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Armed police officers walk at the site of wreath-laying ceremony in Vienna Nov. 3, 2020, following a deadly shooting spree the previous day.

Pope Francis, Austrian church leaders urge end to hatred after Vienna attacks

By Catholic News Service

Pope Francis and Austrian church leaders expressed dismay and sorrow after terrorists attack that left at least five dead in central Vienna, and they urged citizens to uphold key values of tolerance and respect.

Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan celebrated Mass at Our Lady of Deliverance Cathedral in Baghdad Oct. 31, 2020, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the massacre at the church. Two priests were among the 48 people killed during the Oct. 31, 2010, attack.

Syriac patriarch: 'Our martyrs are the torches of faith'

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BEIRUT -- Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the massacre by Islamic militants at Our Lady of Deliverance Church in Baghdad, Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan reminded the faithful that "our martyrs are the torches of faith that illuminate our paths of life and ignite in us the fire of love toward everyone."

Tributes to the dead are seen outside of Notre Dame Basilica in Nice, France, Nov. 1, 2020, as French bishops conduct a "penitential rite of reparation," following the Oct. 29 deadly attack at church. The penitential rite was deemed necessary to purify the church from the stain of the homicide before normal religious activities could resume in the basilica.

French bishops 'cleanse' Nice basilica after attack

By Catholic News Service

NICE, France -- French bishops conducted a "penitential rite of reparation" inside a church in which three people were murdered in late October.

Retired Pope Benedict XVI is seen in a file photo strolling in a garden in Bressanone, Italy, with his brother, Msgr. Georg Ratzinger. The retired pope has declined the inheritance of his brother Georg -- who died July 1, 2020 -- so the estate goes to the Holy See.

Pope Benedict declines his late brother's inheritance

By Catholic News Service

BERLIN -- Retired Pope Benedict XVI has declined the inheritance of his brother Georg, who died in July, reported the German Catholic news agency KNA.

A woman prays during Mass at the Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception in London July 4, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Catholic leaders in England are appealing to the government to reverse its decision to ban public Mass during a second national lockdown.

UK bishops want evidence public Masses must be stopped in lockdown

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MANCHESTER, England -- Catholic leaders in England are appealing to the government to reverse its decision to ban public Mass during a second national lockdown.

Women opposed to euthanasia are pictured in a file photo holding up a sign reading "life is in God's hands" during a silent demonstration in Den Bosch, Netherlands. Cardinal Willem Eijk of Utrecht, Netherlands, says the proposal to allow the euthanasia of children in the Netherlands would mark only the latest slide down the slippery slope of euthanasia.

Dutch cardinal: Euthanasia for children continues 'slippery slope'

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MANCHESTER, England -- Proposals to amend Dutch law to allow the euthanasia of children represent the latest descent down the "slippery slope" of the killing of patients by doctors, a cardinal said.

Police stand near Notre Dame Basilica in Nice, France, Oct. 29, 2020, after at least three people were killed in a series of stabbings before Mass. France raised its alert level to maximum after the attack.

Three killed in terror attack in Nice basilica

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MANCHESTER, England -- French bishops ordered a "death knell" to ring from every church of their country Oct. 29 after three people were hacked to death in a basilica in the southern Mediterranean city of Nice.

This is the front page of the Wisconsin Catholic Tribune, which was mailed to Catholic homes around the state ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential election. The Compass, the official Catholic newspaper of the Diocese of Green Bay, Wis., reported that it is not known how the Tribune's publisher received addresses and names of Catholic families.

Unofficial Wisconsin Catholic paper takes aim at voters

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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential election, a publication mailed to Catholic homes around Wisconsin is seeking to influence the vote of readers.

Judge Amy Coney Barrett holds her hand on the Bible as she is sworn in as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas at the White House in Washington Oct. 26, 2020.

Senate confirms Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court

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WASHINGTON -- A divided Senate, in a 52-48 vote, confirmed Amy Coney Barrett as a justice for the Supreme Court the evening of Oct. 26 and soon afterward she was sworn in by Justice Clarence Thomas at a White House ceremony.

Demonstrators protest Oct. 25, 2020, in front of the Cathedral of Christ the King in Katowice, Poland, against the ruling by Poland's Constitutional Tribunal that imposes a near-total ban on abortion.

Protesters target churchgoers in Poland over abortion ruling

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WARSAW, Poland -- Poland's bishops' conference decried attacks on churches by demonstrators protesting a near-total ban on abortions by the country's Constitutional Court and urged restraint from violence and dialogue.

Maria Voce, leader of the Focolare Movement, is pictured in a file photo. Voce has accepted the resignations of the lay movement's top leaders in France and announced the group will ask an independent committee to investigate how allegations of the sexual abuse of minors have been handled.

Focolare to promise investigation of handling abuse claims

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ROME -- The president of Focolare has accepted the resignations of the lay movement's top leaders in France and announced the group will ask an independent committee to investigate how allegations of the sexual abuse of minors have been handled.

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