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News/International

Cherie Monroe pauses after looking at the roof of her home Oct. 9 in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew in Port Orange, Fla.

UPDATED: U.S.'s Catholic Charities agencies assess damage, begin helping storm victims

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WASHINGTON – Catholic Charities agencies joined emergency response efforts in coastal communities in four Southeastern states as residents and parish staffers began returning to assess the damage Hurricane Matthew left behind.

People search for belongings Oct. 7 in the devastation caused by Hurricane Matthew in Baracoa, Cuba. The powerful hurricane left serious damage at the eastern end of the island, with landslides, toppling electricity poles and cutting off roads by flooding.

UPDATED: Aid slowly makes its way to thousands of Haitians displaced by hurricane

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WASHINGTON – Emergency aid slowly began to reach some of the thousands of Haitians displaced by Hurricane Matthew in the country's picturesque southwest as reports of casualties slowly trickled in from communities cut off by the storm.

Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speak during their Oct. 9 presidential town hall debate at Washington University in St. Louis.

As outrage over lewd comments piles up, Trump struggles among Catholics

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WASHINGTON – Hours before the Oct. 9 presidential debate began, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani invoked St. Augustine of Hippo on a Sunday morning political news show to defend the man he was supporting for president.

Smoke billows out of factory chimneys Oct. 1 on the outskirts of Delhi, India. Members of the European Parliament voted in favor of the Paris U.N. COP 21 climate change agreement Oct. 4 at a plenary meeting in Strasbourg, France.

Advocates celebrate that climate change agreement will take effect soon

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WASHINGTON – With a global agreement that addresses climate change now ready to go into effect, advocates took a moment to celebrate the milestone, but called for further actions to reduce carbon pollution.

A member of the Abolition Action Committee hangs a sign in front of the Supreme Court in Washington during a 2008 vigil to abolish the death penalty.

U.S. taking closer look at death penalty in the states, at Supreme Court

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WASHINGTON – The United States, with its mixed record on the death penalty, is about to take a closer look at the issue this fall with two cases before the Supreme Court and three referendums on state ballots in the November election.

A man rides his bicycle along the beach Oct. 6 prior to the arrival of Hurricane Matthew in Miami Beach.

Miami Archdiocese calls for prayers, prepares to help hurricane victims

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MIAMI – Like the rest of South Florida, the Archdiocese of Miami was carefully watching the path of Hurricane Matthew, a Category 4 storm that began pounding Haiti and Cuba Oct. 4 and hit Florida's Atlantic coastal area late Oct. 6.

Archbishop Henryk Hoser of Warsaw-Praga, Poland, arrives for the morning session of the Synod of Bishops on the familyin 2015 at the Vatican. Poland' s Catholic Church has reiterated support for stricter abortion controls, after parliamentarians voted down a law that would have sent aborting mothers to jail

Polish church vows to continue push for stricter abortion controls

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WARSAW, Poland – Poland's Catholic Church has reiterated support for stricter pro-life controls, after parliamentarians voted down a law that would have sent aborting mothers to jail.

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York speaking in 2015. The Cardinal announced a new compensation program for sex abuse victims in his archdiocese Oct. 6.

New York cardinal creates compensation program for sex abuse victims

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NEW YORK – The Archdiocese of New York has initiated a voluntary Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Program to promote healing and serve as a "tangible sign of the church's outreach and reparation" by providing compensation to victim-survivors of sexual abuse as minors by clergy of the archdiocese.

Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, greets Pope Francis during their meeting ahead of the opening ceremony of first global conference of faith and sport at the Vatican City, Oct. 5.

Keep sports honest, says Pope Francis at conference

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VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has taken his personal quest to wipe out dishonesty and corruption to the sporting arena.

Former Portuguese prime minister Antonio Guterres speaks during an Oct. 6 news conference at Necessidades Palace in Lisbon after being nominated as United Nations secretary-general. The Portuguese Bishops Conference praised Guterres for his "deep sense of humanity and faith" after his nomination.

Portuguese bishops applaud nomination of former prime minister as U.N. secretary-general

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SAO PAULO – The Portuguese Bishops Conference praised former Portuguese prime minister Antonio Guterres for his "deep sense of humanity and faith" after he was nominated as United Nations secretary-general.

An undated photo of Father Juan Heraldo Viroche, an Argentine priest who has been outspoken against drug trafficking. Father Viroche was found dead in his home Oct 5.

Argentine priest who criticized drug trafficking found dead at his home

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MEXICO CITY – An outspoken Argentine priest known for denouncing the threat of drug trafficking and warning of rising crime in the northern part of the country was found hanged Oct. 5 in his parish home.

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