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Archbishop Boutros Marayati, patriarchal administrator of the Armenian Catholic Church, uses incense as he celebrates Mass with bishops of the Armenian Catholic Church at the Pontifical Armenian College in Rome Sept. 20, 2021. The bishops were meeting for a second attempt at electing a new patriarch to succeed Patriarch Grégoire Pierre XX Ghabroyan, who died in Beirut May 25. No candidate garnered the necessary two-thirds of the votes when the bishops had met for two weeks beginning in late June.

Armenian Catholic bishops try again to elect patriarch

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ROME -- A dozen bishops of the Armenian Catholic Church prayed for the assistance of the Holy Spirit as they met in Rome to begin their second attempt at electing a patriarch for their church.

Catholics pray in Mexico City Sept. 7, 2021, as they protest the Mexican Supreme Court's decision that declared the criminalization of abortion is unconstitutional.

Mexican Supreme Court strikes down abortion law

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MEXICO CITY -- The Mexican Supreme Court has invalidated a clause in a state constitution that provided protection of life "from the moment in which an individual is conceived ... until their death," arguing that no state government could determine when life begins; only the federal constitution could determine that.

Anti-euthanasia protesters demonstrate outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London July 17, 2017. In a Sept. 7 Zoom conference, Canadian, U.S. and Belgian doctors urged British politicians to reject a new bill to legalize assisted suicide.

Britain warned of euthanasia progression

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MANCHESTER, England -- Doctors from Canada, the U.S. and Belgium have pressed their case to British politicians against a bill to legalize assisted suicide.

Catholic clergymen carry candles during the annual feast of the Icon of the Mother of God procession July 5, 2019, in Budslau, Belarus.

Belarus church denounces anti-Catholic cartoon depicting priests as Nazis

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WARSAW, Poland -- The bishops' conference of Belarus accused state media of stoking anti-Catholic feeling, after an official newspaper equated priests with Nazis in a front-page cartoon.

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington.

Court won’t block Texas’ six-week abortion ban

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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against blocking a Texas law banning abortions at six weeks of pregnancy.

Former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick arrives at Dedham District Court in Dedham, Mass., Sept. 3, 2021, after being charged with molesting a 16-year-old boy during a 1974 wedding reception.

Former Cardinal McCarrick pleads not guilty; two more lawsuits filed

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WASHINGTON -- Former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick pleaded not guilty Sept. 3 in a Massachusetts court, where he is facing three counts of sexually assaulting a teenager in the 1970s.

Afghan citizens evacuated from Kabul disembark from a U.S Air Force transport plane as they arrive at Naval Station Rota Air Base in Rota, Spain, Aug. 31, 2021.

Pope Francis questions Afghanistan withdrawal strategy

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VATICAN CITY -- The chaotic withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan was due in part to a lack of foreseeing all possible eventualities, Pope Francis said in a new interview.

The collapsed building in New Orleans is seen Aug. 30, 2021, after Hurricane Ida ripped through area.

New Orleans Archdiocese assesses damage from Hurricane Ida

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NEW ORLEANS -- With most of South Louisiana cut off from electrical power due to the 150-mph winds of Hurricane Ida, the Archdiocese of New Orleans announced Aug. 30 that all schools, along with its main administrative offices, would remain closed until at least Labor Day, Sept. 6.

Earthquake victims wait in line for food provided by the World Food Program at a school in Port Salut, Haiti, Aug. 24, 2021.

Post-quake Haiti: Funerals and a daily quest for food, water, shelter

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Two weeks after Haiti's Aug. 14 earthquake, the country's southwest peninsula is still marked by funerals, aftershocks and a daily search for clean water, food and shelter.

Cubans protests against the government in Cuba.

Expats support Cubans’ freedom fight

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“Libertad! Libertad! Libertad!” Since July 11, the Spanish chant of liberty has sounded loud at solidarity rallies throughout Canada, the U.S. and, most fervently, in cities across Cuba as its inhabitants in a rare show of defiance against their government seek emancipation from the authoritarian regime ushered in by Fidel Castro in 1959.

Mexican diocese condemns murder of local journalist

Mexican diocese condemns murder of local journalist

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MEXICO CITY -- A Mexican diocese has condemned the murder of a journalist in Veracruz state, saying the crime threatens freedom of expression.

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