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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.

A Canadian soldier stands guard by the Canadian Embassy March 29, 2024, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as violence spreads and armed gangs expand their control over the capital.

Haiti violence, lawlessness forces longtime U.S. missionary priest to evacuate

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As Haiti's capital spirals into lawlessness, a longtime U.S. missionary has been forced to evacuate -- while Haitian Catholics in the U.S. are doubling down on prayer for their troubled homeland.

People take cover from gunfire near the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

D&P aid enables Haitian partners’ work

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“Just going to work is an act of bravery. Our partners on the ground in Haiti are working in a very difficult context,” Mary Durran, the Montreal-based program officer responsible for Latin America (including Haiti) for the Catholic charity Development and Peace-Caritas Canada, told The Catholic Register. “Yet they continue to be the advocates of the poorest people suffering violence and hunger, and inform international organizations such as ours.”

Police secure at the crime scene after Assyrian Orthodox Bishop Mari Emmanuel was stabbed at the altar of Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley, a western suburb of Sydney, April 15, 2024.

Calm urged after Australian bishop stabbed

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Australian religious and political leaders have called for calm and unity after the attempted murder of an Assyrian Orthodox clergyman at his church’s altar in Sydney’s western suburbs, just days after a separate knife attack claimed six lives in Sydney’s Bondi Junction mall.

A police officer inspects the remains of a rocket booster that, according to Israeli authorities, critically injured a seven-year-old girl.

Israel, Iran escalation must be prevented

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As the White House responds to Iran’s attack against Israel, Catholic experts said U.S. officials should seek to prevent further escalation in the region.

Israeli soldiers stand guard over bodies in Kfar Aza, a kibbutz in southern Israel, Oct. 10, 2023. Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett told an Ottawa audience April 12 Israel must prevail in its fight with Hamas or the spread of terror could reach foreign shores like Canada and the United States.

Israel must prevail... or else

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A former Israeli prime minister is issuing a stark warning to Canadians that Hamas-style terror tactics will spread to North America unless the Jewish State achieves its goals in Gaza.

Seminarians and leaders of the Nigerian Bigard Memorial Seminary pose during the 24th matriculation ceremony for the philosophy department March 1. The seminary is celebrating its 100th birthday.

Nigerian seminary defies global trend

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The Bigard Memorial Seminary in Enugu, Nigeria, is celebrating its 100th birthday in 2024. Officials say the sheer statistics warrant a big celebration: The institution has 780 clerics — a number not seen in years in seminaries across Europe and the Americas.

Nigerian Christians are one of the most persecuted religious groups in the world, but the rector of the seminary, Fr. Albert U. Ikpenwa, told OSV News the growth in vocations and of the Church in Nigeria is a function of positive Christian teachings.

Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of Vatican's Dicastery of Bishops, concelebrates Mass at the National Shrine of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré in Quebec in this July 26, 2018, file photo.

Court condemns Cardinal Marc Ouellet for 'infamous' dismissal of French nun

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A civil court in Lorient in France's Brittany region has ruled that a French religious congregation, Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet -- a former high-ranking Vatican official -- and two Vatican-appointed investigators committed "serious misconduct" in expelling Sabine Baudin de la Valette, whose religious name was Sister Marie Ferréol, from her own community "without cause" after 34 years of consecrated life.

New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan delivers his homily during Easter Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City March 31, 2024. Cardinal Dolan will visit Israel and Palestine April 12-18 in his role as chair of Catholic Near East Welfare Association.

Amid war, Cardinal Dolan to make pastoral visit to Israel, Palestine

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Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York has announced he will travel to Israel and Palestine amid a war now in its seventh month.

Workers carry out operations April 4, 2024, at the site where a building collapsed following a 7.4 magnitude earthquake near Hualien, Taiwan. At least nine people died when the quake struck April 3, and more than 1,000 people were injured. According to the BBC, rescuers were working to reach more than 600 stranded people, while dozens of people were still reported missing.

Pope Francis 'deeply saddened' after powerful 7.4 magnitude quake strikes Taiwan

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Pope Francis expressed his condolences to the people of Taiwan after a powerful earthquake struck the island nation's eastern shore.

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