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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople kisses Metropolitan Epiphanius, head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Jan. 6, as he hands him a decree granting the Orthodox Church of Ukraine independence, at the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. George in Istanbul, Turkey.

Recognition of Ukrainian Orthodox Church a chance for new ecumenism

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ROME – The formal recognition of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine brings "a wind of hope" that new opportunities will be created for dialogue and concrete cooperation in the search for Christian unity, said the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church.

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an address Jan. 8 televised to the nation from his desk in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. He spoke about immigration and the southern U.S. border on the 18th day of a partial government shutdown.

Catholic groups tears apart Trump speech about border wall

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WASHINGTON – No sooner had President Donald Trump finished his Jan. 8 nine-minute speech, his first such event televised in prime time from the Oval Office, about what he termed a crisis at the border, than Catholic groups and others began tearing apart his arguments.
Supporters of Felix Tshisekedi, leader of Congo's main opposition party, the Union for Democracy and Social Progress, celebrate Jan. 10 in Kinshasa after he was announced as the winner of the presidential election.

Congo's bishops dispute official presidential election outcome

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KINSHASA – Catholic church leaders in Congo have questioned the official outcome of the Dec. 30 elections, saying the officially published results "do not correspond with the data collected" by the church's 40,000 observers.
Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, professor of psychology and president of the Center for Child Protection at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, attends a seminar on safeguarding children at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in this March 23, 2017, file photo.

Global response to abuse: Work already underway, Vatican abuse expert says

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VATICAN – By summoning leaders of the world's bishops' conferences and top representatives of religious orders to the Vatican in February to address the abuse crisis and the protection of minors, Pope Francis is sending the message that the need for safeguarding is a global issue.
Pope Francis holds a sports ball that was given to him as he arrives for his weekly audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Aug. 26, 2015.

Vatican leaps into the world of sports with new association

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VATICAN – The Vatican announced its plans to take a leap of faith into the wide world of sports with the creation of its first ever sports association.
Migrants who were stranded on the nongovernmental organization migrant rescue ships Sea-Watch 3 and Professor Albrecht Penck disembark Jan. 9 from an Armed Forces of Malta patrol boat at its base in Valletta. Pope Francis issued a plea Jan. 6 to European governments to work together to find a way to assist the migrants.

After drawn-out negotiations, Malta lets rescued migrants disembark

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ROME – Migrants rescued from the Mediterranean were taken to shore in Malta Jan. 9 after being kept at sea while European nations argued over who was responsible for them.
Ann Marie Jones speaks about being sex trafficked during a human trafficking conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington May 15. She is now a peer specialist at Dawn's Place, a safe house in Philadelphia.

Donald Trump signs law to feed funds into anti-human trafficking mission

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WASHINGTON – Nationwide efforts to confront human trafficking received a boost in the new year as President Donald Trump signed a bill reauthorizing federal expenditures for prevention and assistance programs across the federal government.
There are 450 registered members of GOA Vancouver, which was founded 43 years ago. Above is a photo from its annual gala in 2017.

Faithful Goans feeling at home in Vancouver

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VANCOUVER – He lost almost everything on his first day in Canada.

The new law allows a terminally ill adult Hawaii resident to receive a prescription for a lethal medication if two doctors find that the person has fewer than six months to live and is mentally competent.

Hawaii's assisted suicide law comes into effect, but physicians are not cooperating

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HONOLULU, Hawaii – Hawaii's law legalizing assisted suicide went into effect last week, but many physicians and pharmacists are choosing not to prescribe or dispense the needed medication.

Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh, Northern Ireland, is pictured before a session of the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment at the Vatican Oct. 23.

Ireland’s new abortion law ‘must be resisted’, bishops say

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DUBLIN – The primate of All-Ireland insisted that the country’s new abortion law that took effect Jan. 1 has “no moral force” and it “must be resisted” by Catholics.

A woman carries plastic bags while browsing in 2015 at a vegetable market in Jakarta, Indonesia. Months after Indonesia's military was summoned to unclog Jakarta Bay, Archbishop Ignatius Suharyo joined a chorus of disapproval of the nation's growing plastic waste problem by calling parishioners to action.

Indonesian archbishop urges Catholics to ditch plastic bags

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JAKARTA, Indonesia – Months after Indonesia's military was summoned to unclog Jakarta Bay, Archbishop Ignatius Suharyo has joined a chorus of disapproval of the nation's growing plastic waste problem by calling parishioners to action.
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