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Islamic State demonstrators chant pro-al Qeada messages in Mosul. According to U.S. counterterrorism officials, both the North Africa-based al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and Yemen-based al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula have seen defections to the Islamic State in recent weeks. (Associated Press)

Six miles from ISIS: A shockingly brave priest returns to Iraq

By Elise Harris - Catholic News Agency

Donald Cardinal Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, gives the homily during Mass of Thanksgiving in Celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Archdiocese of Washington at the Cathedral of Saint Matthew The Apostle in Northwest on Sunday, September 21, 2014. Khalid Naji-Allah/ Special to The Washington Times.

Don’t expect ‘sound bite solutions’ from synod, US cardinal says

By Elise Harris - Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis leaves after the morning session of a two-week synod on family issues at the Vatican, Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. Francis has urged bishops to speak their minds about contentious issues like contraception, gays, marriage and divorce at the start of the meeting aimed at making the church's teaching on family matters relevant to today's Catholics. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Synod must serve God’s dream, not try to ‘take over,’ Pope says

By Ann Schneible - Catholic News Agency

Social media sites like Facebook distract from faith and purpose, says Armstrong Williams. (Photo by: Berliner Verlag/Archiv/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images)

Faith on Facebook? Author stresses need for ‘digital missionaries’

By Maggie Lawson - Catholic News Agency