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The Vatican is increasingly indicating support for military action in Iraq to protect Christians and other religious minorities from persecution by the Islamic State. Click to Continue |
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Vatican City • Pope Francis’ five-day visit to South Korea will be the first time in a quarter-century that a pope has been on the divided Korean peninsula. Francis plans to bring a message of peace and reconciliations to Koreans on both sides of the 38th parallel, while encouraging Catholics in the region to spread their faith. |
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Papal plea comes as time is running out for thousands of Christians and Yazidis trapped in northern Iraq after onslaught by Islamic State. |
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis' five-day visit to South Korea will be the first time in a quarter-century that a pope has been on the divided Korean peninsula. Francis plans to bring a message of peace and reconciliations to Koreans on both sides of the 38th parallel, while encouraging Catholics in the region to spread their faith. |
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Martyrs, missionaries, peace with Pyongyang: 5 Things to Know about Francis' trip to SKorea |
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Pope Francis has called on the international community and the United Nations in particular to do all they can to stop the "systematic violence" against ethnic and religious minorities in Iraq. In a letter to U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon made public on Wednesday, the pope said he was issuing an "urgent.... |
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The sickening image was taken in the city of Raqqa - the capital of ISIS' self-declared caliphate - and uploaded to the social media site along with caption 'Chillin' with my homie or what's left of him.' |
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The sickening image was taken in the city of Raqqa - the capital of ISIS' self-declared caliphate - and uploaded to the social media site along with caption 'Chillin' with my homie or what's left of him.' |
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As aid workers offer health advice on the streets, residents fear emergency measures are starving the capital of supplies Another day has just broken in Liberia's capital, Monrovia. Outside a block of humble flats on Centre Street, two women in long overcoats jump out of a taxi, avoiding the.... |
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The sickening image was taken in the city of Raqqa - the capital of ISIS' self-declared caliphate - and uploaded to the social media site along with caption 'Chillin' with my homie or what's left of him.' |