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Tape is placed on the floors of St. Helen’s Elementary School in Burnaby, B.C., marking where students will sit to maintain physical distancing.

B.C. back to class … but not normal

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VANCOUVER -- Catholic students joined their public school counterparts across B.C. June 1 in heading back to school for the first time since their extended spring break.

People maintain social distancing as they attend Mass at St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney May 15, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Australia's bishops, religious consider proposals for change in governance

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MUDGEE, Australia -- Australia's bishops and religious are considering the recommendations for change in a 208-page review into the governance of the church.

A file photo shows a priest hearing confession at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Beijing. The Chinese government said that in addition to meeting health requirements after the COVID-19 outbreak, priests must "preach on patriotism" as a condition for reopening their churches.

China makes preaching patriotism compulsory to reopen churches

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BEIJING -- Catholics are upset about a directive from China's communist government asking priests to "preach on patriotism" as a condition for reopening liturgical services, suspended earlier this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Profit motive blamed in long-term care crisis

Profit motive blamed in long-term care crisis

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The 88-year-old godmother of palliative care in Ontario knows exactly what’s wrong with long-term care in the province. Much of it is motivated by profit.

Pro-life supporters are seen in a 2019 file photo holding signs outside the High Court in Belfast, Northern Ireland. On June 2, 2020, politicians in Northern Ireland rejected an "extreme" new abortion law imposed on the province from Parliament in London.

Northern Ireland's Legislative Assembly rejects U.K.-imposed abortion law

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MANCHESTER, England -- Politicians in Northern Ireland rejected an "extreme" new abortion law imposed on the province from Parliament in London.

Fr. Van Hee bubble-zone case faces a long journey

Fr. Van Hee bubble-zone case faces a long journey

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OTTAWA -- The case against an Ottawa Jesuit priest for violating Ontario’s abortion clinic bubble zone restrictions could go on for years, the lawyer for Fr. Tony Van Hee says.

‘Normal’ church-going a year away … or longer

‘Normal’ church-going a year away … or longer

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It could be a year or longer before churches in Canada can begin welcoming large numbers of worshippers, said a member of the country’s Special Advisory Committee on COVID-19.

U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump pose outside the St. John Paul II National Shrine in Washington June 2, 2020, the 41st anniversary of the beginning of the pontiff's 1979 historic visit to Poland.

Trump visits shrine on anniversary of St. John Paul II visit to Poland

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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump visited the St. John Paul II National Shrine in Washington June 2 shortly before he was expected to sign an executive order at the White House to expand U.S. support for international religious freedom efforts.

A pro-democracy demonstrator waves the British colonial Hong Kong flag during a protest against new national security legislation in Hong Kong June 1, 2020.

Bishop urges U.K. to act to protect Hong Kong democracy agreement

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MANCHESTER, England -- An English bishop urged the U.K. government to take action against violations of democratic freedoms in Hong Kong.

A Venezuelan migrant gets a free food package outside of Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Bogota, Colombia, May 29, 2020. Migrants have been hit hard economically by Colombia's COVID-19 lockdown as they lose their jobs and struggle to pay rent.

Churches battle hunger in new COVID epicentre

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LIMA, Peru -- Diego Ramirez, a single father in a rural village in southern Guatemala, worked in a restaurant and kept a chicken farm, selling the birds in a market to support his three daughters.

Cardinal Vinko Puljic of Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Cardinal Christoph Schonborn of Vienna, Austria, attend Pope Francis' general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in 2018. Cardinal Puljic said he received threats for celebrating a mid-May Mass for victims of a post-World War II massacre. The Mass is normally celebrated in an Austrian border town but was held in Sarajevo because of restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bosnian church official defends Mass for victims of communist massacre

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WARSAW, Poland -- Bosnian church leaders defended their decision to hold a Mass for civilians and former soldiers slaughtered by victorious communist forces in Yugoslavia, despite international condemnations and domestic protests.

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