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Displaced Palestinians wait to evacuate a tent camp after Israeli forces launched a ground and air operation in the eastern part of Rafah, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 7, 2024.

People in Gaza facing ‘full-blown famine’, Caritas

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Israel's escalation in Rafah is only worsening the humanitarian situation for countless men, women and children caught in the crossfire, said Ireneusz Krause, deputy director for Caritas Poland.

New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a news conference in New York City Oct. 25, 2023. James sued the Heartbeat International pro-life organization and 11 crisis pregnancy centers May 6, 2024, accusing them of misleading women by claiming that they can provide treatment to reverse the effect of abortion pill mifepristone.

New York attorney sues pro-life groups over abortion pill reversal process

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New York Attorney General Letitia James sued HeartbeatInternational, an anti-abortion group, and 11 crisis pregnancy centers May 6, accusing them of misleading and potentially causing harm to women by claiming that they can provide a treatment that reverses the effect of the abortion pill mifepristone.

A series of Canadian pilgrimages over Mother’s Day weekend are calling for an end to suffering brough on by the Israel-Hamas war.

Toronto pilgrimage to call for Gaza war’s end

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A worldwide act of solidarity with those affected by the Israel-Hamas conflict is making its way to Toronto over Mother’s Day weekend. 

The Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage is a global movement walking in prayerful solidarity with the people of Gaza, the densely settled territory at the centre of heavy fighting amidst the war. 

A death certificate for a Vicky Stewart, who died of meningitis at an Edmonton hospital. Her death is playing a role in a class action launched against the Archdiocese of Edmonton, one of its priests and his missionary order.

Child’s death certificate muddies Edmonton class-action allegation

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An alleged murder that is part of a class action suit against the Archdiocese of Edmonton was actually death from meningitis, a government record obtained by The Catholic Register affirms.

Fire burns near homes outside West Kelowna, B.C., Aug. 18, 2023.

Wildfire season: it’s all in God’s hands

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Wildfire season is upon Canada again with the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) reporting as of May 5 firefighters nationwide had responded to 738 blazes, 246 originating in Alberta alone.

The now closed and demolished Mount Cashel Orphanage in St. John’s, Nfld.

St. John’s victims to start seeing money next month

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The 369 plaintiffs who filed abuse claims against the Archdiocese of St. John’s are slated to receive their first disbursement on June 29.

Keynote speaker Anu George Canjanathoppil (left ) on a mission for IJM Canada.

National Prayer Breakfast calls for bridge over troubled waters

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“Nothing is more damning than indifference in the face of violence,” Anu George Canjanathoppil told today’s 59th annual National Prayer Breakfast.

In an electrifying speech that led to several rounds of applause and a prolonged standing ovation, the keynote speaker and CEO of International Justice Mission made an impassioned plea before 1,300 gathered for protection and justice for the victims of human trafficking in a world where war and conflict are rampant.

Holocaust survivor Alex Roson, 83, born in Poland in 1940, holds a photograph of him with Simba and Sonya Rothfeld who took him from the Catholic woman who kept him during the Holocaust in his apartment in Jerusalem, May 5, 2024.

Saved by a Catholic woman in Poland, a Holocaust survivor has a message for the world

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At 83, Alex Rosin, born Elek Rebensztok, is among the youngest child survivors of the Holocaust. As fewer survivors are able to give their testimony, he feels an urgency to tell people his story, especially considering the increasing antisemitism he senses following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on southern Israeli communities and the subsequent war in Gaza.

Vatican to publish updated norms for investigating alleged apparitions

Vatican to publish updated norms for investigating alleged apparitions

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The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith will publish its new norms for the discernment of apparitions and other supernatural phenomena May 17, the Vatican press office said.

Pope Francis greets religious sisters during a meeting with participants in a conference on "Repairing the Irreparable" to mark the 350th anniversary of the apparitions of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque at the Vatican May 4, 2024.

Pope urges reparation to the Sacred Heart

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The spiritual practice of reparation "may be somewhat forgotten or wrongly judged obsolete" today, but it is essential for the promotion of justice and healing, including on behalf of those who have suffered abuse in the church, Pope Francis said.

U.S. President Joe Biden presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Olympic champion swimmer Katie Ledecky, a Catholic, during a ceremony at the White House in Washington May 3, 2024.

Catholic Olympic champion swimmer Katie Ledecky awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom

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Adding another distinguished medal to her already sizable collection, Katie Ledecky - the most decorated woman in swimming history - was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on May 3 in a White House ceremony.

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