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Archbishop Bernardito Auza, the Vatican's permanent observer to the United Nations, is pictured speaking at the U.N headquarters in New York City Oct. 2, 2018. In an address at the U.N. June 24, 2019, Archbishop Auza called for fostering tolerance and inclusivity to counter terrorism and "other acts of violence based on religion or belief."

'Robust' religious freedom, education seen as key to countering attacks

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UNITED NATIONS -- Many terrorist attacks and other violence against houses of worship, religious sites and faith communities around the world "are finally receiving the attention, condemnation and committed response they deserve," Archbishop Bernardito Auza said June 24 at the United Nations.

Cardinal Raymond L. Burke walks in the ninth national March for Life in Rome May 18, 2019. He resigned from the Dignitatis Humanae Institute June 25, saying it had become "more and more identified with the political program" of Steve Bannon.

Cardinal Burke cuts ties with institute, citing its alignment with Bannon

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VATICAN CITY -- U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke has resigned from the Dignitatis Humanae Institute, saying it has become "more and more identified with the political program" of Steve Bannon.

Bishop Mark Davies of Shrewsbury, England.

English bishops praise ruling that mentally disabled woman can give birth

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LONDON -- English bishops welcomed a Court of Appeal ruling that a pregnant mentally disabled woman did not need to have an abortion.

Austrian women's football team states regret over cancelled game with Vatican club

Austrian women's football team states regret over cancelled game with Vatican club

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VIENNA, Austria (CNA) -- Vienna's FC Mariahilf football team has issued a statement of regret after a friendly with the Vatican women's football team was cancelled Saturday after several FCM members lifted their jerseys whilst the Vatican anthem was playing, displaying painted ovaries and pro-abortion messages.

In this 2017 file photo, Australian Cardinal George Pell is seen at the Vatican press office.

Due to backlash, Pell to live in 'secure compound' if appeal succeeds

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SYDNEY, Australia (CNA) -- While Cardinal George Pell of Australia is appealing his sexual abuse conviction in court, he and his supporters are making arrangements for a “safe hideaway” for the cleric, should his conviction be overturned.

Death-row inmate Curtis Flowers, a Mississippi man tried six times for the shooting deaths of four people in a furniture store in Winona, Miss., in 1996, is pictured in a July 1, 2010, photo. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 21, 2019, to overturn Flowers' conviction, saying that by consistently keeping black jurors off the jury the local prosecutor violated the Constitution.

Court overturns conviction of death-row inmate for jury selection bias

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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court, citing racial bias in the prosecutor's jury selection, overturned the death sentence of a Mississippi African American man who had been tried six times for a quadruple murder charge.

Melkite Catholic bishops from around the world gathered in Lebanon for their annual synod June 17-21, led by Melkite Catholic Patriarch Joseph Absi.

Melkite Catholic bishops call for peace in Syria during annual synod

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BEIRUT -- Melkite Catholic bishops from around the world, gathering in Lebanon for their annual synod, called for reconciliation and peace in Syria.

Vatican women's soccer match canceled after protests

Vatican women's soccer match canceled after protests

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VATICAN CITY -- The members of the Vatican's women's soccer team decided not to play their first foreign match June 22 when a couple members of the opposing team lifted their shirts to reveal slogans protesting the Catholic Church's opposition to abortion.

Report: U.K. church officials 'deliberately misled' U.S. archdiocese

Report: U.K. church officials 'deliberately misled' U.S. archdiocese

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MANCHESTER, England -- An English church official "deliberately misled" a U.S. archdiocese into harboring a pedophile priest and helping him to escape justice for a quarter of a century, said a report from a child abuse inquiry.

UN Day marks victory for religious freedom

UN Day marks victory for religious freedom

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OTTAWA -- Getting the United Nations and the European Union to acknowledge the persecution of Christians is an ongoing challenge, but there are signs of progress, says Marcela Szymanski, a lobbyist for Aid to the Church in Need.

Mexican priest accused of murder after celebrating victim's funeral Mass

Mexican priest accused of murder after celebrating victim's funeral Mass

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MEXICO CITY -- A priest in Mexico City has been arrested for murder barely a week after he celebrated a funeral Mass for the victim.

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