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  Reporters Without Borders tags the Philippines as deadliest country for journalists in the region

• Chinese priests meet Pope Francis in Rome

  Pontiff blesses the church in Inner Mongolia after receiving the gift of a chasuble made by Chinese Catholics

• Philippines to send priest to Kuwait to assist migrants

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