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Pope Benedict XVI smiles as he bids the crowd farewell after celebrating Mass at Nationals Park in Washington April 17, 2008. Pope Benedict, formerly Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Munich and Freising, died Dec. 31, 2022, at the age of 95 in his residence at the Vatican.

New translation project to publish Cardinal Ratzinger's collected works in English

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Some two dozen works of the late Pope Benedict XVI's pre-papal writings will be made available in English, many for the first time, in a new translation project led by the academic division of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries.

A painting by Pompeo Batoni of the Sacred Heart of Jesus from 1767 is displayed in an ornate frame inside the Jesuit Church of the Gesù in Rome, Oct. 22, 2024.

Only love will save humanity, pope says in encyclical on Sacred Heart

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A world that has become "heartless" and indifferent to greed and war, and a Catholic Church in need of revitalizing its missionary joy need to open themselves up to Christ's infinite love, Pope Francis wrote.

This is the front page of the Wisconsin Catholic Tribune, which was mailed to Catholic homes around the state ahead of the 2020 presidential election. A ProPublica report published Oct. 20, 2024, uncovered fake Catholic newspapers that are circulating in swing states and targeting Catholic voters in the run-up to the Nov. 5 election. The newspapers have nothing to do with the church or legitimate diocesan publications.

Dioceses slam fake Catholic newspapers

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A number of U.S. Catholicdioceses and their bishops have issued statements disavowing fake Catholic newspapers that have resurfaced in swing states ahead of the presidential election to target Catholic voters on key issues.

Bishop Joseph Yang Yongqiang of Hangzhou, China, shakes hands with Pope Francis while Bishop Vincent Zhan Silu of Funing-Mindong, the other member of the Synod of Bishops from mainland China, looks on in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican Oct. 8, 2024.

Vatican and China renew and extend agreement on naming bishops

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The Vatican and the Chinese government are renewing their agreement on the appointment of bishops and extending it from a two-year to a four-year term, both sides announced.

Melkite Catholic Archbishop Georges Bacouni of Beirut and Jbeil is pictured during an interview with OSV News at his residency in Beirut Oct 18, 2024.

'I can feel the tension in a way that I haven't before,' says Beirut archbishop

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As Israeli drones could be heard flying overhead, OSV News sat down with ArchbishopGeorgesBacouni of Beirut and Jbeil at his Beirut residence to discuss faith, war and reconciliation.

Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary-general of the synod, delivers his homily during Mass with synod participants at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 21.

Cardinal says synod can be ‘a new beginning’

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As members of the Synod of Bishops entered the last week of their meeting in Rome, the synod's secretary-general urged them to resist the temptation of "covetousness" — the desire "to keep everything for ourselves, to possess, to hoard, to define, to close."

Father Marcelo Pérez shows a monstrance to a resident of Simojovel, in Mexico's Chiapas state, June 13, 2020. Father Pérez, who ministered in Indigenous regions rife with territorial conflicts and later denounced drug cartel violence, was shot dead Oct. 20, 2024, by two assailants on a motorcycle as he drove away from the Guadalupe church in San Cristóbal de las Casas, according to Mexican media reports.

Priest shot dead in Mexico's increasingly violent Chiapas state

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An Indigenous Tzotzil priest and peace activist was murdered after celebrating Sunday Mass in Mexico's southern Chiapas state, where the Catholic Church has denounced government inaction in the face of rising violence.

Displaced people reach out for food cooked by a charity kitchen in downtown Beirut Oct. 10, 2024, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces.

Urgent appeal from Catholic charities for Lebanon’s displaced

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As airstrikes continue to pound southern Lebanon, adding one more catastrophe to the avalanche of tragedies that have pushed its people to the limits of human endurance, churches and humanitarian organizations are urgently seeking help from international donors to provide emergency relief to millions fleeing their homes in desperation.

A young woman uses a police booth for shelter in Beirut Oct. 12 amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces.

War latest misery for beleaguered Lebanese

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As Israel has escalated its campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon across a United Nations-drawn boundary between the two countries, more than a million people have fled their homes.

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike as displaced Palestinians make their way to flee areas in the eastern part of Khan Younis following an Israeli evacuation order, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip Oct. 7, 2024.

No Jubilee year if Holy Land still bleeding

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Without a ceasefire, the upcoming Jubilee year in Rome will be marred by the suffering and bloodshed in the Holy Land, Palestine's ambassador to the Holy See said.

Cardinals arrive in procession to the Basilica of Santa Sabina in Rome before the celebration of Ash Wednesday Mass with Pope Francis Feb. 14, 2024.

Statistically speaking: How pope's choices change College of Cardinals

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Popes have made a habit of exceeding the statutory limit on the number of cardinals under the age of 80, but Pope Francis is planning to set a record.

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