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Our Lady of Medjugorje Shrine with St. James Church in the background.

Medjugorje bears 'spiritual fruits'

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Sally Fong is among the thousands upon thousands who say they have received blessings and witnessed dramatic change in others from a pilgrimage to Medjugorge.

Dr. Tristan Azbej, Hungary’s state secretary for the aid of persecuted Christians, addresses media at a Council of the European Union gathering in Brussels, Belgium on Sept. 26. Pictured with Azbej is György Hölvényi, a Hungarian Member of the European Parliament for the Christian Democratic People’s Party.

‘Wall of silence’ on Christian persecution must fall

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Dr. Tristan Azbej came to Ottawa determined to recruit allies in the mission to support oppressed followers of Christ around the world.

Posters of a young Catholic student named Philippine de Carlan, whose body was found half-buried in Paris' Bois de Boulogne area and whom police suspect was murdered by a 22-year-old Moroccan man, are seen at the Place Denfert Rochereau in the French capital Sept. 29, 2024, during a demonstration of a feminist group called Nemesis. The poster reads, "Philippine could have been our sister".

France mourns Catholic university student murdered by repeat migrant offender

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It felt as if the whole country mourned and wept as family, friends and 3,000 other people packed the St. Louis Cathedral in Versailles Sept. 27 to say goodbye to 19-year-old student Philippine de Carlan, who was found murdered in Bois de Boulogne, or the Boulogne Forest, in Paris Sept. 21.

A drone view Sept. 29, 2024, shows rescue personnel working in a flooded area in Asheville, N.C., following the passing of Tropical Storm Helene. The storm made landfall at 11:10 p.m. (Eastern time) Sept. 27 in Florida's Big Bend as a Category 4 hurricane and was downgraded to a tropical storm the next morning.

Relief efforts underway in western North Carolina; flooding caused by Helene devastates region

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Relief efforts are under way to help communities across western North Carolina reeling from the impacts of Tropical Storm Helene.

People in Basra, Iraq, hold a poster of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah at a gathering following the announcement of his death Sept. 28, 2024.

'Catastrophic' situation faces Lebanon, says U.N. rep

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Hezbollah's central headquarters in Beirut's southern suburbs were struck multiple times Sept. 27 by Israeli missiles, shaking the Lebanese capital. The next day Iran-backed Hezbollah confirmed the military organization's leader Hassan Nasrallah died in the strike.

Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris takes the stage during the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago Aug. 22, 2024. Harris said Sept. 21 she will not attend the 79th dinner of the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation in New York City Oct. 17. The Catholic charities fundraiser has become a staple for presidential nominees in election years. Former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, confirmed his attendance in a social media post Sept. 23.

'Disappointed' Cardinal Dolan holds out hope Harris will join Trump at the Al Smith dinner

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Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York said he is "disappointed" that Vice President Kamala Harris will not attend the Al Smith charity dinner Oct. 17, a New York Catholic charities fundraiser that has become a staple for presidential nominees in election years. But he still held out hope that the Democratic nominee could change her plans and join the event which her Republican rival, former President Donald Trump, is now planning to attend.

A Caritas logo is pictured in a 2019 photo.

Caritas 'shocked' by murder of director in Democratic Republic of Congo

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The director of Caritas in Congo was shot and killed by an armed militant group while approaching a roadblock, Caritas Internationalis announced.

Students are pictured during class at École Épiscopale de Jabboulé in Lebanon. The school is run by the Notre Dame du Bon Service congregation.

War, economic crisis threaten Lebanon’s Catholic schools

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A prolonged economic crisis, exacerbated by the spill-over effects of the war in Gaza, is causing an increasing number of Catholic schools, the mainstay of the education system in Lebanon, to close their doors, say officials of Catholic charities and educators battling to help these institutions to survive.

A Caritas worker walks through destroyed buildings in Gaza City March 16, 2024.

Caritas Luxembourg ends international projects after financial scandal

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Following a multimillion dollar fraud case at Luxembourg's Caritas, the church's aid organization has been forced to stop its international aid projects. Dozens of them will be halted in the most vulnerable regions of the world.

Sister Teresa Agnes Gerlach of Jesus Crucified, former prioress of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas, and Bishop Michael F. Olson of Fort Worth, Texas, are pictured in an undated combination photo. In a Sept. 17, 2024, letter, Bishop Olson urged Catholics in his diocese not to participate in sacraments with, or financially support, the Arlington Carmelite community after it released a statement Sept. 14 announcing it had affiliated with the canonically irregular Society of St. Pius X.

Texas nuns in clash with Fort Worth bishop publicly affiliate with irregular traditionalist society

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A Texas bishop is urging Catholics in his diocese not to participate in sacraments with, or financially support, a community of Discalced Carmelite nuns who recently announced a formal association with the Society of St. Pius X.

Jim Gaffigan attends the MusiCares Person of the Year Gala in Los Angeles Feb. 2, 2024.

Trump, Harris to face off once more at the Al Smith Dinner with Jim Gaffigan as emcee

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The next time former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris face off before a huge audience, New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan likely will sit between them as host and Catholic comic Jim Gaffigan will serve as master of ceremonies.

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