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Global Christian Relief (GCR) has launched a new searchable violent incidents database (VID) that chronicles all the violent attacks on Christians and people of faith around the world.

U.S. bishops identify liberty concerns

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A new annual report by the U.S. bishops’ conference identifies five top threats to religious liberty in the United States, including a federal regulation it says could impose mandates on doctors to perform objectionable procedures and threats to the ChurchƵapp service to people who are migrants.

Notre Dame roof structure completed

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In a historic year for Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, which the French capital and the whole world will see reopen Dec. 8, milestones will be reported on regularly, but this one made Parisians shed a tear or two: Reconstruction of the roof structure is now complete.

Win in Alberta for doctors’ conscience rights

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Pro-life organizations are celebrating the College of Physicians and Surgeons of AlbertaƵapp (CPSA) decision not to impose an “effective referral” mandate that would have forced health practitioners to violate conscience rights to facilitate objectionable procedures like assisted suicide or abortion.

Bishop Rolando Álvarez released, exiled from Nicaragua after over 500 days of detention

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Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa has been released from prison and sent into exile along with 18 imprisoned churchmen as the Nicaraguan government expelled its most prominent critic, whose presence behind bars bore witness to the Sandinista regime descent into totalitarianism, along with its unrelenting persecution of the Catholic Church.

Church burnings said to be ‘understandable’

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According to the Catholic Civil Rights LeagueƵapp (CCRL) database, at least 85 Catholic churches have been set ablaze or vandalized since the unproven discovery on May 27, 2021, of 215 suspected unmarked graves near the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.

Christian unity puts GodƵapp love in action

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This yearƵapp Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, celebrated Jan. 18-25, will have the full participation of the Archdiocese of Toronto.

‘SomethingƵapp happening’ as young seek truth

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When it comes to supporting Catholic education, the audience that came to hear Father Deacon Andrew BennettƵapp fundraising talk for Catholic Pacific College was as committed as it gets.

Not appropriate to bless same-sex couples in Africa, bishops say

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Reaffirming their fidelity to the pope and the Gospel, Catholic bishops in Africa have released a common response to a recent Vatican declaration, saying they "generally prefer" not to offer blessings to same-sex couples.

Thousands gather in Sydney for Cardinal Pell's memorial Mass

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Thousands gathered at St. Mary's Cathedral in Sydney in memory of a man they loved for his vision and "big heart" a year after his death in Rome.

Wisconsin judge suspends criminal case against McCarrick

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A Wisconsin judge has suspended a criminal case against former cardinal Theodore McCarrick Jan. 10, citing incompetency. McCarrick had been charged with fourth-degree sexual assault for abuse that allegedly took place in 1977.