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Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega speaks during a meeting in Managua Nicaragua Nov. 8, 2018.

Nicaragua expels a dozen priests, sends them to the Vatican, Ortega regime says

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Nicaragua has expelled a dozen priests held as political prisoners as the increasingly tyrannical regime continues sending clergy into exile and cracking down on the Catholic Church.

A nurse holds a baby at the St. Rachel’s Centre, Caritas Baby Hospital, one of the projects the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre supports in the Holy Land.

EOHSJ intensifies efforts amid Holy Land conflict

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Amid the devastating violence in Israel and Gaza following Hamas’ deadly surprise attack on Oct. 7, with thousands of casualties on both sides, the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem has vowed to intensify its already considerable efforts in the Holy Land.

The Feists, Sr. Theresa and Sr. Bernadette.

Sister nuns retire together

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The director of Valley Native Ministry in Saskatchewan’s Treaty 4 territory for the last 40 years, Sr. Bernadette Feist and her older sister, Sr. Theresa, both Ursuline nuns, are retiring. 

People mourn during the funeral for Israeli solider Roy Joseph Levy at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem Oct. 15.

Jerusalem Latin Patriarch’s words stand out

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On the same day the Toronto Board of Rabbis pleaded with their co-religionists to show public solidarity, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, offered himself as one such sign.

An injured person is taken to a hospital after what Gaza Health Ministry said was an Israeli air strike on another hospital in Gaza City, in this screen grab obtained from video, Oct. 17, 2023. Israeli Defense Forces told local reporters it was a failed rocket launch by Islamic Jihad.

Hundreds killed in Gaza hospital rocket strike

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While Christian faithful across the globe prayed and fasted for peace in the Holy Land, a rocket struck the Christian hospital in Gaza City where hundreds of people were being treated, but also where hundreds were taking shelter. U.S. President Joe Biden is on his way to Israel to make a quick visit Oct. 18.

Sister Nabila Saleh, a member of the Congregation of the Rosary, participates in Mass at the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza. There are only some 3,000 Christians in Gaza, of which a little more than 200 are Catholic.

Pope Francis calls Gaza parish staff as bombing continues

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Huddled in a stairwell at the Catholic parish and school in Gaza, Rosary Sister Nabila Saleh, another sister and Father Youssef Asaad filmed themselves speaking to Pope Francis on the phone and begging for his continued prayers.

Buildings destroyed by Israeli airstrikes are seen in Gaza City Oct. 10, 2023. Israel launched the airstrikes in retaliation for the assault on the country by Hamas.

Holy Land church leaders plead for Gaza humanitarian corridor

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Patriarchs and heads of all the churches in Jerusalem have issued an urgent appeal to Israel and the international community to open a humanitarian corridor, to assist people caught in what many fear is an imminent humanitarian disaster in the Gaza Strip.  

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

Jerusalem cardinal offers himself in exchange for Israeli hostages

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The Catholic Church's highest ranking prelate in the Holy Land offered his "absolute availability" to be exchanged for Israeli children taken hostage by Hamas.

Winnipeg’s Holy Rosary Church

Italians at Holy Rosary’s heart for 100 years

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Josephine “Jo” Dellapenta’s father Geremino hailed from Campobasso, the capital city of the Italian region of Molise. Her mother, Alfonsina Cordileone, lived her first 11 years in a town not far away.

Mental health focus of Saskatoon congress

Mental health focus of Saskatoon congress

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Clergy, pastoral staff, lay leaders and congregants in the Diocese of Saskatoon will learn how the Church can support mental health and well-being during the annual one-day diocesan Fall Congress on Oct. 19.

Young adults get into the swing of things during Praise and Worship at a previous Renew Toronto conference.

Renew Toronto aims to enrich young adult faith

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Over 500 Catholic young adults aged 19 to 39 will strive to enrich their faith at the annual Renew Toronto conference, which is being staged at the Canada Event Centre in Whitby, Ont., on Nov. 4.

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