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People sit outside the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi as they attend the beatification Mass of Carlo Acutis in Assisi, Italy, Oct. 10, 2020. The Mass was held inside the basilica but measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 meant that most of the attendees sat outside.

Beatified teen showed that heaven is ‘attainable goal,’ cardinal says

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ASSISI, Italy - Thousands sang and applauded as Italian teen Carlo Acutis was beatified in a town dear to him and to many Christians around the world: Assisi.

Journalists attend a press conference for the release of Pope Francis' new encyclical, "Fratelli Tutti, on Fraternity and Social Friendship," in the synod hall at the Vatican Oct. 4.

Pope’s new encyclical stresses brotherhood and dignity for all

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VATICAN CITY -- Professing faith in God as the creator of all human beings, or even simply recognizing that all people possess an inherent dignity, has concrete consequences for how people should treat one another and make decisions in politics, economics and social life, Pope Francis wrote.

The tower of the Institute for the Works of Religion, often referred to as the Vatican bank, is pictured in this 2019 photo file photo. European financial crime evaluators from Moneyval began a regularly scheduled visit to the Vatican Sept. 30.

European financial-crime evaluators make on-site visit to Vatican

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VATICAN CITY -- Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, thanked experts from Moneyval -- the Council of Europe's Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism -- for helping the Holy See in its efforts to ensure transparency and international cooperation in its financial dealings.

Protesters display signs and carry flags during a 2014 protest in Detroit, calling on the U.S. to intervene in the persecution of Christians in Iraq.

Suffering of persecuted Christians around the globe 'is real,' say speakers

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Shakeel Raphael projected an image of his brother Nadeem Samson on the screen, prison bars superimposed over the man's sorrowful face.

Federal Judge Amy Coney Barrett of the 7th Circuit is seen at the White House Sept. 26, 2020. President Donald Trump introduced her as the nominee to fill the U.S. Supreme Court seat left vacant by the Sept. 18 death of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Barrett's Supreme Court nomination gives spotlight to Notre Dame Law School

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WASHINGTON -- If Judge Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed to the Supreme Court, she will be the first Notre Dame Law School graduate to sit on the bench of the nation's highest court and the only sitting justice with a law degree not from Harvard or Yale.

Pope Francis delivers a prerecorded address to the 75th session of the U.N. General Assembly; the recording from the Vatican's Apostolic Palace was aired Sept. 25, 2020.

Pope Francis' address to United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 25

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Address by Pope Francis to the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 25:

Pope Francis delivers a prerecorded address to the 75th session of the U.N. General Assembly; the recording from the Vatican's Apostolic Palace was aired Sept. 25, 2020.

Pope Francis to U.N.: Respect for each human life is essential for peace, equality

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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis asked members of the United Nations how they think they can respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and build a more peaceful, more just world when many of their countries spend billions on military weapons and when their treatment of the unborn, of refugees and of women shows so little respect for human life.

A Muslim man is pictured in a file photo praying outside a mosque in Khartoum, Sudan. Sudanese bishops are welcoming a new declaration signed in early September that separates religion and state.

New declaration in Sudan eliminating state religion praised by bishops

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NAIROBI, Kenya -- Sudanese people can now "worship and practice their various religious beliefs without fear," said the general secretary of the Sudanese bishops' conference.

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, speaks from the Vatican in a video message to the UN General Assembly’s High-Level Summit Sept. 21.

UN must stay true to ideals, cardinal says

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VATICAN CITY -- Cardinal Pietro Parolin, in marking the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, called on the organization to renew its commitment to the ideals upon which it was founded.

People are pictured in mid-June praying at London's Westminster Cathedral. In a private ceremony, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancee, Carrie Symonds, had their 4-month-old son baptized Sept. 12 in the cathedral's Lady Chapel.

British PM Boris Johnson's son baptized Catholic

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MANCHESTER, England -- A Catholic priest has baptized the infant son of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to reporters following a meeting with members of the U.N. Security Council at U.N. headquarters in New York Aug. 20, 2020.

Pompeo: Vatican-China agreement endangers Church's moral authority

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VATICAN CITY -- About 10 days before he was expected in Rome, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted that the Vatican "endangers its moral authority" by considering an extension of its 2018 agreement with China on the nomination of bishops.

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