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Giorgia Meloni, leader of Brothers of Italy, holds a closing rally in Naples, Italy, Sept. 23, 2022.

Italy's prime minister takes case of baby on life support to highest levels of diplomacy

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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has urgently written to Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Alex Chalk of the United Kingdom calling for the two countries to officially collaborate on facilitating 8-month-old Indi Gregory's transfer to Rome under the Hague Convention.

Father Stephen Rooney smiles as he exchanges the sign of peace with Bishop John O. Barres of Rockville Centre, N.Y., during his ordination to the priesthood at St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre June 18, 2022.

Younger U.S. priests increasingly identify as theologically conservative, politically moderate, 'first responders' to abuse

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A closer look at the largest survey of U.S. Catholic priests in 50 years has revealed "a major shift in how priests view themselves and their priesthood," said researchers.

Municipal workers clean an area at the site of a Russian missile strike in Odesa, Ukraine, Nov. 6. Ukraine’s Secret Service announced suspicion against Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, who, it said, “blessed the racists to kill Ukrainians.”

Ukraine’s Secret Service probes Russian Patriarch

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Ukraine’s Secret Service, SBU, has gathered evidence against Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, who, it said, “blessed the racists to kill Ukrainians.”

Foreign tourists visit the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem July 10, 2021. Tourists are few and far between with the latest eruption of fighting in the Holy Land.

‘Jobless and hopeless’: Latest fighting devastates Bethlehem’s tourist industry

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“I’ve never experienced anything like this before, never! It’s a war, not ‘like a war,’ it is a war,” said Rony Tabash, a member of a Christian family that has been in Bethlehem for generations, describing how the current conflict is directly impacting the Christian community in the West Bank.

Father Rifat Bader, head of the Catholic Center for Studies and Media in Amman, carries an image of Christ as he concelebrates Easter Mass in Amman, the Jordanian capital, April 16, 2023. Father Bader told OSV News that a Nov. 5, 2023, decision by Jordan's Council of Churches to cancel Christmas festivities amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war shows "solidarity with the people of Gaza."

Jordan's Christians cancel Christmas celebrations in solidarity with suffering Gaza

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Churches in Jordan are canceling Christmas celebrations in solidarity with Gaza as violence in the Palestinian enclave mounts.

A woman receives supplies in Acapulco, Mexico, Nov. 4, 2023, following the devastation of Hurricane Otis. Caritas chapters across Mexico have established collection centers and sent donations to Acapulco, which was left incommunicado after Hurricane Otis battered the tourist destination Oct. 25.

Caritas establishes 'humanitarian bridge' for hurricane-stricken Acapulco

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The morning after Hurricane Otis stormed through Acapulco as a Category 5 monster, Father Leonardo Morales surveyed the damage and saw total destruction.

Fr. Bohdan Heleta, left, and Fr. Ivan Levitsky are seen in this undated screen grab. The fate of the two Ukrainian Greek Catholic priests remains unknown almost a year after their capture by Russian forces.

Fate of captured Ukrainian Catholic priests unknown

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The fate of two Ukrainian Greek Catholic priests remains unknown almost a year after their capture by the Russian National Guard amid Russia‘s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, according to Forum 18, an Oslo, Norway-based news service that covers religious and intellectual freedom violations in several countries.

Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra and Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, top officials in the Vatican Secretariat of State, pray as Pope Francis presides over a prayer for peace in St. Peter's Basilica with members of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican Oct. 27, 2023.

Pope Francis calls for cease-fire in Holy Land; Vatican-Iranian diplomats talk

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The day after Pope Francis called for a cease-fire in the Holy Land, his foreign minister spoke by phone with the foreign minister of Iran, "reiterating the absolute need to avoid escalating the conflict," the Vatican press office said.

Seattle Seahawks No. 72, offensive tackle Abraham ”Abe“ Lucas — a self-described ”hard-core Catholic“ — is pictured in 2022 during a game against the Atlanta Falcons.

Football’s the dream, but faith is his focal point

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In his second year as an offensive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks, Abraham “Abe” Lucas is living his childhood dream. Even so, it’s faith, not football, that’s the most important thing for this self-described “hard-core Catholic.”

Father Marko Rupnik is pictured in a 2015 photo in Rome. The Vatican announced Oct. 27 that an investigation into allegations of abuse against Father Rupnik has been reopened.

As Rupnik investigation reopens, debate continues over use of his art

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Two days after news broke Father Marko Rupnik was incardinated by Slovenia's Koper diocese, the Vatican announced Oct. 27 that Pope Francis has lifted the statute of limitations on abuse accusations against Father Rupnik to allow for a formal investigation of the case by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Debris surrounds St. Porphyrios Greek Orthodox Church in Gaza Oct. 20, 2023, after an explosion went off the night before.

Young Christians a lifeline to Gaza neighbours

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In a media world that portrays the Israel-Palestine conflict as simple hostility between people of the Judaic and Muslim faiths, the Christian presence in Palestine is minimized or erased.

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