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Pope Francis: Keep sports honest
By Josephine McKenna — October 5, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The challenge, the pope said, was to protect sports from 'manipulations and commercial abuse.'
Vatican kicks off environmental push with climate change summit
By Doyle Rice — April 29, 2015
"The wealthiest countries, the ones who have benefited most from fossil fuels, are morally obligated to push forward and find solutions to climate-related change and so protect the environment and human life," Cardinal Peter Turkson said.
When will Aung San Suu Kyi break her calculated silence on Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis?
By Brian Pellot — December 3, 2014
The Nobel Peace Prize laureate is pushing 70. Her hopes for a shot at Myanmar’s presidency next year seem lost. Will Aung San Suu Kyi finally speak up for her country’s persecuted and stateless Rohingya minority in 2015?
Bookies put their odds on Pope Francis to win the Nobel Peace Prize
By Josephine McKenna — October 8, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Argentine pope is currently the 5-2 favorite to win the award, which will be announced by the Nobel Institute in Oslo, Norway, on Friday.
Religious conflict rips through Central African Republic
By Fredrick Nzwili — November 21, 2013
(RNS) A cycle of violence in the Central African Republic is quickly degenerating into a religious conflict between Christians and Muslims.
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