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A woman in Bangui, Philippines, stands outside her house damaged by a fallen tree Oct. 20 after Typhoon Haima hit. Heavy damage was reported to homes and farmland in the northern Philippines after the strongest storm in three years struck overnight.

Church set to help Philippines in wake of Super Typhoon Haima

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With eight dead and towns and villages once again covered in debris, Filipinos are turning to their Church for help as they dig out after Super Typhoon Haima smashed into the northern Philippines Oct. 19 with sustained winds of 225 kilometres per hour and gusts of 315.

School children walk past a line of police officers during protests against the cost of higher education in Johannesburg, South Africa, Oct. 12. After chaos broke out in a Catholic church as it hosted a meeting to resolve a university crisis, South Africa's Jesuits said the church would no longer be open for these talks.

Jesuit church no longer open for talks on South African university crisis

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa – After chaos broke out in a Catholic church as it hosted a meeting to resolve a university crisis, South Africa's Jesuits said the church would no longer be open for these talks.

Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton are seen in Las Vegas during the final 2016 presidential campaign debate Oct. 19.

U.S. Presidential nominees spar over abortion issue at final debate

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WASHINGTON – In the final presidential debate Oct. 19, Republican Donald Trump used his most explicit language to date to denounce late-term abortions.

Migrants sit at the Caritas center in Catania, Sicily. The Indian branch of the Catholic social welfare organization, Caritas, has announced plans to fight discrimination and recruit transgender people.

Catholic charity in India says it will recruit transgender people to fight bias

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The Indian branch of the Catholic social welfare organization, Caritas, has announced plans to fight discrimination and recruit transgender people — a striking step for an official church organization.

The logo of McDonald’s is seen outside a shop in Vienna in Vienna on Oct. 1, 2016.

A McDonald’s at the Vatican? Cardinals aren’t lovin’ it

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VATICAN CITY – Several senior cardinals in Rome are apparently furious about plans to open a new McDonald’s restaurant in the shadow of St. Peter’s Basilica and have reportedly asked Pope Francis to stop the expansion from going ahead.

Lebanese army soldiers stand on an armored truck next to a church during a patrol after bombings in late June in Qaa. When a series of bombs exploded in the Lebanese Christian village near the Syrian border, it not only changed the lives of the victims and their families, but also the lives of Syrian refugees living nearby.

Syrian refugees still suffering months after blasts at Lebanese border

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QAA, Lebanon – When a series of bombs exploded in a Lebanese Christian village near the Syrian border in June, it not only changed the lives of the victims and their families, but also the lives of Syrian refugees living nearby.

People who fled the Islamic State's strongholds of Hawija and Mosul receive aid Oct. 13 at a camp for displaced people in Daquq, Iraq. This summer, the U.N. said that as the Mosul crisis evolves, up to 13 million people throughout Iraq may need humanitarian aid by the year's end, far larger than the Syrian crisis.

Some Iraqis hopeful, but aid groups have concerns about Mosul offensive

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AMMAN, Jordan – Iraqi Christians are cautiously welcoming the start of the battle for Mosul and the Ninevah Plain, their ancestral homeland of the past 14 centuries from which they were brutally driven out by the Islamic State group more than two years ago.

Opposition supporters in Kinshasa, Congo, chant slogans during a Sept. 19 march to press Congolese President Joseph Kabila to step down.

Congo's bishops working hard to steer nation to peace

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa – As the most respected institution in Congo, the Catholic bishops' conference is putting enormous effort into steering the country onto a path to peace, said an official of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

A woman holding a candle and images of disappeared victims takes part in a rally for peace Oct. 7 in Medellin, Colombia. Colombia's Catholic bishops urged the government and armed rebels to commit to an indefinite cease-fire while a new peace deal is negotiated.

Colombian bishops urge government, rebels to commit to cease-fire

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BOGOTA, Colombia – Colombia's Catholic bishops urged the government and armed rebels to commit to an indefinite cease-fire while a new peace deal is negotiated after voters rejected an agreement that would have formally ended the Western Hemisphere's longest-running war.

Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres at a press conference in Geneva Aug. 3, 2012. Guterres is nominated to be the next United Nations secretary-general starting in 2017.

Catholic nominee for UN secretary-general opposed legalization of abortion in Portugal

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LISBON, Portugal – The Portuguese politician nominated to be the next U.N. secretary-general is a deeply committed Catholic with an anti-abortion record and an involvement in charity work that dates back to his years as a university student.

A man wades through a flooded street in Ascension Parish, La., Aug. 15. The Diocese of Baton Rouge, La., has been helping flood victims deal with the stress of "letting go" and adjusting to a "new normal" so they can recover materially, mentally, spiritually and emotionally.

Diocese helps Louisiana flood victims cope with loss, learn to let go

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BATON ROUGE, La. – Goodbye house, car and treasured items that evoke favorite memories. Gone also for some people are their sense of safety, security and peace after August floodwaters took away much of what was familiar and dear to them in southwest Louisiana.

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