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People walk at the site of a Russian missile strike near St. Nicholas Catholic Church in Kyiv, Ukraine, Dec. 20, 2024, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine. According to the church's rector, Father Pavlo Vyshkovsky, cited by the Religious Information Service of Ukraine, the windows in the church's towers were blown out and the stained glass windows were shattered.

Kyiv's St. Nicholas Catholic church suffers damage during Russian morning attack

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During a Dec. 20 Russian missile strike on Kyiv, Catholic St. Nicholas church, a significant architectural monument of the Ukrainian capital, suffered damage.

Pope Francis places his hand on his face during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 11, 2023.

Israeli minister asks Pope Francis to clarify remarks about genocide claims in Gaza

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Israel's minister of diaspora affairs and combating antisemitism asked Pope Francis to clarify his remarks about the need to investigate whether the current war in Gaza constitutes a genocide.

Pope Francis, accompanied by Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity, blesses the mobile hospital Dec. 18, 2024, at the Vatican. On the same day Cardinal Krajewski left for Ukraine, driving the mobile hospital from Rome to Lviv, Ukraine.

Papal charity point man driving to Ukraine for Christmas

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For Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, driving home for Christmas means taking a different route each year. In 2024, he marks his second Christmas in war-torn Ukraine.

Archbishop Georg Gänswein, former secretary to Pope Benedict XVI, is pictured in a 2019 file photo.

Archbishop Gänswein reflects on his new diplomatic role

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Archbishop Georg Gänswein, appointed in June as apostolic nuncio to the Baltic states, has shared his insights on his new diplomatic and pastoral responsibilities. Previously serving as Pope Benedict XVI’s private secretary and later as prefect of the Papal Household, he was sent home to Germany by Pope Francis in June 2023 -- "a decision that had to be digested," he said.

A knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre holds the crown of thorns during a procession marking its return to Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris Dec. 13, 2024, five-and-a-half years after a fire ravaged the Gothic Parisian landmark.

Jesus' crown of thorns returns to Notre Dame Cathedral

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Firefighters and police officers formed a human chain to rescue the crown of thorns from the inferno at Notre Dame on April 15, 2019. On Dec. 13, 2024, this holiest relic of Paris' cathedral was returned to its proper home on the Île de la Cité.

Crime scene tape is seen in this illustration photo. Multiple people are dead, including the suspect, and others are injured, after a mass shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wis., Dec. 16, 2024, police said.

Multiple dead reported in shooting at Wisconsin Christian school

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Police in Madison, Wisconsin, said they are investigating a mass shooting at that city's Abundant Life Christian School Dec. 16 that left at least two killed and six injured, authorities said. The gunman is also dead, they said.

Clergymen and other worshippers take part in a march demanding peace in San Cristobal de Las Casas, in the southern state of Chiapas, Mexico, Nov. 3, 2024, after the murder of Father Marcelo Pérez. Father Pérez, who ministered in Indigenous regions rife with territorial conflicts and later denounced drug cartel violence, was shot dead Oct. 20 by two assailants on a motorcycle as he drove away from the Guadalupe church in San Cristóbal de las Casas, according to Mexican media reports.

Mexican bishops urge truce as country celebrates feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

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Mexico's Catholic clergy have called for a truce on Dec. 12, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and on Christmas Day as criminal violence wracks swaths of the country and clergy working in conflictive regions come under threat.

Rebel fighters gesture, after rebels seized the capital and ousted President Bashar Assad, in Damascus, Syria, Dec. 9, 2024.

Uncertain future for Christians after Syria falls

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Gunfire and shouts of jubilation echoed through the streets of Damascus, Syria’s capital, as rebel forces opposed to Bashar Assad’s government took control of the city on Dec. 7 and proclaimed an end to the 50-year rule of the Assad dynasty.

People celebrate next to a sculpture of Sultan Pasha al-Atrash, a Druze warrior who led a revolt against French rule in 1925, after Syrian rebels announced that they had ousted President Bashar Assad, in Majdal Shams, a Druze village in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Dec. 9, 2024.

World must aid Syria at this 'new chapter in its rich history,' says Bishop Zaidan

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The head of the U.S. Catholic bishops' international justice committee is calling on nations to help Syria after the Dec. 8 fall of the Assad dictatorship in a lightning rebel offensive after 13 years of civil war.

A sign displays the tribunal court location, as people walk along a corridor at Milan Court of Justice, Italy, April 26, 2024. A Sister of Charity in northern Italy was placed under house arrest after a nearly four-month investigation by prosecutors revealed she allegedly used her prison ministry to connect local mafia bosses with inmates.

Nun accused of allegedly aiding mafia placed under house arrest

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A Sister of Charity in northern Italy was placed under house arrest after a nearly four-month investigation by prosecutors revealed she allegedly used her prison ministry to connect local mafia bosses with inmates.

Paris Archbishop Laurent Ulrich presides over the inaugural Mass, at Notre Dame Cathedral, five-and-a-half years after a fire ravaged the Gothic masterpiece, in Paris, Dec. 8, 2024.

With inaugural Mass, Notre Dame reveals 'the Lord does not abandon his own'

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Chilling rain and the "City of Lights" completely locked down due to high profile guests did not stop the crowds from arriving as close to Notre Dame Cathedral as possible for its inaugural Mass celebrated Dec. 8. The beloved Paris icon also opened its doors to the public for the first time after the devastating fire in 2019, with the second Mass that Sunday for Parisians and tourists.

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