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Hellen Abla Avevor, headmistress of St. Catherine Senior High School in the Diocese of Keta-Akatsi, Ghana, center left, walks with other dignitaries during the decade celebration of the school Oct.19, 2019. Avevor commended the Catholic Church for its contribution to girls' education through the establishment of numerous girls' institutions across the country and called on stakeholders to prioritize girls' education in the country.

Girls still face obstacles in education, Ghanaian official says

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AGBAKOPE, Ghana -- A Ghanaian government official used a Catholic girls' school celebration to emphasize the need to educate girls as well as boys.

Chan Tong-kai, 20, center, whose case led to plans to change Hong Kong extradition rules, is released and accompanied by Anglican Father Peter Koon Ho-ming at Pik Uk Prison in Hong Kong Oct.23, 2019.

Hong Kong withdraws extradition bill that sparked protests

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HONG KONG -- A controversial extradition bill that sparked months of protest has been formally withdrawn by Hong Kong's government, reported ucanews.org.

Riot police in La Paz, Bolivia, spray protesters with pepper spray Oct. 21, 2019.

Bolivian bishops urge transparency amid signs of electoral fraud

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MEXICO CITY -- Bolivia's bishops have called on electoral officials to "make transparent" the vote-counting process as protesters rioted in the South American country, alleging fraud in the presidential election.

Displaced Kurds stuck at a border near Derik, Syria, wait to try to cross into Iraq Oct. 21, 2019.

Syrians flee to Iraq as cease-fire set to expire

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AMMAN, Jordan -- When Rifaa, her husband and three daughters escaped into Iraq in the dead of night, "there were dead bodies on the street" in Qamishli, Syria.

Amazon synod's controversial carved figures thrown into Tiber River

Amazon synod's controversial carved figures thrown into Tiber River

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ROME, Italy (CNA) -- A video uploaded to YouTube on Oct. 21 shows two men taking several wooden figures of a nude pregnant woman from a church near the Vatican and throwing them into the Tiber River.

Demonstrators near Al-Amin mosque in Beirut carry national flags during an anti-government protest Oct. 20, 2019. Fueled by economic insecurity and deteriorating living conditions, protests were sparked by government plans to impose new taxes.

Lebanon's Catholic patriarchs support anti-government protesters

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BEIRUT -- Hundreds of thousands of Lebanese of various religions sounded their cries in unison in streets and public squares throughout the country calling for government reforms.

Benedictine Fr. Columba Stewart of St. John’s Abbey and University in Collegeville, Minn., delivers the 2019 National Endowment for the Humanities Jefferson Lecture in Washington Oct. 7.

Cold War inspired manuscript collection

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WASHINGTON -- It was the global political tension of the Cold War that prompted the collection and copying of millions of pages of sacred manuscripts, a project now being led by Benedictine Fr. Columba Stewart at St. John’s Abbey and University in Collegeville, Minn.

Father Gerald Matolo, the priest who first received Fr. Michael Maingi Kyengo at the Thatha Parish is seen in this 2017 file photo. Father Matolo said Father Kyengo may have been targeted by someone who thought he had money.

Catholic priest murdered in Kenya, latest in string of killings

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NAIROBI, Kenya -- A Catholic priest who disappeared from his family home was found dead in a shallow grave in southeastern Kenya a week after he was reported missing.

Smoke rises over the Syrian city of Ras al Ain Oct. 16, 2019, as seen from the Turkish border city of Ceylanpinar. Humanitarian concerns are growing as people caught in the crosshairs of the Turkish incursion into northeastern Syria try to flee for safety, and groups are scrambling to aid them.

Humanitarian groups scramble to help people fleeing northeast Syria

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AMMAN, Jordan -- Humanitarian concerns are growing as people caught in the crosshairs of the Turkish incursion into northeastern Syria try to flee for safety, and groups are scrambling to aid them.

A pro-life message is seen formed in the sky by a plane above Sydney Harbor Aug. 18, 2019.

Australia to amend religious freedom bills to consider health facilities

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SYDNEY -- The Australian government said it will make changes to religious freedom legislation concerning religious hospitals and aged-care facilities, after the Catholic Church pushed for changes to a recently released draft legislation package.

A man sprays water at the site of a car bomb blast in Qamishli, Syria, Oct. 11, 2019. Church bells have been ringing in Qamishli and elsewhere in northeastern Syria, signaling the alarm to Christians and others of the ongoing Turkish military operation having a devastating humanitarian impact on civilians.

Caritas works to help Syrians displaced by Turkish bombings

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AMMAN, Jordan -- Church bells have been ringing in Qamishli and elsewhere in northeastern Syria, signaling the alarm to Christians and others of the ongoing Turkish military operation that is having a devastating humanitarian impact on civilians.

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