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    Children in Syria to send drawings to Pope in a plea for peace

    Syrian Muslim and Christian children from the city of Aleppo will come together on Oct. 6 to pray for an end of the dirty war that has torn the country apart. They will also produce a statement to be sent to the world's major powers, appealing for an end to the massacres that have seen hundreds killed in the last week alone.

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    Pope has one word for Hispanic ministry in the US: 'Adelante!'

    San Antonio's Mexican-born Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller is in Rome to brief Pope Francis on a project for Hispanic ministry in the U.S. and he's got a prescription for Americans weary of the political crossfire of an election campaign: "Pain pills and sleeping pills!"

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    • September 27, 2016

    At the signing of an historic peace deal between Colombia’s government and its main rebel faction, the Vatican’s top diplomat said people in the largely Catholic nation “have lived through forced displacements and violence. … And that is why we need to find the road to peace and justice.”

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