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A priest and other Church activists sing the national anthem during a Sept. 21 gathering in Manila marking the 50th anniversary of martial law in the the country. The gathering remembered Church activists killed during martial law, which was imposed in 1972 by President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. and lasted until a pro-democracy uprising drove Marcos from office in 1986.

50 years since martial law in Philippines

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Church leaders gathered Sept. 21 on the 50th anniversary of the imposition of martial law in the Philippines, solemnly recalling the priests, pastors, religious and laity who were tortured and killed during the brutal regime of President Ferdinand Marcos Sr.

Olena Kycha, a Ukrainian refugee in Toronto, waves the Ukraine flag amid rush hour traffic at Yonge and Bloor Streets in downtown Toronto.

Nuclear threat adds to Ukraine’s worries

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As Russian President Vladimir Putin drafts thousands of young men into his army and rattles his nuclear sabre at the West, Olena Kycha continues waving her Ukrainian flag amid the rush hour traffic at the corner of Yonge and Bloor Streets in downtown Toronto.

Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, retired bishop of Hong Kong, arrives at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts in Hong Kong Sept. 26, 2022. The 90-year-old cardinal and five others have gone on trial for allegedly failing to register a now-defunct fund to help provide legal aid to people arrested in the 2019 pro-democracy protests.

Cardinal Zen's trial adjourned before defense can call witnesses

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After only two days, the West Kowloon Magistrates' Court adjourned the trial of Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, 90, and four co-defendants, until Oct. 26.

Syriac Catholics from St. Joseph’s Church in Mississauga, Ont., bring the offertory gifts to the altar at a Mass marking World Day of Migrants and Refugees Sept. 25.

Migrants, refugees praised for strength, courage

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Rookie Member of Parliament Rechie Valdez had trouble holding back her tears as she celebrated the 108th World Day of Migrants and Refugees with the Syriac Catholic community at St. Joseph’s Church in Mississauga, Ont., where she recalled her parents’ journey from the Philippines to Zambia and then on to a new life in Canada.

French president Emmanuel Macron.

Euthanasia would upset France’s ethical ‘balance,’ bishops say

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France’s Catholic bishops warned President Emmanuel Macron’s government that “immoral legislation” to allow euthanasia risked overturning the country’s “ethical equilibrium.”

A man casts his ballot during a referendum in the city of Melitopol, Ukraine, Sept. 26, 2022.

Ukraine religious leaders call for return of POWS, criticize 'referendums'

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Religious leaders in Ukraine called for safe return of prisoners of war, civilian hostages and all those who were forcibly taken to Russia.

Russian police officers detain a woman during an unsanctioned rally in Moscow protesting President Vladimir Putin's announced mobilization of reservists in the Russia-Ukraine war Sept. 21, 2022.

Russian priest says Catholics, including clerics, fear conscription

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A senior Russian priest dismissed President Vladimir Putin's threats of nuclear war as "just words," but said many young Catholics now fear being forcibly conscripted with their priests to join the war against Ukraine.
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, greets Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of a United Nations meeting in New York City Sept. 22, 2022.

Cardinal Parolin, Russian foreign minister meet at U.N.

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Vatican News reported.
People receive bags of relief grains at a camp for the internally displaced people in Adadle, Ethiopia.

Ethiopians starve in forgotten war

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“Seeing video footage of hungry families in agony breaks one’s heart,” Argaw Fantu writes in an e-mail from his home base in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia.

Fra’ John T. Dunlap

Change allows Knights of Malta to better serve poor

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After years of internal struggle and uncertainty, the Knights of Malta have a new papal mandate, a new constitution, a new legal code and a Canadian lawyer seeing the whole process to completion at an extraordinary general chapter of the sovereign lay religious order in the new year.

People take part in the annual Belgian LGBT Pride Parade in central Brussels in this May 19, 2018, file photo. The Flemish-speaking bishops of Belgium have authorized a prayer for committed same-sex couples on the condition it is clear that it is not equivalent to a wedding blessing.

Bishops in Belgium authorize prayer for committed same-sex couples

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The Flemish-speaking bishops of Belgium have appointed a contact person for ministry to and with gay Catholics and have authorized prayer for committed gay couples on the condition it is clear that it is not equivalent to a wedding blessing.

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