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Catholic bishops call for authorities to step up against violence in southern Mexico

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Four Roman Catholic bishops in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero called Monday for civilian and military authorities to take steps to protect residents of a region rocked by violence that has left more than a dozen dead in rec
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This year's Rockefeller Center tree will travel to New York from Massachusetts

NEW YORK (AP) — This year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree will travel to New York City from West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Rockefeller Center officials announced Monday. The Norway spruce will be cut down Nov.
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Secularism: Montreal to shed city hall welcome sign that includes woman wearing hijab

Secularism: Montreal to shed city hall welcome sign that includes woman wearing hijab

MONTREAL — A welcome sign in the lobby of Montreal's newly renovated city hall depicting a woman wearing a headscarf will be removed in the name of secularism, Montreal's mayor says, following criticism that the image is offensive.
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This year's Rockefeller Center tree will travel to New York from Massachusetts

NEW YORK (AP) — This year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree will travel to New York City from West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Rockefeller Center officials announced Monday. The Norway spruce will be cut down Nov.
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Republicans seek votes among the Amish, who rarely cast them, in swing-state Pennsylvania

Republicans seek votes among the Amish, who rarely cast them, in swing-state Pennsylvania

LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — On a recent weekday afternoon, an Amish man in a horse-drawn buggy navigated through a busy intersection of auto traffic in Pennsylvania's Lancaster County, past a billboard proclaiming: “Pray for God’s Mercy for Our Nation.
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Bavarian tradition honors St. Leonhard, patron saint of farmers, horses and livestock

Bavarian tradition honors St. Leonhard, patron saint of farmers, horses and livestock

WARNGAU, Germany (AP) — Farmers and their horses walked in a festive parade through the small Bavarian town of Warngau on Sunday to honor their patron saint, St. Leonhard .
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Biden marks anniversary of Pittsburgh synagogue attack that killed 11

Biden marks anniversary of Pittsburgh synagogue attack that killed 11

PITTSBURGH (AP) — President Joe Biden on Sunday marked the sixth anniversary of a gunman's deadly attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue and called out what he called an “appalling surge of antisemitism” amid the war in Gaza.
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A thriller about electing a pope draws crowds at the Rome Film Festival near the Vatican

A thriller about electing a pope draws crowds at the Rome Film Festival near the Vatican

ROME (AP) — With Pope Francis a few weeks away from his 88th birthday, the plotting for his successor is well underway at the Vatican.
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A thriller about electing a pope draws crowds at the Rome Film Festival near the Vatican

A thriller about electing a pope draws crowds at the Rome Film Festival near the Vatican

ROME (AP) — With Pope Francis a few weeks away from his 88th birthday, the plotting for his successor is well underway at the Vatican.
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Pope Francis' Catholic church reform process ends without giving more equity to women

Pope Francis' Catholic church reform process ends without giving more equity to women

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis' yearslong process to reform the Catholic Church closed Saturday with recommendations that fell short of giving women more equity as hoped, but reflected the pope’s aims for a church that at least listens more to its
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