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A demonstrator holds a placard during a protest in front of the Cologne Cathedral in Germany March 18, 2021. Lawyer Stephan Rixen, the state-appointed chairman of the commission to investigate abuse in the Archdiocese of Cologne, has quit.

Chairman of Cologne’s abuse commission resigns

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The state-appointed chairman of the commission to investigate abuse in the Archdiocese of Cologne has quit, saying he doubted the independence of the commission and wondered whether its main aim was to protect Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki.

Pope Francis greets Syro-Malabar Archbishop Andrews Thazhath of Trichur, India, at the end of the pope's general audience at the Vatican June 15, 2022. In late July, the pope named the archbishop apostolic administrator of the Kochi-based Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church. The archbishop has been given police protection in India after a dispute over the liturgy led to a protest.

Indian court orders police protection for Vatican appointee

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A top court in the southern Indian state of Kerala has ordered police protection for the apostolic administrator of an archdiocese in the Eastern rite Syro-Malabar Church, which is embroiled in a bitter liturgical dispute.

Ukrainian Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych, Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, England, spiritual leader of the Anglican Communion, center, and Anglican Bishop Robert Innes of the Church of England's Diocese in Europe, chat during a meeting in in Kyiv, Ukraine, Dec. 1, 2022.

Archbishop of Canterbury visits Ukraine to show support as winter begins

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Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby spent three days in Ukraine to show solidarity with the people there. It was the first visit of an archbishop of Canterbury to an independent Ukraine.

The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen in Washington Oct. 2, 2022.

U.S. Supreme Court appears ready to support web designer in free speech case

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In a case examining the scope of free speech protected by the First Amendment, the Supreme Court Dec. 5 ultimately seemed to favor a broad view of free speech.

A young woman in Kinshasa, Congo, carries a cross during a march to protest escalating violence in the the country, Dec. 4, 2022.

Congolese Catholics take to the streets to protest increasing violence

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Catholics and other Christians in Congo took to the streets Dec. 4 to protest increasing violence, often caused when neighboring countries seek the nation's valuable minerals.

An Orthodox church is seen in front an oil refinery that caught fire following a missile attack near the port city of Odesa, Ukraine, April 3, 2022. The Ukrainian government said Dec. 1 it would sanction members of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church affiliated with the Moscow Patriarchate.

Ukrainian government says it will investigate Orthodox linked to Moscow

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The Ukrainian government said it would sanction members of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church affiliated with the Moscow Patriarchate.

A miner works at an artisanal gold mine near Kamituga, Congo, Aug. 1, 2018.

Canadians can make difference in Congo

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With so much of the mineral wealth needed for the world’s green transition, the future is in Congo’s hands. 

Bishop Placide Lubamba Ndjibu of Kasongo

Congolese bishop urges government to take control in turbulent east

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A Catholic bishop in Congo warned of a loss of government control over parts of the country, ahead of a projected visit by Pope Francis.

A woman is pictured in the nearly empty Church of the Immaculate Conception in London July 4, 2020.

Christians now minority in U.K. presenting new opportunities for evanglization

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An English bishop said Catholics must work harder to evangelize the U.K. after the latest official census showed that Christians were a minority for the first time since records began.

Pope Francis leads a meeting with the presidents and coordinators of the regional assemblies of the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican Nov. 28, 2022. Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, attended the meeting.

Regional representatives meet Pope Francis, discuss 'continental phase' of synod

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While some people want to "reform" the Catholic Church and others want "to put the brakes on the synod process," those involved in preparing the continental phase of the synod process want "to mend" the church under the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the pope, said Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich of Luxembourg, relator general of the synod.

Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, retired bishop of Hong Kong, center, senior barrister Margaret Ng, and former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong Cyd Ho, leave the West Kowloon Magistrates' Court in Hong Kong Nov. 25, 2022.

Cardinal Zen, five others fined, but larger charge looms

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A Hong Kong Court fined Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, 90, and five others for failing to register a humanitarian fund set up to help people arrested in anti-government protests pay legal fees.

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