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An infant suspected of suffering from a drug-resistant typhoid receives medical treatment Feb. 23 at a hospital in Hyderabad, Pakistan. Antimicrobial resistance poses a "great challenge" to global public health and puts the most vulnerable in our society at risk, said Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.

Cardinal Turkson makes 'urgent call' to fight growing problem of antibiotic overuse

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VATICAN – Antimicrobial resistance poses a "great challenge" to global public health and puts the most vulnerable in our society at risk, said Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.
Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan and Lebanese Cardinal Bechara Rai, patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Church, chat during the Assembly of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops of Lebanon meeting Nov. 12 in Bkerke, Lebanon.

Lebanon's Catholic leaders appeal for peace in the Middle East

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BEIRUT – Lebanon's Catholic religious leaders appealed to the international community to stop the wars in the Middle East and to bring about a comprehensive and just peace.
A damaged statue of Jesus Christ is seen Nov. 16 in Velankanni, India, after Cyclone Gaja hit the region that same day. More than 40 people were killed and some 82,000 displaced in state-run relief camps.

More than 40 killed, hundreds displaced as Cyclone Gaja hits southern India

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NEW DELHI – A cyclone killed more than 40 people and displaced hundreds of others in southern India, severely damaging farmland and buildings, including the region's most revered Marian shrine.
California firefighters comb through a house Nov. 13 destroyed by the Camp Fire in Paradise, Calif.

Pope Francis offers prayers for victims of California wildfires; death toll climbs

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Cal Fire officials reported that the death toll had reached 77 in the Camp Fire north of Sacramento, one of the deadliest blazes in the state. The number of people who are missing has reached almost 1,000.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Mayor Jody Jones visit the Skyway Villa Mobile Home and RV Park, a neighborhood destroyed by the Camp Fire, in Paradise, Calif., Nov. 17. Francis at his Sunday Angelus Nov. 18 prayed for the victims of the California wildfires.

California prelates urge prayers, aid for victims of wildfires

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – By midday Nov. 16 firefighters had gained more ground in trying to contain the Camp Fire in Northern California, which is north of Sacramento and one of the deadliest blazes in the state.
Bishop Shelton J. Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux, La., speaks Nov. 13 at the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore. Looking on is Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller of San Antonio.

U.S. bishops give almost unanimous approval on pastoral letter against racism

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BALTIMORE – The U.S. bishops overwhelmingly approved a pastoral letter against racism Nov. 14 during their fall general meeting at Baltimore.
Bishops listen to a speaker Nov. 14 at the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore.

U.S. bishops vote not to encourage Vatican to release all McCarrick abuse documents

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BALTIMORE – The U.S. bishops Nov. 14 defeated a resolution to encourage the Vatican to release all documents related to the investigation of allegations of misconduct by Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick.
Attorney Jeffrey Anderson holds a placard reflecting U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops leadership since 2004, during a Nov. 14 press conference in Baltimore.

Six sex abuse survivors announce lawsuit against U.S. bishops, urge bishops to 'come clean'

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BALTIMORE – As the U.S. bishops entered the last public part of their 2018 fall general assembly, centered largely on the clergy sex abuse crisis, six clergy sex abuse survivors announced Nov. 14 a lawsuit against the prelates' main organization, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Bishops listen to a speaker Nov. 13 at the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore.

U.S. bishops' must prioritize response to sex abuse over other issues, advisers say

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BALTIMORE – A group that has been advising the U.S. bishops for 50 years on multiple issues chose to speak to the bishops in Baltimore Nov. 13 on just one issue: the clergy sexual abuse crisis itself and ways to move forward from it.
Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, then apostolic nuncio to the U.S., left, embraces Archbishop Blase J. Cupich of Chicago after vesting him with the pallium during a special Mass at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago 2015.

Archbishop Vigano urges U.S. bishops to act as 'courageous shepherds'

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VATICAN – Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò sent Tuesday a message to the bishops of the United States, who are holding a plenary assembly, encouraging them to act as courageous shepherds in the face of the sex abuse crisis.
In this 2015 file photo, Pope Francis and Italian Bishop Marcello Semeraro of Albano leave the opening session of the Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican.

Decentralization, simplification heart reform in Roman Curia, official says

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ROME – Pope Francis' call for a missionary church that is focused on preaching the Gospel will be the guiding principle of the apostolic constitution that will govern the Roman Curia, the secretary of the Pope's international Council of Cardinals said.
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