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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.

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.

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.

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