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Seven convicted of murdering Honduran activist Berta Caceres
Caceres, who founded the Council of Indigenous Peoples of Honduras in 1993, was murdered in her home in La Esperanza early March 3, 2016, two days before her 45th birthday, in what police initially called an attempted robbery.
Pope pays tribute to slain Pakistani Catholic Shahbaz Bhatti
Bhatti, who served as Pakistan's minority affairs minister, was gunned down in 2011 after he said he would seek the reform of blasphemy laws to stop the laws from being misused to persecute innocent Christians.
Pope tells kids battling cancer to talk to their guardian angel every day
It is not easy living with cancer, but there is always some kind of victory that awaits each person on the horizon, Pope Francis told young oncology patients from Poland.
Women say church leaders must listen to survivors before abuse summit
All three survivors urged victims of abuse to "go to the police," adding that they believed internal investigations by the church have consistently failed to address the problem since the first cases were reported by journalists in the 1980s.
Despite migrants’ plight, outreach to them gives nun ‘hope in humanity’
Sister Norma Pimentel's caring outreach to immigrants on the U.S./Mexico border earned her the praise of Pope Francis in 2015 during an ABC-TV virtual town hall meeting with the pontiff.
New Mexico attorney general serves search warrant at Santa Fe Archdiocese
Agents from the office of New Mexico's attorney general executed a search warrant to obtain records from the Archdiocese of Santa Fe regarding at least two former priests credibly accused of child sexual abuse.
Salvadoran human rights office pushes courts to prosecute saint’s killer
The Archdiocese of San Salvador is taking the country's judicial system to task, urging the prompt prosecution of those responsible in the assassination of St. Oscar Arnulfo Romero, calling for an end to "creative" excuses for not doing so.
‘A Night of Witness’ service commemorates life, faith of today’s martyrs
Catholic churches throughout the world were bathed in soft red light to honor martyrs and mark the "Courage in Red -- Stand Up for Faith and Religious Freedom" campaign sponsored by Aid to the Church in Need.
Indian archbishop among Christians with papers turned away at polls
Christian leaders suspect that the Hindu nationalist party influenced officials to remove from voter eligibility lists the names of Christians traditionally considered supporters of the party's archrival, the Congress Party.
Sacramento Catholic schools welcome students displaced by fires for free
Getting students back to school is just one of the monumental tasks ahead for the region with displaced families and closed schools.