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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.

Children play on the shore of Frobisher Bay in Iqaluit, Nunavut, July 26, 2022. The French Ministry of Justice announced that France will not extradite Oblate Father Joannès Rivoire, 92, to face charges of abuse in Canada. The priest has denied the accusations.

France won't extradite priest, 92, to Canada, but Oblates might expel him

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The French Ministry of Justice announced that France will not extradite Oblate Father Joannès Rivoire to Canada.

King Charles III sits in front of the coffin of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, during her state funeral at Westminster Abbey in London Sept. 19, 2022.

Cardinal prays at queen's funeral, signalling Charles' openness to dialogue

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An English cardinal took part in the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in an indication of openness of the British Royal family to ecumenical and interfaith dialogue.

Archbishop Tomasz Peta of the Archdiocese of Maria Santissima in Astana, Kazakhstan, talks with Auxiliary Bishop Athanasius Schneider of the same archdiocese, before Pope Francis' meeting with bishops, priests, deacons, consecrated persons, seminarians and pastoral workers at the cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, Sept. 15, 2022.

Kazakh bishop: Pope Francis' participation in religions conference 'dangerous'

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Awaiting the arrival of Pope Francis, a bishop who frequently criticizes Pope Francis told reporters that speaking up when he disagrees with the pope is an expression of "collegiality."

Pope Francis is welcomed by Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev as he arrives at the international airport in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, Sept. 13, 2022. The pope is attending the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in Nur-Sultan.

Arriving in Kazakhstan, Pope Francis makes case for peace

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Arriving in Kazakhstan, a country that borders Russia, Pope Francis said he came as a "pilgrim of peace" at a time when "our world urgently needs peace; it needs to recover harmony."

Irme Stetter-Karp, president of the Central Committee of German Catholics and the lay co-president of the Synodal Path, and Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German bishops' conference, attend the fourth synodal assembly in Frankfurt Sept. 8, 2022.

Germany's fourth synodal assembly ends with proposals for reforms

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The fourth plenary assembly of the Synodal Path in Frankfurt ended Sept. 10 with a series of far-reaching reform resolutions.

Joe Ybarra of Indianapolis spent more than a year fighting wildfires in Idaho and Nevada, a time when he relied on his faith in God and the power of the rosary to protect him.

Rosary helps firefighter battle mountainside blaze

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Joe Ybarra reached for his rosary as the wildfire raged across the Idaho mountainside, threatening his life and the lives of seven other U.S. Forest Service firefighters.

A girl places flowers outside Buckingham Palace in London Sept. 8, 2022, after Queen Elizabeth II -- Britain's longest-reigning monarch and the nation's figurehead for seven decades -- died at the age of 96.

British Catholics, Pope Francis pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II

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Catholics in the U.K. paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II following her death Sept. 8 and the end of a reign that lasted more than 70 years.

A person holds a "Trans" banner in this illustration photo. Catholic bishops in Australia have released guidelines for the country's 2,000 Catholic schools on gender, urging school leaders to resist pressure to adopt the "dominant rhetoric around gender."

Australian bishops offer Catholic schools guidance on identity, gender

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Catholic bishops in Australia have released guidelines for the country's almost 2,000 Catholic schools on gender, urging school leaders to resist pressure to adopt the "dominant rhetoric around gender."

Eritreans gather in front of the Catholic cathedral in the capital of Asmara.

Eritrean government seizes church-owned technical school

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An agricultural technical school in Eritrea is the latest to fall under government control, in a string of forced seizures of Catholic schools and hospitals.

Russian political scientist and ideologue Alexander Dugin delivers a speech during a memorial service for his daughter, Darya Dugina, who was killed in a car bomb attack, in Moscow Aug. 23, 2022. Pope Francis spoke of Dugina as an innocent victim of war, drawing a strong response from Ukrainian officials.

Ukrainian Foreign Ministry summons nuncio over Pope Francis' comments on car bomb

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, Pope Francis' ambassador to Ukraine, to express disappointment about papal comments regarding the death of Darya Dugina, a 29-year-old commentator with a nationalist Russian TV channel.

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