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News/International

Msgr. John Kozar, head of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association, meets meets Ukrainian Christians, Jews and Muslims in Univ, Ukraine.

CNEWA celebrates 90 years of service to Eastern churches, humanitarian aid

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NEW YORK – An "invisible" Catholic organization celebrated 90 years of quiet service to the poor in the Middle East, northeast Africa, India and Eastern Europe.

outh Korean President Park Geun-Hye salutes during Armed Forces Day in 2015 in Gyeryong. A South Korean court removed the president March 10, a first in the nation's history, rattling the delicate balance of relationships across Asia at a particularly tense time.

South Korean Catholics call for unity after removal of President Park Geun-hye

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Catholics in South Korea called for unity following a unanimous ruling March 10 by the Constitutional Court to uphold the impeachment of now-former President Park Geun-hye.

The Church is the “only functioning institution in civil society,” says Neil Corkery, president of the Sudan Relief Fund.

The Church is the 'only functioning institution' in South Sudan

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WASHISNGTON – Amid war and famine in South Sudan, the Catholic Church is still serving the most vulnerable even as the government has collapsed.

The exterior of San Pedro Claver church is seen March 9 in Caracas, Venezeula. A series of attacks and confrontations against Catholics in Venezuela have marked a renewed deterioration of relations between the church and the national government

Attacks show Venezuelan government relations with Catholics deteriorating

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CARACAS, Venezuela – A series of attacks and confrontations against Catholics in Venezuela has marked a renewed deterioration of relations between the church and the national government. Some church leaders have openly speculated that the events could form part of a broader, coordinated campaign.

The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City announced that one its native sons, Father Stanley Rother, a North American priest who worked in Guatemala and was brutally murdered there in 1981, will be beatified Sept. 23 in Oklahoma.

First American martyr to be beatified in September

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WASHINGTON – The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City announced that one its native sons, Father Stanley Rother, a North American priest who worked in Guatemala and was brutally murdered there in 1981, will be beatified Sept. 23 in Oklahoma.

A nun cries as she stands inside St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral Dec. 11, 2016 after an explosion inside the cathedral complex in Cairo. A bomb ripped through the complex, killing at least 25 people and wounding dozens, mostly women and children.

Egypt's Christians set a standard of forgiveness, says U.K. Coptic Orthodox leader

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WASHINGTON – Despite being victims of harassment and violence, Egypt’s Coptic Christians have set a standard of forgiveness that everyone should imitate, the leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the U.K. has said.

Above every Greek Orthodox church’s altar, Theotokos, or Mary the Mother of Jesus, symbolically watches over the congregation. The figure, with arms outstretched, welcomes visitors and parishioners alike at St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral near downtown Los Angeles.

Orthodox Church debate over women deacons moves one step closer to reality

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Kyriaki Karidoyanes FitzGerald was an 18-year-old theology student when a priest at Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School in Brookline, Mass., thrust a book into her hands. To her surprise, it was on ancient female deacons.

A mural in El Paisnal, El Salvador, seen in this Jan. 29 photo, features Blessed Oscar Romero and town native Father Rutilio Grande, surrounded by rural men, women and children, the community.

El Salvador hopes for a miracle and another saint-in-waiting

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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – El Salvador's Catholic Church circles swirl these days with news about a possible miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Oscar Romero, one that many hope will lead to his canonization.

A doctor measures the arms of a child attending the local SAMAN nutrition clinic, a partnership between sisters of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception of Castres and Caritas Internationalis.

Nuns team up with Caritas to help malnourished Venezuelan children

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CARACAS, Venezuela – A year ago, Miledi Berdu and her husband, Robert Rodriguez, began skipping meals to keep their children fed as Venezuela's economic crisis continued. Rodriguez's salary as a welder in Caracas was not enough to cover soaring prices, and shortages made food expensive.

Friar Carmelo the dog with Franciscan Friar Jorge Fernandez in Cochabamba, Bolivia.

Meet the four-legged Franciscan 'friar'

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COCHABAMBA, Bolivia – The newest member of St. Francis Monastery in Cochabamba, Bolivia, is furry and has four legs.

Mexican Coadjutor Bishop Enrique Diaz Diaz of San Cristobal de Las Casas blesses a new shelter for migrants Feb. 27 on the Mexico-Guatemala border. The shelter will house families seeking asylum in Mexico.

Parish on Mexico-Guatemala border prepares for new wave of asylum seekers

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FRONTERA COMALAPA, Mexico – In the early 1980s, parishioners at the Santo Nino de Atocha parish in this town on the Mexico-Guatemala border opened their church and homes to refugees fleeing civil war in Guatemala. Three decades later, they're preparing for another influx of asylum seekers – this time from countries farther south as Central Americans seek safety from the gang violence gripping El Salvador and Honduras.

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