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Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures, with blood on his face, is assisted by guards after shots were fired during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pa., July 13, 2024. A local prosecutor says the suspected gunman and at least one attendee are dead.

Catholic leaders call for peace in wake of Trump shooting

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Catholic and civic leaders called for peace and unity in the hours after former President Donald Trump was grazed by a bullet and a spectator was killed July 13 in an assassination attempt during the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

JD Vance speaks during former President Donald Trump's September 17, 2022, rally in Youngstown, Ohio. On July 15, Trump named Vance as his running mate on the Republican ticket in November.

Trump names Vance, Ohio's Catholic senator, as his 2024 running mate

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Former President Donald Trump on July 15 named Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, a Catholic, as his running mate on the Republican ticket in November.

A church destroyed by a Russian attack on the village of Bohorodychne in Ukraine’s Donetsk region is pictured Feb. 13, 2024.

Church ‘liquidated’ in Russia-controlled Ukraine

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Russian forces have driven out all Greek and Roman Catholic clergy from the occupied areas of Ukraine, said the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.

Rescuers work at Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, July 8, 2024, after it was severely damaged during Russian missile strikes.

Shevchuk condemns Russian attack on Kyiv children's hospital

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A July 8 attack by Russia on a children's hospital and other civilian targets throughout Ukraine is "a sin that cries out to heaven for revenge," said the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.

Palestinians inspect the Holy Family School in Gaza City in the Gaza Strip July 7, 2024, which shelters displaced people, after it was hit in an Israeli airstrike amid the Israel-Hamas conflict.

Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem condemns Israeli army strike on Catholic school

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The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem issued a strong condemnation after the Israeli military targeted a Catholic school in Gaza that killed four people, including a senior Hamas official.

Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster is pictured in a May 19, 2022, photo.

Cardinal Nichols congratulates new British prime minister after Keir Starmer moves into 10 Downing Street

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After a landslide victory for Labour party in July 4 elections in the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Keir Starmer moved into 10 Downing Street and was congratulated by Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster, who offered his prayers as the Labour leader forms a new government.

Italian Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò is pictured at his residence at the Vatican in this Oct. 20, 2011, file photo.

Vatican excommunicates Archbishop Viganò, found guilty of schism

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Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, former nuncio to the United States, has been excommunicated after being found guilty of schism, the Vatican said.

Ruben Garcia, director of Annunciation House, attends a march in downtown El Paso, Texas, Jan. 7, 2023, to demand an end to the immigration policy called "Title 42" and to support the rights of migrants coming to the border. A state judge ruled July 2, 2024, that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's effort to shut down Annunciation House, a Catholic nonprofit serving migrants, violated the Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

Judge says effort to shut down Catholic ministry to migrants violates Texas' religious freedom act

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A state judge July 2 denied Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's effort to shut down Annunciation House in El Paso, Texas, a Catholic nonprofit serving migrants.

Draped in Ukrainian flags, Redemptorist Fathers Bohdan Geleta, left, and Ivan Levytsky, right, pose for a photo at the Kyiv airport in Ukraine June 29, 2024. To the far right is Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, apostolic nuncio to Ukraine.

Pope Francis praises release of two Ukrainian priests from Russian captivity

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Pope Francis prayed in thanksgiving for the release of two Ukrainian Catholic priests who were held in Russian captivity for more than 19 months, calling on Christians to pray for the release of all prisoners of war.

Demonstrators try to obstruct a police vehicle as police use water cannons to disperse protesters during a demonstration in Nairobi June 25, 2024, against Kenya's proposed finance bill to raise taxes. After Parliament passed the measure, it was sent to Kenyan President William Ruto for his signature or other action. In the face of chaos, Ruto rejected the bill June 26.

Kenya bishops plead for calm amid storming of parliament, deaths and injuries

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The Kenyan capital descended into chaos June 25 as protests over legislation dubbed a finance bill left several dead and dozens injured. The country's bishops called for peace and urged the president not to accede to the measure aimed at raising revenue by levying additional taxes.

Bishop David Waller, the first bishop of the London-based Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, speaks in Westminster Cathedral, London, at his June 22, 2024, episcopal ordination presided over by Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.

British bishop's historic ordination shows Rome's strong support for ordinariates' mission

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The first bishop of a special diocese in Great Britain created for Catholics of the Anglican tradition has welcomed the pope's show of support and predicted the fledgling Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham will continue growing and strengthening.

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