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Holocaust survivor Alex Roson, 83, born in Poland in 1940, holds a photograph of him with Simba and Sonya Rothfeld who took him from the Catholic woman who kept him during the Holocaust in his apartment in Jerusalem, May 5, 2024.

Saved by a Catholic woman in Poland, a Holocaust survivor has a message for the world

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At 83, Alex Rosin, born Elek Rebensztok, is among the youngest child survivors of the Holocaust. As fewer survivors are able to give their testimony, he feels an urgency to tell people his story, especially considering the increasing antisemitism he senses following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on southern Israeli communities and the subsequent war in Gaza.

Vatican to publish updated norms for investigating alleged apparitions

Vatican to publish updated norms for investigating alleged apparitions

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The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith will publish its new norms for the discernment of apparitions and other supernatural phenomena May 17, the Vatican press office said.

Pope Francis greets religious sisters during a meeting with participants in a conference on "Repairing the Irreparable" to mark the 350th anniversary of the apparitions of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque at the Vatican May 4, 2024.

Pope urges reparation to the Sacred Heart

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The spiritual practice of reparation "may be somewhat forgotten or wrongly judged obsolete" today, but it is essential for the promotion of justice and healing, including on behalf of those who have suffered abuse in the church, Pope Francis said.

U.S. President Joe Biden presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Olympic champion swimmer Katie Ledecky, a Catholic, during a ceremony at the White House in Washington May 3, 2024.

Catholic Olympic champion swimmer Katie Ledecky awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom

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Adding another distinguished medal to her already sizable collection, Katie Ledecky - the most decorated woman in swimming history - was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on May 3 in a White House ceremony.

Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych, head of the worldwide Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, delivers the homily during a Mass of thanksgiving for Aid to the Church in Need at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City March 10, 2024. In a May 2 homily at at the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection in Kyiv, the archbishop denounced as a "sacrilege" Russia's recent seizure of a Catholic church in occupied Kherson, which Russian clerics have now dedicated to the Russian Orthodox Church.

Shevchuk: Russian rededication of Catholic church for Orthodox faith a 'sacrilege'

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The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has denounced Russia's seizure of a Catholic church in Ukraine's Kherson region, calling the structure's rededication for the Russian Orthodox Church a "sacrilege."

Pope Francis and King Abdullah II of Jordan converse behind a table displaying the king's gift, a sculpture made of Arabic letters, in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican May 2, 2024.

Jordan's king promises pope Christian holy sites will be protected

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Pope Francis received assurances from Jordan's King Abdullah II that Christian and Islamic holy sites in Jerusalem will be protected amid the Israel-Hamas war.

A priest is silhouetted in a file photo holding a pastoral staff.

New Orleans Archdiocese investigated for child sex trafficking due to decades-old abuse claims

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The Louisiana State Police and the FBI are investigating whether Archdiocese of New Orleans officials -- including archbishops -- covered up child sex trafficking by clergy over several decades, with some alleged victims reportedly taken out of state to be abused and marked for further exploitation among clergy.

Sister Aleya Kattakayam, a member of the Sisters of Charity, greets Ayah Issa, 32, and her 18-month-old son Ahmad, outside Caritas Baby Hospital in Bethlehem, West Bank, April 27, 2024.

Caritas Baby Hospital in Bethlehem remains a ray of hope in war-torn Holy Land

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Many people in the West Bank have been left without work but the only pediatric hospital in the area gives them a sense of hope and security.

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, patriarch of Jerusalem, delivers his homily while celebrating Mass in Rome to formally take possession of his titular church, the Church of St. Onuphrius on the Janiculum, May 1, 2024.

Cardinal says church shouldn't expect 'miracle' of peace in Holy Land

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Sudden peace negotiations or an intervention by the United States will not deliver Israelis and Palestinians from the suffering caused by the war in Gaza, a Jerusalem-based cardinal said.

A Caritas Armenia social worker helps a refugee from Nagorno Karabakh, what Armenians call Artsakh, an ancient Armenian homeland.

Artsakh’s Armenians: the forgotten refugee crisis

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As April flowers burst into bloom on the mountain slopes and in the valleys Nagorno Karabakh, there are almost no Armenians there to celebrate the arrival of spring in their ancient homeland.

Pope Francis has appointed Bishop-designate David Waller as the next ordinary -- and the first bishop -- of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, a kind of diocese for Catholics of the Anglican tradition in the U.K. His April 29, 2024, appointment follows the Holy Father's acceptance of the resignation submitted by Msgr. Keith Newton, the retiring priest-ordinary and former Anglican bishop, who led the ordinariate since its inception in 2011.

Pope Francis appoints first Catholic bishop with Anglican heritage for UK ordinariate

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Catholics in the United Kingdom that are part of the personal ordinariate have welcomed Pope Francis' appointment of their first bishop -- and the first ordinariate bishop to hail from their Anglican heritage.

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