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Men, women and children are seen behind barbed wire after the liberation of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945.

Scholars note mixed Vatican response to Holocaust

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Scholars at a conference examining the wartime pontificate of Pope Pius XII presented a mixed bag on how the Vatican responded to the horrors of the Holocaust.

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega speaks during a meeting in Managua Nicaragua Nov. 8, 2018.

Nicaragua expels a dozen priests, sends them to the Vatican, Ortega regime says

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Nicaragua has expelled a dozen priests held as political prisoners as the increasingly tyrannical regime continues sending clergy into exile and cracking down on the Catholic Church.

A nurse holds a baby at the St. Rachel’s Centre, Caritas Baby Hospital, one of the projects the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre supports in the Holy Land.

EOHSJ intensifies efforts amid Holy Land conflict

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Amid the devastating violence in Israel and Gaza following Hamas’ deadly surprise attack on Oct. 7, with thousands of casualties on both sides, the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem has vowed to intensify its already considerable efforts in the Holy Land.

People mourn during the funeral for Israeli solider Roy Joseph Levy at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem Oct. 15.

Jerusalem Latin Patriarch’s words stand out

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On the same day the Toronto Board of Rabbis pleaded with their co-religionists to show public solidarity, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, offered himself as one such sign.

An injured person is taken to a hospital after what Gaza Health Ministry said was an Israeli air strike on another hospital in Gaza City, in this screen grab obtained from video, Oct. 17, 2023. Israeli Defense Forces told local reporters it was a failed rocket launch by Islamic Jihad.

Hundreds killed in Gaza hospital rocket strike

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While Christian faithful across the globe prayed and fasted for peace in the Holy Land, a rocket struck the Christian hospital in Gaza City where hundreds of people were being treated, but also where hundreds were taking shelter. U.S. President Joe Biden is on his way to Israel to make a quick visit Oct. 18.

Sister Nabila Saleh, a member of the Congregation of the Rosary, participates in Mass at the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza. There are only some 3,000 Christians in Gaza, of which a little more than 200 are Catholic.

Pope Francis calls Gaza parish staff as bombing continues

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Huddled in a stairwell at the Catholic parish and school in Gaza, Rosary Sister Nabila Saleh, another sister and Father Youssef Asaad filmed themselves speaking to Pope Francis on the phone and begging for his continued prayers.

Buildings destroyed by Israeli airstrikes are seen in Gaza City Oct. 10, 2023. Israel launched the airstrikes in retaliation for the assault on the country by Hamas.

Holy Land church leaders plead for Gaza humanitarian corridor

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Patriarchs and heads of all the churches in Jerusalem have issued an urgent appeal to Israel and the international community to open a humanitarian corridor, to assist people caught in what many fear is an imminent humanitarian disaster in the Gaza Strip.  

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, poses for a photo while speaking to reporters at the Vatican Sept. 28, 2023.

Jerusalem cardinal offers himself in exchange for Israeli hostages

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The Catholic Church's highest ranking prelate in the Holy Land offered his "absolute availability" to be exchanged for Israeli children taken hostage by Hamas.

Family and friends mourn Danielle, 25, and Noam, 26, an Israeli couple who were killed in a deadly attack by Hamas gunmen from Gaza as they attended a festival, as they are buried next to each other during their funeral in Kiryat Tivon, Israel, Oct. 12, 2023.

Israeli families missing loved ones wait for proof of life; patriarch appeals for prayer, fasting

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Just before the children in her kindergarten class went on vacation for the Jewish Sukkot Festival, Romina Shvalb, 42, a kindergarten teacher in the quiet Israeli kibbutz of Nir Oz near the Gaza border, had baked challah -- the braided sweet bread Jews traditionally eat on the Sabbath and holidays -- with the children.

An aerial view shows restoration work under way this summer at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.

Notre Dame rebuild a ‘sign of hope for everyone,’ rector says

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Refugees from the Nagorno-Karabakh region in Azerbaijan ride in a truck upon their arrival at the border village of Kornidzor, Armenia, Sept. 27. Tens of thousands of ethnic Armenians, most of them Christian, are fleeing the enclave Armenians call Artsakh following a defeat by surrounding Azerbaijan forces.

Fear of erasure fuels Artsakh exodus

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In a chilling reminder of the Nazi blitzkrieg that ripped through Europe in the 1940s, Azerbaijan, with a lightning military offensive on Sept. 19, dealt a fatal blow to Artsakh (also called Nagorno Karabakh), a disputed territory within its boundaries, sending almost all of its 120,000 Christian Armenians into forced exile.

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