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French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech in Les Mureaux Oct. 2, 2020, to present his strategy to fight separatism. The head of French bishops' conference testified Jan. 4 that while he understands the need to strengthen national security, a proposed law designed to rein in extremist militancy would place religions and religious believers under particular surveillance.

French archbishop protests proposal to rein in religious extremism

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PARIS -- The head of French bishops' conference testified to a special commission of the National Assembly that while he understands the need to strengthen national security, a proposed law designed to rein in extremist militancy would place religions and religious believers under particular surveillance.

Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz of Minsk, Belarus, speaks to reporters at his cathedral after returning to Minsk Dec. 24, 2020. Pope Francis has accepted the retirement of the archbishop, who had been banned from re-entering Belarus.

Resignation of Belarusian archbishop accepted immediately by Pope Francis

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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz of Minsk, Belarus, who had been blocked from entering his homeland for four months until negotiations between the Vatican and the Belarusian authorities allowed him back in time for Christmas.

Pro-life demonstrators react after the Senate passed an abortion bill in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dec. 30, 2020. Abortion will be legal during the first 14 weeks of pregnancy.

Argentina legalizes abortion during first 14 weeks of pregnancy

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MEXICO CITY -- Argentina has legalized abortion during the first 14 weeks of pregnancy, despite strong Catholic opposition and polls showing deep divisions on the issue.

Steps have been taken but there’s still a long way to go toward reconciliation five years since the TRC report into residential schools was released.

Five years in, reconciliation moves slowly

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Five years after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) issued its final report, there is agreement that strides have been made in the journey towards healing with Canada’s Indigenous peoples.

In this 2018 photo, newly installed Sault Ste. Marie Bishop Thomas Dowd takes a selfie before Pope Francis’ audience with young people and members of the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican.

‘God’s will’ leads Dowd to the Soo

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Bishop Thomas Dowd is ready to embrace whatever comes his way as the newly installed Bishop of Sault Ste. Marie in northern Ontario.

Chinese national flag is pictured in a file photo in front of a Catholic church in the village of Huangtugang.

Pope ‘badly advised’ on China-Vatican deal

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DUBLIN -- The last governor of Hong Kong criticized the Vatican’s agreement with China on the appointment of bishops and said Pope Francis has been “exceptionally badly advised” in concluding the pact.

Bishop Fabbro

Ontario’s lockdown: ‘It does require sacrifices’

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There’s no question the strain of the pandemic is hitting every area of Canadians’ lives as the year draws to a close.

A woman holds a sign during a rally against physician-assisted suicide on Parliament Hill in Ottawa in this file photo.

Bishops’ plea: ‘It’s not too late’

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OTTAWA -- Canada’s Catholic bishops say it is “not too late to reconsider” and stop the expansion of medically-assisted suicide in Canada.

Daniela Pompei confers with Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, during a May 2019 visit to the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. The cardinal has tested positive for COVID-19 and is hospitalized.

Two Vatican cardinals test positive for COVID-19; one hospitalized

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VATICAN CITY -- Two top Vatican officials -- Cardinal Konrad Krajewski and Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello -- have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, Italian media reported, and a Vatican source confirmed.

Development and Peace and its Caritas partners have launched public information campaigns in Bangladesh and other nations to educate people about COVID-19.

Poorest at back of COVID vaccine line

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Canada, with 37.6 million people, has agreements to purchase 194 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines with options to buy another 220 million. If all these vaccines pan out, we could vaccinate Canada’s entire population almost six times over.

Australian Cardinal George Pell holds a copy of his book, "Prison Journal," during an interview with Catholic News Service at his residence in Rome Dec. 18, 2020. Cardinal Pell talked to CNS about his new book, his time in prison and his plans for the future.

Cardinal Pell's book shares spiritual insights from prison

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ROME -- The first evening Australian Cardinal George Pell was incarcerated, he began writing a record of his thoughts and experiences in the form of a diary.

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