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Tourists walks by souvenir shops in Jerusalem's Old City April 3, 2022.

As three feasts converge, Holy Land Christians hope for peace, tourism

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With pandemic restrictions almost fully lifted, churches and shopkeepers alike are hopeful that the streets of Jerusalem will fill up once again as Easter, Passover and Ramadan converge.

Montreal’s Archbishop Christian Lépine said his early military training has convinced him it will take God’s power to end the Ukraine conflict.

Military training re-oriented Lépine’s future

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Montreal Archbishop Christian Lépine says his early encounter with military life convinces him God’s power is vital to stopping the bloody conflict in Ukraine, which has now led to allegations of war crimes by invading Russian forces.

Three Marianite Sisters: Suellen Tennyson, Pascaline Tougma and Pauline Dourin, are pictured in an undated photo near the clinic where they serve in Yago, Burkina Faso. Sister Tennyson, 83, an American, was kidnapped late April 4 or early April 5 after armed attackers broke into the convent on the parish compound.

U.S. nun, 83, kidnapped in Burkina Faso

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The attack in which Marianite Sister Suellen Tennyson, 83, was abducted from her convent in Yalgo, Burkina Faso, the morning of April 5 was conducted by at least 10 armed men, the Marianites of Holy Cross said in an electronic newsletter.

Filipino Father Leoben Peregrino, 58, who disappeared April 1, 2022, was found unconscious April 3 and tied up in his car after being reported missing two days earlier, said police, who suspect he was the victim of a kidnap attempt. Father Peregrino, of Most Holy Rosary Parish in Rosario, Philippines, is pictured in an undated photo.

Missing Filipino priest found, unconscious and bound, after two days

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A Catholic priest in the Philippines was found unconscious and tied up in his car after being reported missing two days earlier, said police, who suspect he was the victim of a kidnap attempt.

Police officers guard the site where Sir David Amess, a member of the governing Conservative Party, was stabbed while meeting constituents in Leigh-on-Sea, England, Oct. 15, 2021. Following the outcry over the murder, police in England have changed guidance to allow priests to access crime scenes to give last rites to dying Catholics.

English police to allow priests to give last rites at crime scenes

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Police in England have produced national guidelines to allow priests to give last rites to Catholics dying at crime scenes.

From left to right, St. Elizabeth principal Sherryann Ambrose, Hannah Kyazike (Grade 7), Khloe D’Cruz (Grade 7), Lucas W. (Grade 5), Kobi Daulo (Grade 7) and library technician Jennifer Miles-Jones.

New library brings sparkle to student eyes

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Students at Etobicoke’s St. Elizabeth Catholic School can’t hide their elation with the school’s new and improved library, staff happily report.

Service members of pro-Russian troops in the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine, are seen atop an armored vehicle with the symbol “Z” painted on its side.

Nationalism can exploit morality, prof says

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In the shadow of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with the support of the Russian Orthodox Church and Patriarch Kirill, perhaps it’s time for a moral reflection on religion and nationalism, says David Seljak.

Churchgoers in Victoria call for the reopening of churches in 2021. The Archdiocese of Vancouver has announced it will review the impact of the pandemic and restrictions on the Church in Vancouver.

Archdiocese of Vancouver to assess impact of pandemic restrictions

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The Archdiocese of Vancouver will conduct a review of how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the Church in Vancouver, how the archdiocese responded and what, if anything, should be done to improve responses in future emergencies.

Rosanne Casimir, chief of the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc, speaks as Assembly of First Nations delegates encounter the media outside St. Peter's Square after a meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican March 31, 2022. The pope is holding three meetings to listen to the experiences of representatives of Canada's Indigenous communities, experiences that include being sent as children to residential schools operated by Catholic dioceses and religious orders.

Pope Francis apologizes for Church role in residential schools, plans for visit to Canada

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The words I’m sorry from the Pope were more than what either Canadian bishops or Indigenous delegations expected from this week-long encounter with Pope Francis.

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow celebrates the Orthodox Christmas service at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow in this January 6, 2022, file photo. A group of Orthodox theologians have issued a statement condemning Patriarch Kirill's support of the war in Ukraine.

Religion makes complex war harder to understand

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The geopolitical landscape of the war in Ukraine can be difficult to understand, and for many this problem was made even more perplexing by Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow’s endorsement of the Russian invasion.

Ted Quewezance, former chief of Keeseekoose First Nation and a residential school survivor.

Indigenous demand Pope Francis revoke Doctrine of Discovery

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First Nations delegates who met with Pope Francis today are still awaiting word on whether the Pope will renounce the Doctrine of Discovery.

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