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Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun leaves the police station after surrendering to police Dec. 3, 2014. The Chinese government has ordered mainland journalists not to describe Cardinal Zen as the "emeritus" bishop of Hong Kong, but to instead use the word "former."

China tells mainland media how to refer to retired Hong Kong bishop

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HONG KONG – Chinese propaganda chiefs have ordered mainland journalists not to describe outspoken Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun as the "emeritus" bishop of Hong Kong, but to instead use the word "former."

In honour of the 300th anniversary of Our Lady of Czestochowa’s first coronation, the original crowns, which was stolen in 1919, have been replicated.

Our Lady of Czestochowa to receive a new crown on coronation’s 300th

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CZESTOCHOWA, Poland – Three hundred years ago this September the image of Our Lady of Czestochowa was crowned Queen and Protector of Poland by Clement XI.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin in May 2015. Cardinal Pietro Parolin says peace and end to violent conflicts should be placed above any national interests when it comes to relationship between Western countries and Russia.

Russia, West must settle differences to achieve peace, cardinal says

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VATICAN CITY – Peace and an end to violent conflicts around the world should be placed above any national interests when it comes to the relationship between Western countries and Russia, Cardinal Pietro Parolin said.

A legislation that will restrict access to abortion in Missouri was passed by the state's Senate 22-9 July 25.

Pro-life groups praise new Missouri bill curbing abortion

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ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Pro-lifers lauded a bill that will restrict abortion access in Missouri, granting the state attorney general more power to prosecute violations, and requiring both stricter health codes and proper fetal tissue disposal.

Following the execution of convicted child murderer Ronald Phillips July 26, Ohio's first execution since 2014, the state's Catholic bishops stressed the need to replace death penalty with mercy and spiritual conversion.

Ohio bishops: Replace death penalty with mercy, conversion

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Catholic leaders in Ohio stressed the need to replace the death penalty with mercy and spiritual conversion, following the execution of convicted child murderer Ronald Phillips.
The latest legal battle between Charlie Gard's parents and London's Great Ormond Street Hospital is on whether Charlie can go home to live out his final days.

Court to decide if Charlie Gard's parents can take him home

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LONDON, England – After ending their legal fight to seek further treatment for their 11-month-old son, the parents of Charlie Gard are now in a dispute with Great Ormond Street Hospital over whether they may take the boy home to live out his final days.

Vatican Treasurer Cardinal George Pell is surrounded by Australian police and members of the media as he leaves the Melbourne Magistrates Court in Australia on July 26, 2017.

Cardinal Pell faces Australian court on sex abuse charges

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MELBOURNE, Australia – Silent but defiant, Cardinal George Pell made his first court appearance in Australia on Wednesday (July 26) on charges of sexual abuse, vowing through his lawyer to fight the allegations that have rocked Rome and threatened the Pope's image as a crusader against abusive clergy.

A rainbow shines over the U.S. Capitol in Washington July 24. U.S. Senate voted 51-50 to proceed with health care debate July 25.

U.S. bishop urges Senate to remedy health care after vote to proceed

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WASHINGTON – After the Senate voted July 25 to proceed with the health care debate, Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Florida, urged senators of both parties to "work together to advance changes that serve the common good."

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled July 14 that the New York Archdiocese did not did not discriminate against a school principal when it did not renew her contract affirms "the freedom of a church to decide who will serve as its religious leaders.”

New York court says church has right to hire employees who 'advance faith'

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NEW YORK – A court ruling that the New York Archdiocese did not discriminate against a school principal when it did not renew her contract affirms "the freedom of a church to decide who will serve as its religious leaders," said the Alliance Defending Freedom.

In this Monday, July 17, 2017 photo, Meg Stern, left, and other escort volunteers lined up outside the EMW Women's Surgical Center in Louisville, Ky. A federal judge issued an order Friday, July 21, 2017, to keep protesters away from a "buffer zone" outside Kentucky's only abortion clinic, which is targeted by a national anti-abortion group.

Catholics oppose buffer zone around Kentucky's last abortion clinic

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Pro-life activists in the Archdiocese of Louisville have spoken out against a city ordinance which resulted in the creation of a temporary buffer zone outside Kentucky's only facility where abortions can be procured.

The Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City is seen Dec. 10, 2016. An explosive device was detonated outside the offices of the Mexican bishops' conference, which sits directly across the street from the country's most visited religious site.

Mexican bishops don't see explosion as attack on church

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MEXICO CITY – The Mexican bishops' conference does not believe an explosive device detonated outside its offices – adjacent to the country's most visited religious site, the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe – is an attack on the Catholic Church.

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