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Bishop Jean-Marie Benoit Bala of Bafia, who disappeared overnight on May 31, was found dead in a river June 2. Authorities are calling the incident a "suspicious death."

Questions surround Cameroonian bishop's reported suicide

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OXFORD, England – Catholic leaders in Cameroon have urged prayers for one of the African country's bishops, whose remains were pulled from a river June 2, three days after his apparent suicide.

The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops was sued by a tenant of the conference’s Waumini Building in Westlands, Kenya, who claimed his six-year lease was terminated on religious grounds.

Kenyan court orders Catholic bishops to pay Muslim restaurant owner $125,000

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NAIROBI, Kenya – The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops has been ordered to pay a Somali Muslim restaurant owner 13 million Kenyan shillings ($125,000) for breach of contract and discrimination along ethnic and religious lines.

Police officers establish a security parameter outside Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris June 6 after police shot and injured a man who attacked officers with a hammer in the square outside the church.

Attack on police near Notre Dame cathedral shakes Paris

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PARIS, France – A man was shot after an apparent hammer attack on police officers at Paris police headquarters next to the Cathedral of Notre Dame on Tuesday.

A woman holds an image of Ukrainian Cardinal Lubomyr Husar during his June 5 funeral Mass at the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Kiev. Cardinal Husar died May 31 at the age of 84.

Pope sends personal note of condolence to Ukrainians for cardinal's death

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VATICAN CITY – Saying he was moved by reports of tens of thousands of people gathering for a funeral procession for Ukrainian Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, who died May 31, Pope Francis sent a second message of condolence to the cardinal's successor.

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence gestures as he speaks during the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast June 6 in Washington.

Pence defends Trump as a champion of Catholic values at prayer breakfast

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WASHINGTON (RNS) Vice President Mike Pence — a onetime altar boy who became an evangelical Protestant — proclaimed President Donald Trump a faithful supporter of Catholic values at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast, an event that sought to set aside any friction between the president and the Pope.

Msgr. Richard Paperini comforts Myhanh Best, wife of Ricky Best, who was killed on a Portland, Ore., commuter train May 26 while defending two girls from an anti-Muslim racist attack. The ceremony was held June 5 at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland, following a funeral Mass for Ricky Best at Christ the King Church in Milwaukie, Ore.

Hundreds mourn Oregon man killed during heroic act to protect others

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PORTLAND, Ore. – The morning after police in Portland arrested 14 demonstrators at dueling political protests, about 800 worshippers turned out in a unified show of support for a man whose heroic act transcended division.

Filipino residents of Marawi are escorted to safety by government forces June 3.The Association of Major Religious Superiors in the Philippines called for an end to martial law in Mindanao, saying it was not the proper response to terrorist attacks in one city on a vast island.

Philippine religious superiors call for end to martial law in Mindanao

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MANILA, Philippines – The Association of Major Religious Superiors in the Philippines called for an end to martial law in Mindanao, saying that it is "not the proper response to terrorist attacks in just one city on a vast island."

Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, centre, attends a June 5 vigil with Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis for the victims of the London Bridge terror attacks.

Imams, religious leaders voice 'utter disgust' after London attack

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VATICAN CITY – More than 130 imams and religious leaders throughout the UK have joined voices in strongly condemning recent terrorist attacks in London and Manchester, calling the acts “cold-blooded murders.”

After a terrorist attack near the London Bridge June 3. people leave the area with their hands up. Seven people were killed and dozens injured when three terrorists in a van mowed down pedestrians on the bridge before stabbing a police officer and revelers around Borough Market.

Pope prays for victims of terror attack in central London

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VATICAN CITY – At the end of Mass on Pentecost Sunday, Pope Francis prayed for the victims of the London Bridge terrorist attack.

In a May 27 Facebook post, 'This is Christian Iraq' documented Muslims and Christians working together to rebuild Mar Georges Monastery in Mosul, Iraq.

Muslims and Christians unite to rebuild Mosul monastery

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MOSUL, Iraq – As government forces pry apart the Islamic State's three yearlong grip on Mosul, Muslims and Christians have united to rebuild a damaged monastery.

The relic of Saint John Bosco, tiny fragments of his brain, was stolen from the Don Bosco Basilica June 2. Pilgrims gathered at the church Sunday (June 4) to pray for its return.

Pilgrims pray for return of stolen Italian saint’s brain

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ROME, Italy – Police set up roadblocks in northern Italy after a thief posing as a pilgrim stole tiny fragments of the brain of John Bosco, one of the country’s most revered saints.

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