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  1. Caritas Lebanon: appeal for Syrian refugees/peace §RV rv.va/b6vSsz
  2. The Venerable Bede §RV rv.va/9RQG2p
  3. Vatican: No confidence vote for IOR President §RV rv.va/fzEtmE
  4. Pope meets with leaders of Bulgaria, FYR Macedonia §RV rv.va/93RRPW
  5. US Embassy Migrant Meeting: Listen to women §RV rv.va/1FtiHd
  6. Pope: God and wounded Europe §RV rv.va/PgYMUE
  7. Day of Prayer for the Church in China §RV rv.va/zq2frq
  8. Caritas Jordan: 100,000+ Syrian refugees §RV rv.va/GyTiA7
  9. May 23, 2012 §RV rv.va/ldyzGg
  10. "Our" Father... §RV rv.va/AEgLeN
  11. Pope: Fatherhood crisis hurts our understanding of God §RV rv.va/lvfyEz
  12. Holy See: Catholic Church key provider of healthcare §RV rv.va/sEseUr
  13. Presentation of World Meeting of Families §RV rv.va/df0LaN
  14. Education is key to development in South Sudan §RV rv.va/eZ2dZI
  15. Pope: We must fight against evil §RV rv.va/ecHZ8l
  16. Preparing for the Paralympics §RV rv.va/POU23h
  17. Pope’s prayers as Italy reels from bomb attack and deadly quake §RV rv.va/R7PUSH
  18. Pope: Support the Church in China §RV rv.va/yImfQD
  19. Germany: Dare a new Beginning §RV rv.va/IjtJMy
  20. Lombardi: Statement on latest publication of confidential documents §RV rv.va/2hj84T