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Cuban President Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez speaks during the General Assembly's 73rd session at the U.N. headquarters in New York City Sept. 26, 2018. New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan is set to meet with Diaz-Canel during a Feb. 7-12, 2020, trip to the island nation, which includes a visit with the cardinal of Havana and other Cuban prelates.

Cardinal Dolan to meet with Cuban president, church leaders during visit

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WASHINGTON -- New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan is set to meet with the president of the Republic of Cuba during a Feb. 7-12 trip to the island nation, which includes a visit with the cardinal of Havana and other Cuban prelates.

Fr. John Mack.

Priest waits and prays for liver donor

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WASHINGTON -- Fr. John Mack, a priest of the Diocese of Buffalo, N.Y., needs a liver transplant — from a living donor.

Couples receive Communion during a mass wedding in 2015 at St. Alphonsus Mary de Ligouri Church in Makati City, Philippines. A Philippine Catholic official expressed surprise over the speedy acceptance of legislation that would legalize divorce in the Philippines.

Lawmakers in Philippines move to legalize divorce

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MANILA, Philippines -- A Philippine church official has expressed surprise over the speedy acceptance of a bill in the country's parliament that would legalize divorce.

Migrants from Central America trying to reach the United States react as police approach them near Frontera Hidalgo, Mexico, Jan. 21, 2020. At least 138 Salvadorans have been murdered after being deported back to country from the United States, according to a report released Feb. 5 from Human Rights Watch.

Human Rights Watch says deportees killed after return to El Salvador

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MORELIA, Mexico -- At least 138 Salvadorans have been murdered after being sent back to their violent Central American country from the United States, according to a report from Human Rights Watch.

Palliative care specialist Dr. Sheri Bergeron talks with hospice patient Glen Horlock.

Palliative care in Canada: Harsh facts, sad realities

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The cry for more palliative care continues to grow louder in Canada. While protesting the introduction of legislation expected to expand access to assisted suicide next  month, Canada’s bishops joined many advocates in decrying stalled plans to give Canadians the alternative of palliative care.

Christ the King Seminary in the Diocese of Buffalo, N.Y., is seen in an undated photo. Albany Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger, apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Buffalo, said Feb. 4, 2020, that the seminary's board of trustees decided the seminary would "cease operations" after determining that a decade of losses averaging $500,000 per year could no longer be sustained.

Buffalo Diocese to close seminary

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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Citing annual operating losses and declining enrollment, the Diocese of Buffalo announced it will close its seminary at the end of the academic year.

Abortion statistics don’t tell whole story

Abortion statistics don’t tell whole story

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Recent data that shows the number of abortions in Canadian hospitals and clinics declined by more than 10 per cent in 2018 would be encouraging if not for the lack of statistics on the number of chemically-induced abortions, said Hanna Kepka.

Police walk near along a London street Feb. 3, 2020, following the terror attack in the city believed to be orchestrated by Sudesh Amman, 20, who was shot dead by armed police following what police declared a terrorist-related incident.

Terrorist attack in London condemned by local bishop

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LONDON -- An archbishop has called a terrorist attack in London in which three people were stabbed "saddening and shocking."

Archbishop Richard Gagnon.

Euthanasia law survey prompts backlash from Canadian bishops

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OTTAWA -- The federal government is coming under increasing fire from critics of legal medically-assisted suicide in Canada for how quickly it is moving to change the regulations around assisted suicide and for how short a time period Canadians were given to express their views in an online survey overseen by the Ministry of Justice.

A man in Jinhua, China, lies in a coffin March 27, 2019, during an event organized by the local government to promote "Tomb Sweeping Day." Christian funerals outside of churches have been banned in some areas of China as the communist government begins to enforce a new regulations on religious practices.

Chinese government places restrictions on Christian funerals

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HONG KONG -- Christian funerals outside of churches have been banned in some areas of China as the communist government begins to enforce new regulations on religious practices.

Auxiliary Bishop Karlheinz Diez of Fulda speaks Jan. 31, 2020, with synodal assembly participants in Frankfurt.

Germany's synodal assembly draws praise, criticism from participants

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FRANKFURT, Germany -- The first synodal assembly on the future the Catholic Church in Germany drew both praise and some criticism, with many of the 230 participants lauding what they called a special atmosphere in the debates on key reforms.

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