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square March 11 at the Vatican.

Five years of Francis: Pope takes bumpy road to change

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In 2015 the Pope gave an interview to the Mexican media giant Televisa and said, “I have the sense that my pontificate will be brief — four or five years.” On March 13 he will have hit the five-year mark. He is 81 years old.

Pope Francis elevates the Eucharist as he celebrates morning Mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae at the Vatican March 12. In his homily, the pope said true Christians take risks to constantly seek out Christ.

Don't get comfortable, take risks when seeking God, Pope says

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VATICAN – True Christians take risks to constantly seek out Christ, because they know that receiving God's grace is just the beginning of a lifelong journey toward real joy, Pope Francis said.
Cardinal Karl Lehmann, longtime president of the German bishops' conference and a respected theologian who participated in the Second Vatican Council, died March 11 at age of 81. He is pictured in a 2013 photo at the Vatican.

German cardinal, theologian called a "gifted mediator" dies at 81

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VATICAN – Cardinal Karl Lehmann, longtime president of the German bishops' conference and a respected theologian who participated in the Second Vatican Council, died March 11.
Archbishop Jean-Claude Hollerich of Luxembourg was elected president of the Brussels-based Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community March 8. He is pictured in an undated photo.

New head of EU bishops' commission sets out to combat European populism

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BRUSSELS – The new head of a commission representing Europe's Catholic bishops pledged to combat populism and promote European unity.
Pope Francis greets people of the Amazon in Puerto Maldonado, Peru, Jan. 19. Pope Francis has chosen the theme, "The Amazon: New paths for the church and for integral ecology," for the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon region. The synod will be held at the Vatican in October 2019.

Pope chooses 2019 Synod of Bishops on Amazon theme, focus on 'new paths of evangelization'

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VATICAN – Pope Francis has chosen the theme and appointed members of the preparatory council for the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon region, which will take place in Rome in October 2019.
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