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A group of people wait to receive news outside St. Francis Church in El Alto, Bolivia, Nov. 20, 2019. The church, located on the outskirts of Bolivia's capital city, became an improvised morgue Nov. 20, following another deadly day of protests in the South American country.

Church turned into morgue after violence in Bolivia

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A church located on the outskirts of Bolivia's capital city became an improvised morgue Nov. 20, following another deadly day of protests in the South American country.

Thousands of young people have participated in the excavation of a Byzantine church complex in Beit Shemesh, Israel, over the past three years.

Unearthed church sites show local Christians as pilgrims in Holy Land

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JERUSALEM -- Two unearthed Byzantine church complexes shed light on the tradition of Christian pilgrimage in the Holy Land.

Then-Pope John Paul II is seen in an undated photo embracing Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. Archbishop Sheen, the famed media evangelist, mission promoter and author, who will be beatified Dec. 21, 2019, at St. Mary's Cathedral in Peoria, Ill.

Fulton Sheen upcoming beatification greeted with joy, thanksgiving

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PEORIA, Ill. -- With joy and thanksgiving, officials and faithful throughout the Diocese of Peoria and around the globe welcomed the announcement Nov. 18 that Pope Francis has called for the beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen in Peoria Dec. 21.

A statue of Mary is seen in 2017 atop the Cathedral of Managua in Nicaragua. On Nov. 18, 2019, a pro-government mob entered the cathedral, damaging property, attacking hunger strikers inside the building and jostling a priest and nun, the Archdiocese of Managua said.

Pro-government mob storms Managua cathedral, attacks hunger strikers

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MEXICO CITY -- Nicaraguan church authorities have reclaimed control of Immaculate Conception Cathedral in the national capital, Managua, after a pro-government mob burst into the building, which was hosting a group of mothers holding a hunger strike to demand the release of the political-prisoner children.

Firefighters attend to the scene at Chantecler restaurant in Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood, next to St. Francis Table.

St. Francis Table escapes fire that engulfed Parkdale restaurant

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St. Francis Table in Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood is shutting its doors for a few days following a three-alarm blaze that engulfed its neighbour early in the morning Nov. 19.

Archbishop Sheen is pictured in an undated photo.

Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen to be beatified at Peoria cathedral

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PEORIA, Ill. -- Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen will be beatified Dec. 21, Bishop Daniel R. Jenky of Peoria announced late Nov. 18.

As Lebanon is engulfed in a massive protest movement, the Assembly of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops of Lebanon gathered for its annual meeting Nov. 11-15, 2019, at Bkerke, the Maronite Catholic patriarchate north of Beirut. The meeting was led by Lebanese Cardinal Bechara Rai, patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Church, second from left, and included other heads of religious orders.

Lebanon's Catholic leaders urge protesters to remain peaceful, civilized

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BEIRUT -- While Lebanon continues to be engulfed in a massive protest movement, the country's Catholic leaders called on demonstrators to be peaceful and civilized.

Southdown president and CEO Fr. Stephan Kappler.

Southdown making it easier to access help

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One of the world’s leading institutes treating the mental health of clergy, religious and lay people in full-time ministry is getting a little closer to the people it serves. The Southdown Institute will open an outpatient clinic in North York on Nov. 20.

A painting at the Museum of the Central American University in San Salvador, El Salvador, commemorates the six Jesuit priests who were killed during El Salvador’s 1980-92 civil war.

Murders of six Jesuits continue to inspire mission of defending the poor

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WASHINGTON -- No one can deny that the act was horrific. Six priests found face down on a lawn with bullet holes through various parts of their bodies. One was in his bathrobe.

Ontario’s long-term care needs urgent fix: report

Ontario’s long-term care needs urgent fix: report

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OTTAWA -- A new report by a faith-based think tank says the long-term care system in Ontario is failing those who live in long-term care facilities and the workers who take care of them.

Albert Conservative MP Garnett Genius on CTV's Question Period.

Parties fan anti-Catholic flames, MP charges

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OTTAWA -- An Alberta Conservative MP accused other political parties of playing a dangerous game by trying to smear federal Conservative leader Andrew Scheer by implying there is something sinister about him being a practising Catholic.

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