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Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop David G. O'Connell is pictured during a Nov. 17, 2021, session of the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore. According to local news reports, he was fatally shot Feb. 18, 2023, and it has been ruled a homicide.

LA Bishop found fatally shot in his home; death ruled a homicide

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Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop David G. O'Connell, a native of Ireland who spent most of his four decades as a priest ministering in LA's inner city, was shot and killed Feb. 18 in his Hacienda Heights home, a neighborhood east of LA.

Drone footage taken Feb. 6, 2023, shows a freight train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Some 50 cars from the train derailed the evening of Feb. 3 near the Pennsylvania border. No injuries were reported following the crash, which sparked a massive fire that continued to burn Feb. 4.

Ohio Catholic pastor prays for his town struck by toxic train

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An Ohio Catholic priest told OSV News "it will be a long time" before he and his parishioners feel secure in their surroundings, following a train derailment that dumped toxic chemicals into the environment.

A family is pictured in a file photo praying the rosary in their Phoenix home. Catholic experts are expressing concern after a recent Pew Research Center survey found that only 35% of U.S. Catholic parents say that it is extremely or very important to them that their children grow up to hold similar religious beliefs.

Pew: Only 1 in 3 Catholic parents say it's 'very important' children share parents' religious beliefs

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Catholic experts are expressing concern after a recent Pew Research Center survey found that only 35% of U.S. Catholic parents say that it is extremely or very important to them that their children grow up to hold similar religious beliefs.

An earthquake survivor sits amid the rubble of destroyed homes in Hatay, Turkey, Feb.7, 2023. A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked areas of Turkey and Syria early Feb. 6, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing thousands.

Earthquake another blow for Christian communities in Syria, Turkey

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Four Canadian Catholic organizations have joined forces to deliver aid and support to Turks and Syrians who have lost family, their homes and their livelihoods to the massive earthquake that rumbled near Turkey’s southern border with Syria.

A church is seen on the day Portugal's commission investigating allegations of historical child sexual abuse by members of the Portuguese Catholic church will unveil its report, in Lisbon Feb. 13, 2023.

4,800+ children abused in Portuguese Church: report

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A final report on abuse of children in Portugal’s Catholic Church has revealed more than 4,800 children had been victims of clergy sexual abuse in the country from 1950 to 2022.

Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, Nicaragua, a frequent critic of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, prays at a Catholic church in Managua May 20, 2022. A Nicaraguan court sentenced Álvarez to more than 26 years in prison Feb. 10 for conspiracy and spreading false information.

Nicaraguan bishop receives 26-year prison sentence

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Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa was convicted and sentenced by a Nicaraguan court to 26 years in prison Feb. 10 — barely a day after the outspoken prelate defied President Daniel Ortega by refusing to go into exile.

Ethiopian Orthodox Christians pray at an Orthodox chapel near the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem Jan. 29, 2023. The Russia-Ukraine conflict has tempered a post-pandemic tourism upswing in Holy Land.

Holy Land tourism begins to return to normalcy after pandemic, but Ukraine war presents other setbacks

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Last December's Christmas tree lightings in many towns and cities in Jerusalem finally pointed to a return toward normalcy for Holy Land pilgrim visits and tourism to Israel following the global pandemic and lockdowns beginning in 2020.

Earthquake survivors react while standing amid destroyed buildings in Hatay, Turkey. A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked areas of Turkey and Syria early Feb. 6, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing thousands.

‘A crisis within multiple crises’

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A member of the Brazilian Air Force prepares a platform loaded with food bags to be launched to the Surucucu base at Yanomami indigenous territory in Boa Vista, Brazil, Feb. 2, 2023.

Brazilian church provides aid to the Yanomami, call for justice upon "genocide"

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The severe health care and hunger crisis affecting the Yanomami indigenous people in Roraima state prompted the Brazilian church to coordinate help and to work side by side with government agencies and indigenous organizations to provide food and medical attention to the sick.

People search for survivors under the rubble following an earthquake in Diyarbakir, Turkey, Feb. 6, 2023. A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked areas of Turkey and Syria early that morning, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing more than 1,500 people.

Over 2,800 dead as 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocks Turkey, Syria

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A powerful earthquake struck Turkey and Syria in the early morning hours of Feb. 6, killing hundreds and leaving thousands more wounded.

Detroit Pistons assistant coach Andrew Jones III, stands with Fr. John McKenzie outside Christ the King Church in Detroit, where Jones is taking OCIA classes and plans to a become Catholic during the Easter vigil.

Pistons assistant coach ready for leap of faith

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Fr. John McKenzie first noticed Andrew Jones III in the halls of the National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica in Royal Oak, Mich., where Jones was holding his son, Andrew IV.

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