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A woman is pictured in a file photo praying at St. Anthony Church in Yangon, Myanmar. Experts speaking during an International Christian Concern panel say persecution is worsening for Christians in post-coup Myanmar. (CNS photo/Jorge Silva, Reuters)

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Persecution worsens for Christians in post-coup Myanmar, experts say

Catholic News Service|Jul 12, 2021|3 Min Read

Pope Francis talks with Haitian President Jovenel Moïse during a private audience at the Vatican Jan. 26, 2018. The president was assassinated in an attack in the early hours of July 7, 2021, at his home outside of the capital, Port-au-Prince, the prime minister said. (CNS photo/Alberto Pizzoli, pool via Reuters)

Pope, bishops call for calm, dialogue after Haitian president killed

Cindy Wooden|Jul 9, 2021|3 Min Read

Father Yuri Sanko, spokesman for the Belarusian bishops' conference, is pictured in an undated photo. Father Sanko has downplayed a police raid on the Minsk's Catholic cathedral July 4, 2021, although a prominent lay Catholic warned arrests elsewhere suggested the move could signal further police action. (CNS photo/courtesy Father Yuri Sanko)

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Belarusian president warns against singing of decades-old hymn

Jonathan Luxmoore|Jul 9, 2021|4 Min Read

Haitian President Jovenel Moïse is pictured in a Jan. 11, 2020, photo. The president was assassinated in an attack in the early hours of July 7 at his home outside of the capital, Port-au-Prince, the prime minister said. His wife was also shot in the attack; her condition was not immediately clear. (CNS photo/Valerie Baeriswyl, Reuters)

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Haitian church 'stunned' by president's assassination, says bishop

Catholic News Service|Jul 7, 2021|4 Min Read

People hold a banner during a prayer service for Jesuit Father Stan Swamy in Mumbai, India, July 6, 2021, after he died at a hospital the previous day. The 84-year-old priest, who had been under detention on dubious terrorism charges since October, was been moved to the hospital from jail in late May, under orders from a local court. (CNS photo/Francis Mascarenhas, Reuters)

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Asian bishops honor Indian Jesuit priest Stan Swamy as ‘martyr of the marginalized’

Catholic News Agency|Jul 6, 2021|4 Min Read

A poster promotes presidential candidate and current President Daniel Ortega on the side of a bus, in Managua, Nicaragua, Thursday, June 17, 2021. In recent weeks, Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega's government has rounded up several opposition leaders, including at least six presidential challengers for the Nov. 7 elections. They face allegations ranging from money laundering to crimes against the state. (Miguel Andres/AP via Crux)

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Bishop condemns latest opposition arrests in Nicaragua

Inés San Martín|Jul 6, 2021|3 Min Read

People displaced by fighting in northwestern Myanmar eat at a shelter in Chin state May 31, 2021. Thousands of people have taken refuge in churches and convents as Myanmar's military continues to fight local resistance forces. (CNS photo/Reuters)

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As fighting continues in Myanmar, thousands take refuge in churches

Catholic News Service|Jun 16, 2021|3 Min Read

Anti-coup protesters flash the three-finger salute during a protest in Yangon, Myanmar, June 3, 2021. A third church in Kayah state, a Catholic stronghold in eastern Myanmar, was damaged by indiscriminate shelling by the military June 6. (CNS photo/Reuters)

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Third Catholic church in eastern Myanmar hit by military strikes

Catholic News Service|Jun 7, 2021|2 Min Read

Bishop William Iraheta Rivera of Santiago de Maria, El Salvador, is pictured in a screenshot speaking alongside other Salvadoran bishops during a conference Feb. 9, 2021, about the upcoming legislative elections. (CNS screen grab/Television Catolica El Salvador)

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Salvadoran bishops urge peace and democracy, not violence, before elections

Rhina Guidos|Feb 10, 2021|4 Min Read

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon, Myanmar, attends a 2017 interfaith prayer service in Yangon. (CNS photo/Soe Zeya Tun, Reuters)

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Myanmar cardinal appeals for no bloodshed, return to democracy

Catholic News Service|Feb 3, 2021|3 Min Read

Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chavez of San Salvador, El Salvador, is pictured in an Oct. 12, 2018, photo. "The devil is running loose in El Salvador," Cardinal Rosa Chavez said during a homily Feb. 1, 2021. The previous day, two people were killed and others injured during an armed attack at a political rally in San Salvador. (CNS photo/Alessandro Bianchi, Reuters)

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Cardinal says 'devil is running loose' in El Salvador after political killings

Rhina Guidos|Feb 2, 2021|4 Min Read

Fire from a molotov cocktail explodes in front of police as a police vehicle shoots water at protesters who marched against the commemoration of the discovery of the Americas, organized by Indigenous groups demanding autonomy and the recovery of ancestral land in Santiago, Chile, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. (Esteban Felix/AP via Crux)

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Part Two: Latin America’s biggest Catholic stories of 2020

Inés San Martín|Dec 29, 2020|5 Min Read

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