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Derek Jeter, being upended as he turns a double play, above, along with Henry Aaron and Yogi Berra were chosen to the all-time Catholic baseball all-star team in a ballot hosted by Catholic Athletes for Christ.

Batter up: the all-faith all-star team

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Yogi Berra, Gil Hodges, Derek Jeter, Babe Ruth, Whitey Ford and Connie Mack were among the ballplayers Catholic voters chose in online balloting for an all-time Catholic baseball all-star team.

Cardinal Michael Czerny, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, centre, and Archbishop Marek Jedraszewski of Krakow, Poland, attend ceremonies commemorating the 80th anniversary of the martyrdom of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, also known as St. Edith Stein, at the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp in Oswiecim, Poland, Aug. 9. Czerny’s grandmother was among those who died at the camp.

Czerny prays for kin killed at Auschwitz

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Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the martyrdom of St. Edith Stein at Auschwitz, Cardinal Michael Czerny also prayed for another victim of the Nazis from the notorious Second World War concentration camp.

Employees start renovation work and picking up debris at Martyr Abu Sefein Coptic Orthodox Church in Imbaba, Egypt, Aug. 15, 2022, after a deadly electrical fire broke out during Sunday Mass the previous day.

Catholics express sorrow, offer prayers after Orthodox church fire in Egypt

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Some Catholic leaders have joined the Coptic Orthodox Church in mourning the 41 people -- including 18 children -- who died in a fire in Egypt's capital, Cairo.

Pilgrims hold flags as they participate in a Marian event in the atrium of the Metropolitan Cathedral in Managua, Nicaragua, Aug. 13, 2022, after police banned a Catholic procession and pilgrimage in the capital, citing security reasons.

Nicaraguan priest detained, others blocked from Marian celebration

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Three police patrols detained a Nicaraguan priest at his parish Aug. 14, in the latest instance of the government repression of the Catholic Church.

Jesus, played by Frederik Mayet, encounters his mother in a scene in the Oberammergau Passion Play in Germany, which is running from May 14 to Oct. 2.

Seeing famous Passion Play brings Gospel to life

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The visitors browse the intricately carved wooden Nativity sets or dive into some mouthwatering creamy Italian ice cream at the Eiscafe Paradiso. Thousands from the world over are descending on this picturesque Alpine village to see the famed Passionsspiele, or Passion Play, held here every decade for nearly 400 years.

A medical worker administers a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to a patient Nov. 17, 2021.

Health care workers denied religious exemption on vaccine win settlement

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Liberty Counsel, a Christian legal group, announced that a settlement it called historic has been reached with an Illinois hospital system over denying its employees a religious exemption to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, retired bishop of Hong Kong, celebrates Mass in Hong Kong May 24, 2022. At a pre-trial hearing in Hong Kong Aug. 9, 2022, a judge announced that Cardinal Zen and four other defendants will face a five-day trial Sept. 19-23 on charges of failing to properly register a now-defunct fund to help anti-government protesters.

Five-day trial set for Cardinal Zen, four defendants

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At a pre-trial hearing in Hong Kong, a judge set a five-day trial for Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun and four other defendants who face charges of failing to properly register a now-defunct fund to help anti-government protesters.

An exhausted Rohingya refugee woman touches the shore after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border by boat through the Bay of Bengal in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, Sept. 11, 2017.

U.N. report: Myanmar junta 'committing systematic crimes against humanity'

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Myanmar's military junta has committed crimes against humanity amid ongoing conflicts in the country following the coup last year, said a new report by the United Nations.

The main entrance of the Royal London Hospital in London is pictured Dec. 31, 2021. Archie Battersbee, 12, died Aug. 6 about two hours after medics switched off his ventilation, against his parents' wishes.

Bioethics institute urges U.K. to review parental rights of very ill kids

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A Catholic bioethics institute urged the U.K. government to speed up a review of the rights of the parents of sick children after doctors ended the life of a brain-damaged boy against the wishes of his parents.

Pope Francis shakes hand with Ukraine's ambassador to the Holy See, Andrii Yurash, during a private audience at the Vatican April 7, 2022. After meeting with Pope Francis Aug. 6, Yurash said the pope planned on visiting the war-torn country before his visit to Kazakhstan in September.

Ambassador says Pope Francis will visit Ukraine before Kazakhstan trip

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Pope Francis plans to make his long-awaited visit to Ukraine before his trip to Kazakhstan in September, said Andrii Yurash, Ukraine's ambassador to the Holy See.

The U.S. border wall with Mexico is seen from the United States in Nogales, Ariz., Sept. 12, 2018.

Biden continues construction along parts of border wall started by Trump

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Some border residents and organizations are speaking out against the Biden administration after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security revealed plans to fill in gaps of a border wall to keep migrants out near Yuma, Arizona.

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