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The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington is seen June 7. The court ruled July 19 that grandparents are part of the list of family members exempt from President Donald Trump's travel ban.

U.S. Supreme Court says travel ban exemption can include grandparents

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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court said grandparents can be included among those who have a "bona fide" relationship with refugees seeking to enter the United States from six majority-Muslim countries under the Trump administration's temporary travel ban.

Israeli border police make a Palestinian face the wall for a body security check on the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem's Old City Oct. 18, 2015. Following a mid-July shooting deaths of two Israeli policemen and three gunmen, tension has been running high in the Old City.

Jerusalem Christian leaders concerned with increased tension in Old City

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JERUSALEM – The heads of Jerusalem's Christian churches expressed "serious concern" over an escalation in tensions in Jerusalem's Old City as hostilities remained high following the mid-July shooting deaths of two Israeli policemen and three gunmen on the Al-Aqsa mosque compound.

An immigration rally takes place April 18 outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. The U.S. bishops' migration committee chair in a July 18 statement urged President Donald Trump to "ensure permanent protection" for youth under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA.

U.S. bishops call for permanent protection for young migrants

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WASHINGTON – The chair of the migration committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops urged the Trump administration to "ensure permanent protection" for youth who were brought to the U.S. as minors without legal documentation.

harlie Gard, who was born in England with mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome, is pictured in this undated family photo.

Charlie Gard's family granted permanent U.S. residency

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WASHINGTON – Amid the Gard family's legal battle in the U.K. to pursue experimental treatment for their infant son, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation granting them permanent residency in the states.

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement official arrests an Iranian immigrant in San Clemente, Calif., May 11.

U.S. migrant advocates show support for border bishop's call for solidarity

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WASHINGTON – Following a conversation involving a border bishop and Catholic leaders, migrant advocates from around the U.S. got behind a July 18 pastoral letter issued by the bishop of the Diocese of El Paso calling for a stop to militarization along the border with Mexico and showing compassion for migrants.

A priest celebrates Mass Dec. 4, 2016 in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Beijing.

Church leaders in China remain open to dialogue with Vatican

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FUZHOU, China – As the Catholic Church in China journeys toward a normalized relationship with the Holy See, one priest in dialogue with Chinese bishops has seen vast improvement in openness and dialogue on the part of leaders, both in the patriotic and underground Churches.

Pope Francis waves as he arrives for his general audience June 14 in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.

Pope Francis calls up garbage collector who lost legs in accident

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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Maximiliano Acuña is a garbage collector in Buenos Aires who earlier this year was injured in a serious accident that left him without legs.

Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia, seen here speaking in 2014, wrote a column July 18 in response to a prominent Catholic journal’s critique of American religion and politics.

Archbishop Chaput: Civilta Cattolica got American Christianity wrong

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PHILADELPHIA – A prominent Catholic journal’s critique of American religion and politics got quite a bit wrong, Philadelphia’s Archbishop Charles J. Chaput said yesterday.

Father Georg Ratzinger, the older brother of Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, at his home in Regensburg, Germany, on April 20, 2005. Ratzinger is accused of turning a blind eye to abuse during his time running the prestigious Domspatzen choir.

Report: Hundreds of boys abused at German choir school

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BERLIN – At least 547 members of a prestigious Catholic boys' choir in Germany were physically or sexually abused between 1945 and 1992, according to a report released Tuesday.

Bishop Jean-Marie Benoit Bala of Bafia, who disappeared overnight on May 31, was later found dead in a river June 2.

Cameroon bishops take legal action over prelate's suspicious death

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YAOUNDE, Cameroon – The bishops' conference of Cameroon launched a private lawsuit over the alleged murder of Bishop Jean-Marie Benoit Bala of Bafia, whose body was found floating in a river in June.

Amputees of Sierra Leone's civil war play football in Freetown, Sierra Leone, in this 2006 file photo. Catholic bishops there called on citizens to refrain from actions to destabilize the West African nation and to come together before next year's elections.

Sierra Leone bishops say citizen action for peace key to 2018 elections

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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – Catholic bishops in Sierra Leone called on citizens to refrain from actions to destabilize the West African nation and to come together before next year's elections in the same spirit that helped end the country's civil war and overcome its Ebola epidemic.

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