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Bishop Jude Arogundade of Ondo, Nigeria, visits a victim of an attack on St. Francis Xavier Church in Owo on Pentecost Sunday June 5, 2022. At least 40 people were killed and scores more injured by bullets and explosives used by several gunman in the attack. Victims ranged in age from 2 to 85.

Day of prayer Nov. 3 for persecuted Christian women

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Christians from around the world are called to "Remember Her" on Nov. 3 as this year’s International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church focuses on the impact of religious persecution on women and girls. 

Protesters burn tires after Mozambique's ruling party, Frelimo, retains power in contested election in Maputo, Mozambique, Oct. 24, 2024.

Amidst rising election violence, Mozambique bishops reject poll results

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A day after Catholic bishops in Mozambique rejected general elections results as fraudulent and manipulated, poll violence had loomed large in the southeastern African country, also beset by an Islamist insurgency in the north.

People look at cranes around the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris Oct. 23, 2024, which was ravaged by a fire in 2019, as restoration work continued before its reopening. The iconic cathedral is scheduled to reopen Dec. 8, to be followed by six months of celebrations, Masses, pilgrimages, prayers and exhibitions.

France's culture minister wants visitors' fee for Notre Dame; church of Paris says no

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The countdown has begun for the reopening of NotreDame Cathedral throughout the weekend of Dec. 7-8. As the last pieces of scaffolding are being removed on the outside, Culture Minister Rachida Dati has proposed introducing an entrance fee to visit NotreDame, which has caused a stir.

Pope Benedict XVI smiles as he bids the crowd farewell after celebrating Mass at Nationals Park in Washington April 17, 2008. Pope Benedict, formerly Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Munich and Freising, died Dec. 31, 2022, at the age of 95 in his residence at the Vatican.

New translation project to publish Cardinal Ratzinger's collected works in English

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Some two dozen works of the late Pope Benedict XVI's pre-papal writings will be made available in English, many for the first time, in a new translation project led by the academic division of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries.

A painting by Pompeo Batoni of the Sacred Heart of Jesus from 1767 is displayed in an ornate frame inside the Jesuit Church of the Gesù in Rome, Oct. 22, 2024.

Only love will save humanity, pope says in encyclical on Sacred Heart

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A world that has become "heartless" and indifferent to greed and war, and a Catholic Church in need of revitalizing its missionary joy need to open themselves up to Christ's infinite love, Pope Francis wrote.

This is the front page of the Wisconsin Catholic Tribune, which was mailed to Catholic homes around the state ahead of the 2020 presidential election. A ProPublica report published Oct. 20, 2024, uncovered fake Catholic newspapers that are circulating in swing states and targeting Catholic voters in the run-up to the Nov. 5 election. The newspapers have nothing to do with the church or legitimate diocesan publications.

Dioceses slam fake Catholic newspapers

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A number of U.S. Catholicdioceses and their bishops have issued statements disavowing fake Catholic newspapers that have resurfaced in swing states ahead of the presidential election to target Catholic voters on key issues.

Bishop Joseph Yang Yongqiang of Hangzhou, China, shakes hands with Pope Francis while Bishop Vincent Zhan Silu of Funing-Mindong, the other member of the Synod of Bishops from mainland China, looks on in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican Oct. 8, 2024.

Vatican and China renew and extend agreement on naming bishops

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The Vatican and the Chinese government are renewing their agreement on the appointment of bishops and extending it from a two-year to a four-year term, both sides announced.

Melkite Catholic Archbishop Georges Bacouni of Beirut and Jbeil is pictured during an interview with OSV News at his residency in Beirut Oct 18, 2024.

'I can feel the tension in a way that I haven't before,' says Beirut archbishop

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As Israeli drones could be heard flying overhead, OSV News sat down with ArchbishopGeorgesBacouni of Beirut and Jbeil at his Beirut residence to discuss faith, war and reconciliation.

Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary-general of the synod, delivers his homily during Mass with synod participants at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 21.

Cardinal says synod can be ‘a new beginning’

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As members of the Synod of Bishops entered the last week of their meeting in Rome, the synod's secretary-general urged them to resist the temptation of "covetousness" — the desire "to keep everything for ourselves, to possess, to hoard, to define, to close."

Father Marcelo Pérez shows a monstrance to a resident of Simojovel, in Mexico's Chiapas state, June 13, 2020. Father Pérez, who ministered in Indigenous regions rife with territorial conflicts and later denounced drug cartel violence, was shot dead Oct. 20, 2024, 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.

Priest shot dead in Mexico's increasingly violent Chiapas state

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An Indigenous Tzotzil priest and peace activist was murdered after celebrating Sunday Mass in Mexico's southern Chiapas state, where the Catholic Church has denounced government inaction in the face of rising violence.

Displaced people reach out for food cooked by a charity kitchen in downtown Beirut Oct. 10, 2024, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces.

Urgent appeal from Catholic charities for Lebanon’s displaced

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As airstrikes continue to pound southern Lebanon, adding one more catastrophe to the avalanche of tragedies that have pushed its people to the limits of human endurance, churches and humanitarian organizations are urgently seeking help from international donors to provide emergency relief to millions fleeing their homes in desperation.

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