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Cardinal Matteo Zuppi of Bologna, Italy, smiles as he arrives for a consistory led by Pope Francis for the creation of new cardinals in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 5, 2019.

Pope Francis' envoy to meet Biden as part of mission to help Ukraine

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Pope Francis has sent Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, his special envoy, to Washington as part of his ongoing humanitarian efforts to help Ukraine.

A Ukrainian solder picks up unexploded parts of a cluster bomb left after Russia's invasion near the village of Motyzhyn, Ukraine, April 10, 2022. In a CNN interview July 9, 2023, U.S. President Joe Biden defended what he called a "very difficult decision" to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine amid Russia's invasion of that country, weapons the Vatican opposes.

U.S. to provide Ukraine cluster munitions opposed by the church as 'inhumane'

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Emergency personnel examine the area around a residential building that was hit by a Russian missile strike in Lviv, Ukraine, July 6, 2023. The missile attack killed at least four people, injured 37 others and destroyed hundreds of homes, apartments and other buildings and struck within some 600 feet of Ukrainian Catholic University, which sustained minor damage to four of its campus buildings. No one on campus was injured, the school said in a statement.

Russia launches 'barbaric attack' on civilians near Ukrainian Catholic University

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A Catholic university community in western Ukraine is reeling from a July 6 missile attack on the city of Lviv, located less than 80 km from the Polish border.

People who fled their homes due to fighting between the Afar Special Forces and the Tigray People's Liberation Front in Berhale, Ethiopia, wait for food near a makeshift compound in Afdera district, Feb. 23, 2022.

Food aid stoppage brings hunger 'beyond human imagination' in Ethiopia's Tigray region

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Stopping food aid in Ethiopia from the United States and United Nations caused severe hunger that has killed hundreds of people in the northern Tigray region in recent weeks, and one local bishop said the situation is "beyond human imagination."

Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, apostolic nuncio to Ukraine, is pictured in a recent photo at the apostolic nunciature in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Pope Francis' ambassador: Staying in Ukraine during war a 'big, big grace' amid fears, frustrations

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As Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine hit the 493-day mark June 30, OSV News sat down with Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, papal nuncio to Ukraine, to discuss his experiences of the war. Based in Kyiv, Visvaldas was visiting Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv for a conference and commencement exercises.

Cardinal Matteo Zuppi speaks with Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, head of external church relations for the Moscow Patriarchate, during a meeting at the Danilov monastery in Moscow June 29, 2023.

Our churches must serve peace, Russian Orthodox leader tells cardinal

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The Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches should join efforts to promote peace before threats of a "major global armed conflict," the head of the Russian Orthodox Church told Pope Francis' envoy on a peace mission to Moscow.

Former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick wears a mask during arraignment at Dedham District Court in Dedham, Mass., Sept. 3, 2021, after being charged with molesting a 16-year-old boy during a 1974 wedding reception. A medical expert consulted by Massachusetts prosecutors says McCarrick is not competent to stand trial.

McCarrick not competent to stand trial

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Disgraced former cardinal Theodore McCarrick is not competent to stand trial in Massachusetts on charges that he sexually abused a teenage boy nearly 50 years ago, according to the prosecution's expert brought in to examine the now 92-year-old.

Nuri Kino (centre) and Layal Nehme interview a refugee in Beirut for a report and film on the Christian exodus from the Mideast.

Mideast exodus continues as Christians lose hope

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Layal Nehme is drawing upon her background as a singer, songwriter and composer to remind the world of the plight of Christians and their continuing exodus from Iraq and Syria.

Marcela Szymanski (right), Head of International Advocacy for ACN and Editor and Managing Editor for the Religious Freedom Report.

West doesn’t view religion as basic right: report

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Fighters of Wagner Group pull out of the headquarters of the Southern Military District to return to base, in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 24.

‘Hope, danger’ in wake of march on Moscow

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With serious events clearly underway in Russia, a Ukraine bishop is hopeful it could help end Russia’s war on Ukraine, but worries of the dangers a destabilized Russia could bring to the situation.

A crane is hoisted as construction workers continue reconstruction at NotreDame Cathedral in Paris July 28, 2022. The cathedral was heavily damaged in a fire April 15, 2019.

Two American carpenters help to rebuild Notre Dame’s spire

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Highly skilled carpenters from four different companies are working together to rebuild the iconic Notre Dame spire before the grand reopening of the most famous European cathedral on Dec. 8, 2024. Among the craftsmen assigned to the prestigious task are two Americans: Jackson Dubois from New York and Michael Burrey from Boston.

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