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Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych, head of the worldwide Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, is seen in an April 2024 photograph with members of the Ukrainian military at the Patriarchal Cathedral complex in Kyiv. The major archbishop and the Ukrainian military officials discussed a range of issues, including Russia's detention of two Ukrainian Catholic priests whose fate remains unknown.

Ukrainian archbishop meets with military officials on missing priests, detained civilians

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The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church recently met with Ukrainian military officials to discuss a range of issues, including Russia's detention of two Ukrainian Catholic priests whose fate remains unknown.

Residents attempt to salvage property from the ruins of their homes in the Kamuchiri village of Mai Mahiu in central Kenya's Nakuru County April 29, 2024, after heavy flash floods wiped out several homes when a dam burst, following heavy rains.

Kenyan archbishop appeals for humanitarian aid as floods devastate the country

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Amid severe floods, a leading Catholic archbishop in Kenya appealed for humanitarian support to aid thousands of displaced people, as he expressed the church's closeness to the affected populations.

A handout photograph, shot in January 2024, shows women and babies at the Zamzam displacement camp close to El Fasher in North Darfur, Sudan.

As women, children starve, Sudan in desperate need of help, say Catholic aid workers

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Catholic agencies, along with other Christian charities in Sudan, have intensified their food distribution campaign across the country to save hundreds of thousands of suffering Sudanese people from extreme hunger as the civil war entered its second year.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni applauds Pope Francis during a meeting about families and Italy's declining birthrate May 12, 2023, in Rome.

Italian PM says Pope Francis will join G7 discussion on AI

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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced that Pope Francis would participate in a G7 "outreach" discussion on artificial intelligence when the leaders of the world's leading industrialized nations countries meet in southern Italy in mid-June.

A tiny home destined for St. Anthony’s Church in Dartmouth, N.S., is hoisted onto a truck.

Halifax shelter program not so temporary

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What began as a short-term project by the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth to bring the city’s most vulnerable out of the cold and into temporary shelter remains a project in progress more than two years later. 

The Birth Care Alliance says women have an inherent right to choose who attends their birth and when they access medical services.

Activists seek right to home birth

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COVID-19 and life issues have brought bodily autonomy and the right to accept or refuse medical treatment to the forefront in recent years.

Pope Francis sits down exclusively with "CBS Evening News" anchor Norah O'Donnell at the Vatican April 24, 2024, for an interview ahead of the Vatican's inaugural World Children's Day. The CBS interview marked the first time a pope has given an in-depth, one-on-one interview to a U.S. broadcast network, according to the network.

Pope Francis calls for peace in Gaza and Ukraine, laments plight of children in war in CBS interview

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Pope Francis sat down exclusively with "CBS Evening News" anchor Norah O'Donnell on April 24 for an interview ahead of the Vatican's inaugural World Children's Day. The CBS interview marks the first time a pope has given an in-depth, one-on-one interview to a U.S. broadcast network, according to the network.

A view of tents are seen at a homeless encampment called "The Zone" in Phoenix Dec. 18, 2020.

Homeless policy before U.S. Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court on April 22 heard a case concerning the constitutionality of local laws that ban public camping and their impact on people who are homeless.

Then-President Donald Trump and then-Vice President Mike Pence are seen after Trump's address on the first day of the Republican National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., Aug. 24, 2020.

Trump in pro-life ‘retreat,’ Pence says

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Former Vice President Mike Pence argued his ex-running mate, former President Donald Trump, betrayed the pro-life movement by stating his opposition to implementing federal abortion restrictions should he be elected to another term in 2024.

The international Pro-Life flag is pictured.

Pro-life flag won’t fly at Toronto schools

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The International Pro-Life Flag will not fly over Toronto Catholic schools this May.

St. Patrick’s Church was one of the Archdiocese of St. John’s churches sold to pay a settlement to Mount Cashel Orphanage abuse victims.

St. John’s closures ‘canonically unsound’

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Having ruled that the Archdiocese of St. John’s closing of a number of parishes was canonically unsound, the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Clergy has further said that civil law does not trump canonical rights. 

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