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The Frank M. Johnson Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse in downtown Montgomery, Alabama. U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan Russ Walker struck down an Alabama law requiring more scrutiny for minors who seek an abortion without parental consent.

Judge strikes down Alabama abortion law involving parental consent

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A federal judge has struck down an Alabama law requiring more scrutiny for minors who seek an abortion without parental consent.

Maryknoll Father Gerard Hammond, who has gone to North Korea more than 50 times since 1995, is pictured waiting to meet Pope Francis in Seoul Aug. 14, 2014. Fr. Hammond has been named the winner of the Gaudium et Spes Award from the Knights of Columbus.

Maryknoll priest honoured by Knights for ministry to sick in North Korea

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-WASHINGTON – Maryknoll Father Gerard Hammond has been named the winner of the Gaudium et Spes Award from the Knights of Columbus for the 84-year-old priest's missionary work with tuberculosis patients in North Korea.

Cardinal Willem Eijk of Utrecht, Netherlands, is seen in Oxford, England, Nov. 7, 2016. The Dutch cardinal said Aug. 1 that a spike in assisted suicides in recent months reflect the concerns church officials expressed years ago.

Dutch cardinal on euthanasia spike: bishops warned of slippery slope years ago

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OXFORD, England – Recent increases in euthanasia and assisted suicide deaths among psychiatric and dementia patients reflect the concerns church officials expressed years ago, said a Dutch cardinal.

Seminarians of the Cardiff archdiocese enjoying a pint at The City Arms in Cardiff, Wales.

Welsh seminarians mistaken for bachelor party nearly kicked out of pub

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CARDIFF, Wales – Seven seminarians walk into a bar … and almost get kicked out.

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal John Tong Hon, pictured here from 2012, as bishop of Hong Kong. Coadjutor Bishop Michael Yeung Ming-cheung, 70, succeeds the cardinal as head of the diocese, the Vatican announced Aug. 1.

Pope names coadjutor to Hong Kong as Cardinal Tong retires as bishop

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VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal John Tong Hon as bishop of Hong Kong. Coadjutor Bishop Michael Yeung Ming-cheung, 70, succeeds the cardinal as head of the diocese, the Vatican announced Aug. 1.

John Kundla, in suit, a longtime parishioner of St. Austin Church in Minneapolis, is pictured in an undated photo. Kundla, a basketball Hall of Famer, died July 23 at age 101. He started his coaching career at Ascension Catholic School, where he also taught, after graduating from the University of Minnesota in 1939.

Hall of Fame basketball coach Kundla began career with Catholic schools

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ST. PAUL, Minn. – Before John Kundla, who died July 23 at 101, became a Hall of Fame basketball coach with the Minneapolis Lakers, he started his career with Catholic schools.

Protesters speak to television reporters while holding signs "Admit your crimes" in protest of the release of former priest Paul R. Shanley from prison July 28 in Bridgewater, Mass. Shanley, a major figure in the U.S. church's child sex abuse scandal, was sentenced to 12 to 15 years in prison in 2005 on multiple counts of raping and assaulting a boy in the 1980s.

Ex-priest leaves prison after serving his sentence for child sex abuse

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BRIDGEWATER, Mass. – Former priest Paul R. Shanley, a major figure in the U.S. church's child sex abuse scandal, was released from prison July 28 after serving 12 years for raping and assaulting a boy in the 1980s.

A group of demonstrators tries to help 22 year-old David Jose Vallenilla after he was shot by a Venezuelan military police sergeant June 22 in Caracas. Vallenilla later died from his wounds, bringing to 76 the total number of people killed in the protests.

Cardinal says Venezuela must take blame for 10 election-related deaths

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CARACAS, Venezuela – Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino said the nation's government must take the blame for at least 10 deaths related to a controversial election.

Volunteers of the Order of Malta's Italian Relief Corps provide assistant to an infant rescued in the Mediterranean Sea. Since 2007, the order's relief corps has worked alongside the Italian coast guard rescuing refugees stranded in the Mediterranean Sea.

Head of Knights of Malta relief efforts says sea rescue is a 'mission'

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ROME – While European leaders continue to debate how to handle the influx of migrants, the head of the Order of Malta's Italian relief corps said that search and rescue operations are a human obligation.

Men sit in front of a wall with a message of peace July 23 in Nairobi, Kenya. Kenyan Catholic bishops have urged citizens to prepare to vote peacefully in the Aug. 8 general elections.

Kenyan Catholic bishops urge peaceful vote

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NAIROBI, Kenya – Kenyan Catholic bishops have urged the citizens to prepare to vote peacefully in the Aug. 8 general elections.

The Zambian Catholic Church celebrated its 125th anniversary July 2017.

A Church on mission – Zambia celebrates 125 years of the Catholic faith

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LUSAKA, Zambia – As Zambia concluded a year of celebration marking 125 years since the Church was established in the country, its bishops have said that while it was once a missionary Church, it is now a Church on mission.

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