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Sheep are seen as Rural Fire Service crews engage in property protection during wildfires along the Old Hume Highway near the town of Tahmoor, Australia, outside Sydney, Dec. 19, 2019. Wildfires have been burning since August and have destroyed an area comparable to the combined region of the Netherlands and Belgium.

As bush fires continue to rage in Australia, local Catholics seek prayers

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As some of the worst wildfires in Australian history rage across four states, thousands of people in affected areas in New South Wales and Victoria continue to be evacuated to safety.

Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, pictured in an undated photo, was killed in a U.S. drone airstrike at Baghdad International Airport Jan. 3, 2020.

Iraqi cardinal: Innocents will 'be the fuel' for fire after drone strike

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Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Sako, responding to a U.S. drone attack in Baghdad that killed Iran's top general, said "wisdom is required to avoid the 'volcanic eruption' we are about to face."

A worker removes anti-Semitic graffiti on a shop window in the Belsize Park neighborhood of London. Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster used his New Year message to condemn the graffiti, saying such hatred "shames us all" and can have no place in society.

London cardinal condemns hate speech after anti-Semitic graffiti appears

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MANCHESTER, England -- An English cardinal has condemned "all expressions of hatred" after anti-Semitic graffiti was daubed across shops, cafes and a synagogue in London.

Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles speaks during a lecture at The Catholic University of America in Washington Feb. 6, 2019.

USCCB president condemns anti-Semitic violence

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LOS ANGELES -- Decrying the acts of religious violence that have taken place during the Christmas season, the president of the U.S. bishops declared: "Violence in the name of God is blasphemy."

U.S. and California flags fly in front of the dome of the California Capitol in Sacramento May 9, 2019.

First clergy abuse suits under new California law announced

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LOS ANGELES -- An attorney who specializes in lawsuits for victims of clergy sexual abuse has announced plans to file 12 suits in nine California dioceses under California's new Child Victims Act, which takes effect Jan. 1, extending the state's statute of limitations for childhood sexual abuse survivors.

People gather at Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg's residence in Monsey, N.Y., Dec. 29, 2019. A machete-wielding man attacked the residence during a Hanukkah celebration the night before.

Faith leaders condemn knife attack on N.Y. rabbi

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WASHINGTON -- A host of voices from throughout the religious spectrum condemned the Dec. 28 knife attack at the suburban New York City home of a Hasidic rabbi that wounded five, one of them critically.

Police and fire department officials in White Settlement, Texas, surround West Freeway Church of Christ Dec. 29, 2019. A gunman killed two parishioners there that same day.

Fatal church shooting in Texas, bishops offer prayers

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WASHINGTON -- Two Texas Catholic bishops offered words of condolence and prayers to the members and families of the victims of a church shooting in which two worshippers were killed.

In this 2017 file photo, former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick is seen with Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matara at Holy Comforter-St. Cyprian Catholic Church in Washington. The Washington Post reported Dec. 27 that at least two popes received part of $600,000 in financial gifts from McCarrick, who also sent money to other high-ranking church officials through a special fund.

McCarrick fund gave more than $600,000 to clerics, two popes

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WASHINGTON -- Two popes and multiple priests, cardinals and archbishops received part of $600,000 in financial gifts from former Washington Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, who controlled a discretionary fund, according to a report published Dec. 27 by The Washington Post.

Fr. Pier Giorgio Di Cicco edited or wrote over 20 books.

Fr. Pier Giorgio Di Cicco: Priest, poet, author

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Fr. Pier Giorgio Di Cicco — Toronto’s former poet laureate, a writer and consultant on urban affairs, jazz trumpeter, ground-breaking literary critic and the author or editor of over 20 books — has died. He was 70.

Grade 5 students from St. Maria Goretti supplied the music for the unveiling of the CCAS’s new offices.

New start in historic year

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For the nearly 6,000 children a year who find refuge and a new start with the Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Toronto, the fact the organization has a 125-year history probably doesn’t matter much.

Fr. Erik Oland, provincial of the Jesuits of Canada.

Releasing list ‘the right thing to do’

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OTTAWA -- The decision by the Jesuits of Canada to release a list of priests “credibly accused” of abuse of minors is a step in the right direction, but an honest accounting of the extent of child abuse will take a lot more work, said the president of an abuse survivor group.

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