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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.

Drone footage shows residents gathering around a bridge next to the Franciscan monastery amid flooding in Klodzko, in the Lower Silesia region of Poland Sept. 15, 2024, in this still image from social media video.

Historic Franciscan monastery under water as southwestern Poland suffers disastrous floods

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Poland's government is preparing a decree of a state of natural disaster as the southwestern part of the country was severely flooded by torrential rains caused by Storm Boris.

Law enforcement vehicles are parked after reports of shots fired outside Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump's Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach, Fla., Sept. 15, 2024.

FBI investigating apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump

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Former president Donald J. Trump was the target of an apparent assassination attempt Sept. 15, weeks after being wounded in a previous attack during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.

The liturgical furniture designed by designer and sculptor Guillaume Bardet, seen in an undated photo, is composed of five elements in the restored Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris: the altar, the cathedra and the associated seats, the ambo, the tabernacle and the baptistery. Each of the pieces was designed in sculpted bronze, a material offering a powerful, timeless and luminous aesthetic.

Tradition will meet subtle modernity in restored Notre Dame Cathedral

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The excitement is mounting in Paris ahead of the Dec. 8 reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral with only a few cranes remaining on the outside of the iconic French church.

The flag of North Dakota is seen in this illustration photo taken August 21, 2024.

North Dakota judge overturns state's abortion ban, AG says he will appeal

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A North Dakota judge overturned that state's near-total abortion ban Sept. 12, ruling the state's constitution permits abortion until viability.

Musician Jon Bon Jovi gestures onstage during the MusiCares Person of the Year Gala in Los Angeles Feb. 2, 2024.

'Livin' on a prayer': Catholic-raised Bon Jovi helps save woman on Nashville bridge

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Rock legend Jon Bon Jovi reportedly saved a woman's life when he talked her into stepping off the ledge of a bridge over the river in Nashville, Tennessee, Sept. 10.

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