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The Washington County Sheriff's Office investigates the scene of a fatal stabbing at the rectory of St. John the Baptist Parish in Fort Calhoun, Neb., Dec. 10, 2023. Father Stephen Gutgsell, pastoral administrator of the church died after being attacked in his rectory in the early morning of the Second Sunday of Advent.

Nebraska priest dies after attack during apparent rectory break-in

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A Nebraska priest has died after being attacked in the rectory of his parish in the early morning before he was to celebrate Mass for the Second Sunday of Advent.

Fr. Peter Wojakiewicz, pastor of St. Martin of Tours Parish in Cumberland, PEI, is on hand for the raising of the church’s new steeple. The original was damaged by a 2022 tropical storm.

Storm-ravaged steeple back above St. Martin of Tours, PEI

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An early Christmas gift arrived Nov. 30 for the people of Cumberland, P.E.I, a county municipality devastated by post-tropical storm Fiona in September 2022.

This painting by artist Lalo Garcia seen Nov. 20, 2019, is part of an exhibit in honour of Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles.

Indigenous inspiration drawn from Our Lady

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Graydon Nicholas, the Wolastoqey Indigenous elder, chancellor of St. Thomas University and member of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Circle, will deliver a presentation about the patroness of Indigenous peoples in North and South America on Dec. 12 at Saint Mary’s Cathedral in Halifax.

A Ugandan girl is pictured in a file photo carrying a bottle of water from a spring in Lira. The Catholic Church is fighting a battle for young girls in Uganda to end the plague of child marriage.

Church fights Uganda’s child marriage ‘plague’

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Lala Mbabazi, who is three months pregnant, sat on a sofa in her one-bedroom mud house on the outskirts of Soroti, a town in eastern Uganda.

Military aid, delivered as part of U.S. security assistance to Ukraine, is unloaded from a plane at the Boryspil International Airport outside Kyiv Feb. 13, 2022.

Senate Republicans block Ukraine-Israel emergency aid over border, raising Catholic concerns

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Senate Republicans Dec. 6 blocked an emergency spending bill to provide billions of dollars in wartime aid to Ukraine and Israel while calling for strict new policies at the U.S.-Mexico border opposed by some Catholic immigration advocates.

A destroyed residential building is seen in Orikhiv in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region Sept. 13, 2023, following a Russian airstrike. The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church announced Dec. 7 it had just discovered that in an order dated Dec. 26, 2022, an official in the Russian-occupied regions of Zaporizhzhia banned all activities of the church, as well as the Knights of Columbus, Caritas and other Catholic ministries in the occupied area.

Russia bans Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Catholic ministries in occupied region of Ukraine

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Russian occupation authorities have banned the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and other Catholic ministries in occupied areas of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, according to the church's main communications office in Kyiv.

St. Francis Table’s Br. John Frampton is surrounded by members of the Humber College nursing program, from left, Francisca Berg Feret, associate dean Sandra Filice and Heidi Siu outside the St. Clare Centre.

A side of health care on St. Francis Table menu

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After having for years helped to deliver daily nourishment to those in need, St. Francis Table is now offering free health services to that same clientele.

An aerial view shows members of the media outside damaged homes during a visit to Kibbutz Kfar Aza, in southern Israel, Oct. 15 in the aftermath of a deadly attack by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip. Anti-Semitism has been on the rise since.

Bishops seek dialogue as French anti-Semitism rises

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The Oct. 7 killing of about 1,200 people in Israel by armed Hamas militants represented the biggest killing of Jews since the Holocaust. It also started the war that has killed nearly 16,000 Palestinians, according to Hamas-run health ministry, followed by massive pro-Palestinian protests around the globe. What it also did was spark unprecedented instances of anti-Semitism.

Screenshot from Journey through Advent - First Sunday of Advent 2023, Bishop Jon Hansen

Bishops’ video series puts the spotlight on Advent

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For the fourth year running, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) is spiritually accompanying Catholics during Advent with short video reflections, inspired by the Gospel readings, published to its YouTube channel and website.

A report on religious freedom, authored by Benedict Rogers (seated, second from left) was released in Ottawa Nov. 21. MP Garnett Genius, at the podium, hosted the launch on Parliament Hill.

Hong Kong churches under threat: report

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A report launched Nov. 21 in the Canadian parliament by Benedict Rogers, the British co-founder and chief executive of Hong Kong Watch, raised several red flags about the insidious but dangerous erosion of religious freedom in Hong Kong.

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, poses for a photo while speaking to reporters at the Vatican Sept. 28, 2023.

Latin patriarch: Political leaders must seek diplomatic solution to Israel-Hamas conflict

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The current war between Israel and Hamas may finally force a diplomatic solution to the long intractable tensions between the Israelis and the Palestinians in the Holy Land, said the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem.

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