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The Eiffel Tower lights up with the message "My Body My Choice" in Paris March 4, 2024, after French lawmakers enshrined the right to abortion in the country's constitution during a meeting of the parliament in Versailles.

French bishops call for fasting, prayer as abortion is enshrined in country's constitution

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French bishops called for fasting and prayer as abortion was enshrined in the constitution by an overwhelming 780-72 vote, accompanied by a standing ovation when the result was announced as the parliament met in Versailles.

Pope Francis waves to visitors in the Paul VI Audience Hall during his weekly general audience at the Vatican Feb. 28, 2024.

Pope has full day of appointments after going to hospital for tests

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The day after Pope Francis paid a brief visit to Rome's Gemelli Isola Hospital for "diagnostic tests," he had a full morning of audiences, including a meeting with bishops from Italy's Emilia Romagna region making their "ad limina" visits to the Vatican.

Pope Francis gives his blessing in St. Peter's Square during the recitation of the Angelus prayer at the Vatican, Feb. 18, 2024.

After Burkina Faso attacks, pope calls for respect of places of worship

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After deadly attacks killed 15 people at a Catholic church and dozens more at a mosque in Burkina Faso, Pope Francis said places of worship must be respected.

People drive past a burning blockade as demonstrators hold a protest calling for the resignation of Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry outside the Canadian Embassy in Port-au-Prince Feb. 25 2024.

Priest, 6 religious brothers, lay teacher kidnapped in Haiti in another wave of violence

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As the wave of violence torments gang-decimated Haiti, six male religious, a lay teacher and a priest were kidnapped in two separate incidents Feb. 23 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital.

Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio, then-president of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, arrives for a news conference at the Vatican in this Sept. 8, 2015, file photo.

After meeting with Masons, bishop reaffirms Catholics cannot join

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After participating in a seminar on the Catholic Church and the Freemasons, an Italian bishop reaffirmed that Catholics who belong to Masonic lodges are in a "serious state of sin" and cannot receive Communion.

A protester holds up a Burkina Faso flag in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, in 2014. At least 15 people were killed in an attack by gunmen on Catholics gathered for Sunday Mass in a Burkina Faso village Feb. 25, 2024.

At least 15 Catholics dead in attack during Mass in Burkina Faso

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At least 15 people were killed in an attack by gunmen on Catholics gathered for Sunday Mass in a Burkina Faso village Feb. 25, according to multiple news reports.

Sr. Rosemary Nyirumbe teaches young women how to make accessories out of soda can pull-tabs at the vocational centre she runs in northern Uganda.

Sister keeps faith, hope alive in Africa

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Once described as the “heart of darkness” by Polish-English author Joseph Conrad, Africa, despite its undeniable challenges, is now considered a continent of hope for the Catholic Church.  

Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna speaks at a news conference following a session of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon at the Vatican in this Oct. 21, 2019, file photo. In an interview Feb. 19, 2024, Cardinal Schönborn warned of schism as German bishops planned to keep their reform course despite a letter from the Vatican halting their vote on statutes of a Synodal Committee.

Cardinal Schönborn warns of schism as Rome halts German bishops' vote on lay committee

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Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna warned of schism as German bishops want to keep to their reform course despite the latest letter from Rome, which halted the vote on the statutes of a Synodal Committee.

The exterior of St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City is seen in a nighttime file photo. The cathedral faces controversy for hosting a funeral Feb. 15, 2024, for trans activist and atheist Cecilia Gentili, who died Feb. 6 at age 52.

Mass of reparation offered at St. Patrick's Cathedral after 'scandalous' funeral, rector says

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Two days after St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City was filled with mourners for an irreverent "homecoming" funeral for a prominent activist who identified as transgender, the cathedral's rector acknowledged that many people "have let us know they share our outrage over the scandalous behavior" that took place at the service.

David Rolfe, a British documentary film producer, speaks Feb. 8 at a news conference hosted by the National Shroud of Turin Exhibit at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C., to announce a $1 million challenge prize to anyone who can recreate the Shroud of Turin using only tools and techniques from the 13th and 14th century.

$1 million to replicate Shroud of Turin

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Are you looking to make an easy $1 million? All you have to do is recreate a photographic negative image of an apparently crucified man on a 14-foot-by-3-foot piece of linen. And it has to have holographic features, so that when it is rendered as a three-dimensional profile based on the intensity of the shading, it should produce an accurately contoured 3-D image of a human form.

Argentine President Javier Milei gives Pope Francis a folder with a copy of a handwritten letter from 1854 accrediting Juan Bautista Alberdi as Argentina's representative in Europe during a private audience at the Vatican Feb. 12, 2024.

Argentine president meets with Pope Francis at Vatican

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Months after throwing verbal jabs at Pope Francis along the campaign train, Argentine President Javier Milei brought smiles and cookies to the Vatican for his highly anticipated meeting with the pope Feb. 12.

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