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People participate in a funeral ceremony in Lviv, Ukraine, Sept. 6, 2024, for Evgenia Bazylevych and her three daughters, killed during the Russian missile attack on Sept. 4. Yaroslav, her husband, was the only family member who survived the attack.

Thousands mourn Ukrainian family killed in a Russian strike on Lviv

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Lviv mourned the victims of the Sept. 4 Russian strike on the residential buildings as thousands gathered Sept. 6 for funeral services of a mother and her three daughters.

After river flooding had forced the temporary closure of the famous grotto at the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in southern France Sept. 7, 2024, the grotto was cleaned and was reopened, with no pilgrimages canceled. Flooded grotto is seen on screenshot of the sanctuary's Sept. 7 video.

Flash flooding temporarily closes Lourdes' grotto

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River flooding forced the temporary closure of the famous grotto at the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in southern France. The shrine complex remained open to visitors. A morning Mass, however, was canceled Sept. 7 at the major Catholic pilgrimage site, which has experienced several major floods in recent years.

Two attendees at Young Professional Catholics of Toronto's Launch Party on May 30th at Prenup Pub in Toronto.

Young professionals connect career, faith

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Young Professional Catholics of Toronto (YPCT) is hosting its biggest event to date this month, inviting working-class Catholics to the organization’s first official industry networking night.

Members of the King’s University’s London Interfaith Peace Camp (LIPC) walk from King’s campus to St. Peter’s Seminary where Fr. Peter Amszej welcomed campers, staff and adult volunteers into the St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel to learn and explore more about the sacred space. 

King's London Interfaith Peace Camp means more this year

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In the immediate aftermath of the Oct. 7 attacks that would re-ignite conflict between Israel and Hamas, Maija Wilson reached out to two of her closest colleagues ahead of anyone else. 

Time of the season for creation

Time of the season for creation

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Catholics have been called again to become one with creation throughout the annual Season of Creation.

Michael Higgins

Hope is on Church's horizon, says Higgins

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Michael Higgins is of the belief the Synod on Synodality is “grounded in hope rather than in despair; in knowledge rather than ignorance.”

Pope Francis greets the faithful outside the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption before a meeting with bishops, priests, deacons, religious, seminarians and pastoral workers in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sept. 4, 2024.

Suspects who threatened Pope Francis arrested in Indonesia, local police say

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Not long after Pope Francis left Indonesia, authorities there announced they had arrested seven people for making online "terror threats" against the pope.

A law enforcement officer works near the scene of a shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga., Sept. 4, 2024.

Multiple dead after mass shooting at Georgia high school

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A mass shooting took place at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, on Sept. 4, local officials reported.

Archbishop Wojciech Polak of Gniezno, Poland, delivers homily Aug. 26, 2024, during Mass for the feast of Our Lady of Czestochowa at the shrine of Jasna Góra in Czestochowa.

Polish church defends religious teaching against new government curbs

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Poland's Catholic bishops have urged schools to continue offering religious teaching after government attempts to restrict it were blocked by the Constitutional Tribunal following church appeals.

Interior of historic Church of the Immaculate Conception in the northern French town of Saint-Omer is seen in an undated photo. A man was taken into police custody after a major fire broke out at the church in the morning hours of Sept. 2, 2024. causing its bell tower to collapse.

Bell tower at historic church in northern France collapses in arson fire

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A man was taken into police custody after a major fire broke out at the historic Church of the Immaculate Conception in the northern French town of Saint-Omer in the morning hours of Sept. 2, causing its bell tower to collapse.

A lawsuit launched in March accuses Fr. Thomas Rosica of sexually assaulting a young priest in the early 2000s.

UPDATE: Rosica faces sexual assault lawsuit

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A decades-old sexual assault allegation has entwined the priest who stands accused and a bishop who is now under a Vatican probe for allegedly not taking the complaint seriously.

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