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Phil Donahue, host of the self-titled "The Phil Donahue Show," is pictured in a Jan. 7, 2012, photo. Donahue, a Catholic with a conflicted relationship with the church, died at age 88 on Aug. 18, 2024.

Phil Donahue and the Catholic Church

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Broadcaster and TV personality Phil Donahue, who died Aug. 18 at age 88, was once busted by Catholic News Service.

Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic rings the Olympic bell Aug. 10, 2024, as she celebrates after winning gold and setting a new Olympic record in the women's 400-meter final during the 2024 Paris Olympics. The bell, specially cast for the Games by France's Cornille Havard foundry in Normandy, will be placed inside the newly restored Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris during every Mass once the cathedral officially reopens in December.

Olympic bell will ring inside newly rebuilt Notre Dame Cathedral during every Mass

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During the Paris Olympic Games, track and field champions rang the bronze bell located close to the finish line at Saint-Denis' Stade de France. In December, that same bell will ring in the newly reopened Notre Dame Cathedral during the most sacred part of the Mass.

church destroyed by Russian shelling is pictured in Lukashivka, Ukraine, April 27, 2022.

Ukraine's religious leaders back proposed ban on Russian Orthodox Church over security concerns

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The largest organization of religious leaders in Ukraine is backing a proposal by that nation's president -- approved by Ukrainian lawmakers Aug. 20 -- to ban the Russian Orthodox Church and its affiliates, which have openly supported Russia's decade-long war on Ukraine.

Abdulbaqi Saeed Abdo, pictured in an undated photo, is a Christian convert in Egypt who has been imprisoned for more than two years for publicly speaking about his conversion from Islam. In a heart-wrenching letter to his wife and five children, Abdo declared a hunger strike that began Aug. 7, 2024, prompting religious freedom advocates to increase their calls for his release.

Imprisoned in Egypt, Christian convert on hunger strike

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A Christian convert in Egypt who has been imprisoned for more than two years for publicly speaking about his conversion has declared a hunger strike, prompting religious freedom advocates to increase their calls for his release.

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega speaks during a meeting in Managua Nicaragua Nov. 8, 2018.

Nicaragua extinguishes legal status for religious orders, evangelical congregations

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The Nicaraguan government has extinguished the legal status of more than 25 Catholic organizations, including religious orders such as the Franciscans, Carmelites and Augustinians, another diocesan Caritas chapter, and lay Catholic groups, as part of an attack on civil society with the closure of 1,500 nongovernmental organizations.

The dome of St. Peter's Basilica’s at the Vatican is seen March 24, 2024.

Two more Nicaraguan priests arrested, exiled to Rome

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The Nicaraguan government arrested two priests who were then exiled to Rome, shortly after a group of seven priests was sent to Rome earlier in the month.

A person stands in a street in the city of Omdurman, Sudan, April 7, 2024, which is damaged from the fighting in the 16-month civil war in the country. On the day talks began in Geneva aimed at ending the conflict, a Catholic bishop in the region said Aug. 14 that the humanitarian situation in the northeast African country could not wait for "tomorrow."

Sudanese humanitarian situation 'can't wait,' says bishop; military evacuates last missionaries

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On the first day of talks in Geneva aimed at ending the 16-month Sudanese conflict, a Catholic bishop in the region stressed that addressing the humanitarian situation in the northeast African country cannot not wait for "tomorrow."

Pilgrims pray during the opening Mass of the French national pilgrimage to the Lourdes Sanctuary Aug. 12-16, 2024. The sanctuary's baths that draw pilgrims for their healing properties have fully reopened after being closed four years ago at the start of the pandemic when bathing was forbidden. Traditionally, pilgrims help and accompany the disabled, sick and frail so that they can experience their pilgrimage with the help of others.

Pilgrims flock to rainy Lourdes to celebrate feast of the Assumption at Marian shrine

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If there is one place in the world where it's worth spending the Aug. 15 feast of the Assumption at least once in a lifetime, it's the Marian shrine of Lourdes. The national pilgrimage to Lourdes is currently underway -- Aug. 12 to 16, attracting a record number of pilgrims.

The remains of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church of the Holy Martyr Cyprian and the Martyr Justina in Antonivka, Ukraine are seen after an Aug. 11, 2024 missile strike by Russian forces.

Russian forces destroy Catholic church in Ukraine, as another parish prepares for attack

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Russian forces have destroyed another Ukrainian Greek Catholic church, while a priest at a separate parish is hastening to remove sacred items ahead of an expected Russian attack.

Pro-life activists pray with rosaries as clients arrive at the Bread and Roses Woman's Health Center, a clinic that provides abortions in Clearwater, Fla., Feb. 11, 2023. Pro-life advocates across Florida are leading a campaign urging a "no" vote on Amendment 4, which will be on the Nov. 5, 2024, and would enshrine a right to abortion essentially throughout pregnancy in the state constitution.

Florida pro-lifers campaign against ballot measure to enshrine abortion in state constitution

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Pro-life advocates across Florida are working diligently to inform voters about a ballot item they say contains "misleading" language and is "dangerous" in regard to women's health.

Demonstrators toss a trash bin during an anti-immigration protest in Rotherham, England, Aug. 4, 2024.

UK Catholics voice 'shock and concern' at new outbreak of nationwide disorder

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Prominent Catholics have joined church leaders in condemning a wave of riots across the United Kingdom, while also urging greater understanding of current social grievances.

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