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Villagers displaced by fighting in eastern Myanmar cross a river in Kayah state June 12, 2021. Myanmar's military has arrested seven workers from the Catholic Church's social arm Caritas (Karuna) who were on a mission to provide aid for internally displaced persons in Kayah.

Myanmar military arrests seven Caritas workers

By Catholic News Service

YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar's military has arrested seven workers from the Catholic Church's social arm who were on a mission to provide aid for internally displaced persons in conflict-stricken Kayah state.

Seminarians from the Pontifical North American College walk in procession during the ordination of new deacons in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Sept. 30, 2021. Pope Francis has shared a letter from an adult survivor of clergy abuse, addressed to the world's seminarians, calling for an end to silence and a commitment to truth.

Pope Francis shares letter of abuse victim

By Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY -- An adult survivor of abuse by a priest appealed to the world’s seminarians to become good priests and to make sure the “bitter truth” always prevails, not silence about scandals and their cover-up.

Franciscan Sister Diana Muñoz, a human rights lawyer, poses for a photo outside Casa Betania Santa Martha June 29, 2019, in Salto de Agua, Mexico. In October 2021, the shelter was raided twice within a week by armed individuals claiming to be government officials, but none of the individuals had IDs.

Migrant shelter in southern Mexico denounces raid by armed individuals

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MEXICO CITY -- A Catholic migrant shelter in southern Chiapas state said unidentified individuals forced their way into the premises -- the latest act of intimidation against migrant defenders in the region.

U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke is seen outside the Vatican March 7, 2013. In an Oct. 15, 2021, letter posted on his Facebook page, the 73-year-old cardinal said his recovery from COVID-19 is continuing with the help of physical therapy and he is now able to celebrate daily Mass.

Cardinal Burke continues to recover, urges Catholics to pray rosary daily

By Catholic News Service

LA CROSSE, Wis. -- Cardinal Raymond L. Burke said his recovery from COVID-19 is continuing with the help of physical therapy and he is now able to celebrate daily Mass.

A confessional on which is written: "M. the Priest" is pictured in a Catholic church near Nantes, France, Oct. 5, 2021. Archbishop Charles Scicluna says the report of clerical sexual abuse in France is a call for the church to take action, get more serious about implementing child protection policies and, especially, justice for victims.

Sorrow must turn to action: Archbishop

By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY -- Shame and sorrow are appropriate initial responses to the report on the extent of clerical sexual abuse in France, but the Catholic Church must move to action to protect children and to guarantee justice for victims and survivors, said Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna.

Members of the clergy celebrate Mass at the cathedral in Nice, France, on Oct. 10. An independent report on sexual abuse in the French Catholic Church estimates 330,000 children have been abused since the 1950s.

‘We’re going to have to wake up to the fact there’s a systemic problem’

By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register

Over the past five years, on Tuesdays at noon at the Church of St. Louis d’Antin, in the 9th arrondissement of Paris near the Passage du Havre shopping centre, a shy, scholarly Canadian priest would approach the altar to offer Mass and call the assembly of immigrants and downtown shoppers to confess their sinfulness.

Blessed Carlo Acutis, an Italian teenager who used his computer programming skills to spread devotion to the Eucharist, is pictured in an undated photo.The Diocese of Assisi says an estimated 117,000 pilgrims have visited the tomb of Blessed Acutis since his beatification in October 2020.

Pilgrims flock to beatified teen's tomb in Assisi ahead of feast day

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ROME -- Thousands of pilgrims have flocked to the tomb of Blessed Carlo Acutis, the 15-year-old Italian teenager whose use of technology to spread devotion to the Eucharist prompted Pope Francis to hail him as a role model for young people today.

Pope Francis pours dirt into a potted olive tree during the meeting, “Faith and Science: Towards COP26,” with religious leaders in the Hall of Benedictions at the Vatican Oct. 4. The meeting was part of the run-up to the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow Oct. 31-Nov. 12.

Pope Francis, faith leaders jointly urge nations to care for creation

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VATICAN CITY -- High-level representatives of the world’s religions came together with Pope Francis at the Vatican to show their joint commitment to caring for the Earth and to appeal to world leaders to deepen their commitments to mitigating climate change.

A statue of St. Anthony of Padua is displayed inside the Church of St. Sulpice in Paris Oct. 4, 2021. A new report on clergy sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in France estimates hundreds of thousands of victims since the 1950s.

Report estimates 330,000 children abused in French church since 1950s

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An independent report on sexual abuse in the French Catholic Church estimates 330,000 children have been abused since the 1950s. Most of the victims were pre-adolescent boys of all social backgrounds, and more than a third of the assaults were committed by laypeople.

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, virtually addresses the 76th session of the UN General Assembly Sept. 25.

World leaders must to do more to help the vulnerable, cardinal tells UN

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VATICAN CITY -- World leaders must rely on hope rather than isolation and withdrawal to confront current and future challenges, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state.

People displaced by interethnic violence in Tombura, South Sudan, are pictured in Yambio, South Sudan, Sept. 11, 2021. They took refuge in the home of relatives, where they received material assistance from the local Catholic diocese.

South Sudan church leaders work for peace, but soldiers won't listen

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YAMBIO, South Sudan -- Pope Francis may have kissed the feet of South Sudan's warring political leaders in a dramatic 2019 appeal for peace, but armed conflict continues to cause death and displacement in the world's newest country, pushing Catholic leaders here to plead for the conflict's victims.

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