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A medical worker administers a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to a patient Nov. 17, 2021.

Health care workers denied religious exemption on vaccine win settlement

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Liberty Counsel, a Christian legal group, announced that a settlement it called historic has been reached with an Illinois hospital system over denying its employees a religious exemption to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, retired bishop of Hong Kong, celebrates Mass in Hong Kong May 24, 2022. At a pre-trial hearing in Hong Kong Aug. 9, 2022, a judge announced that Cardinal Zen and four other defendants will face a five-day trial Sept. 19-23 on charges of failing to properly register a now-defunct fund to help anti-government protesters.

Five-day trial set for Cardinal Zen, four defendants

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At a pre-trial hearing in Hong Kong, a judge set a five-day trial for Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun and four other defendants who face charges of failing to properly register a now-defunct fund to help anti-government protesters.

An exhausted Rohingya refugee woman touches the shore after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border by boat through the Bay of Bengal in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, Sept. 11, 2017.

U.N. report: Myanmar junta 'committing systematic crimes against humanity'

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Myanmar's military junta has committed crimes against humanity amid ongoing conflicts in the country following the coup last year, said a new report by the United Nations.

The main entrance of the Royal London Hospital in London is pictured Dec. 31, 2021. Archie Battersbee, 12, died Aug. 6 about two hours after medics switched off his ventilation, against his parents' wishes.

Bioethics institute urges U.K. to review parental rights of very ill kids

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A Catholic bioethics institute urged the U.K. government to speed up a review of the rights of the parents of sick children after doctors ended the life of a brain-damaged boy against the wishes of his parents.

Pope Francis shakes hand with Ukraine's ambassador to the Holy See, Andrii Yurash, during a private audience at the Vatican April 7, 2022. After meeting with Pope Francis Aug. 6, Yurash said the pope planned on visiting the war-torn country before his visit to Kazakhstan in September.

Ambassador says Pope Francis will visit Ukraine before Kazakhstan trip

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Pope Francis plans to make his long-awaited visit to Ukraine before his trip to Kazakhstan in September, said Andrii Yurash, Ukraine's ambassador to the Holy See.

The U.S. border wall with Mexico is seen from the United States in Nogales, Ariz., Sept. 12, 2018.

Biden continues construction along parts of border wall started by Trump

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Some border residents and organizations are speaking out against the Biden administration after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security revealed plans to fill in gaps of a border wall to keep migrants out near Yuma, Arizona.

Worshippers wait outside as Pope Francis celebrates Mass in St. Joseph Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, May 31, 2019. Romanian officials have ordered the demolition of the tall office building, at left center, 10 years after a ruling that it was built illegally and endangers the historic landmark.

Bucharest Archdiocese welcomes order to demolish building near cathedral

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Romanian officials have ordered the demolition of a 20-story office building overshadowing Bucharest's Catholic cathedral, 10 years after a ruling that it was built illegally and endangers the historic landmark.

Former Guatemalan Vice President Roxana Baldetti attends a court hearing along with former President Otto Pérez Molina (not pictured) in a case implicating them in a corruption scandal known as "La Linea," in Guatemala City Jan. 17, 2022.

Guatemalan bishops warn against political manipulation

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Ahead of Guatemala's upcoming election season, the country's bishops said religious gatherings in the coming months should "not fall into the temptation of mixing political propaganda with apparent prayer."

A woman prays during a Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Managua, Nicaragua Nov. 21, 2019. Catholics in Nicaragua are calling for the release of two priests detained over the past two months in as a campaign of arbitrary arrests and church repression continues in the Central American country.

Parishioners protest arrest of second priest in two months in Nicaragua

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Catholics in Nicaragua are calling for the release of two priests detained over the past two months as a campaign of arbitrary arrests and church repression continues in the Central American country.

People watch as the completed Craigyhill bonfire burns on the '11th night' to usher in the 12th of July celebrations in Larne, Northern Ireland, July 11, 2022. The Police Service of Northern Ireland said it is investigating a possible crime after an image of Pope Francis was burned in another bonfire in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Police in Northern Ireland investigate burning of Pope Francis image

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The Police Service of Northern Ireland said it is investigating a possible crime after an image of Pope Francis was burned in a bonfire.

Pope Francis presents gifts to Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow after the leaders signed a joint declaration during a meeting at Jose Marti International Airport in Havana Feb. 12, 2016.

Pope Francis confirms plans to meet Russian patriarch in Kazakhstan

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Pope Francis said he plans to meet with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill in September at an interreligious meeting in Kazakhstan.

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