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Pope Francis looks on during an exclusive interview with Reuters at the Vatican July 2, 2022.

In interview, Pope Francis condemns abortion, says he's not resigning

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In a wide-ranging interview with the Reuters news agency, Pope Francis condemned abortion, dismissed the idea that he's preparing to resign and said he still hopes to be able to visit Russia and Ukraine in the fall.

Pro-life demonstrators in Washington celebrate outside the Supreme Court June 24 as the court overruled the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion decision.

Roe reversal a call to help moms, babies

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WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade is “tremendously important” for the nation and the cause of life, but it’s not “a day simply for celebration,” said the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities.

Cynthia, a migrant from Honduras seeking asylum in the U.S., holds a bottle of baby formula for her 3-year-old daughter, Alicia, as she waits to board a bus to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility in Roma, Texas, May 13, 2022.

Archbishop asks church to be in solidarity with migrants who died in truck

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SAN ANTONIO (CNS) -- The archbishop of San Antonio offered prayers for 46 people found dead and another 16 survivors discovered June 27 in sweltering conditions in a semitruck.

Pro-life demonstrators in Washington celebrate outside the Supreme Court June 24, 2022, as the court overruled the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion decision.

Roe v. Wade officially overturned by U.S. Supreme Court

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In a 5-4 decision June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its nearly 50-year-old decision in Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion in the United States.

Then-Archbishop Joseph Ratzinger, who later became Pope Benedict XVI, is pictured in this file photo May 28, 1977, the day of his ordination as archbishop of Munich and Freising. German public broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk has reported that a victim of sexual abuse is suing the retired pontiff, saying he approved the appointment of a known abuser as pastor in a Bavarian parish some 40 years ago.

Abuse victim seeks damages from Pope Benedict XVI

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A victim of sexual abuse is reported to be suing retired Pope Benedict XVI in connection with the Munich abuse scandal.

Congolese soldiers sit on a pick-up truck following renewed fighting in Goma June 12, 2022. The announcement of the postponement of Pope Francis' visit to Congo "fell on us like a thunderbolt while we were in the midst of preparations of the great historic event for our country," said Archbishop Marcel Utembi Tapa of Kisangani, president of the Congolese bishops' conference.

Catholics in South Sudan, Congo had hoped papal visit would lead to peace

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Mary Akol Chok, a resident of Rumbek, South Sudan, is among thousands of residents who had planned to walk for more than 180 miles to the country's capital, Juba, to meet Pope Francis, Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury and the Rev. Iain Greenshields, moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland, during their ecumenical pilgrimage of peace.

Mexican Jesuits Father Javier Campos Morales and Father Joaquín César Mora Salazar were murdered in their rural parish June, 20, 2022, while providing shelter to an individual fleeing a gunman.

Two Jesuits murdered defending person in Mexican parish

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Two Jesuit priests were murdered in a rugged region of Mexico rife with violence as they provided refuge to a person being pursued by a gunman, according to the Society of Jesus and state officials.

This is a composite photo of Black Lives Matter and gay pride flags.

After flag dispute, U.S. bishop says local Jesuit school no longer Catholic

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Worcester Bishop Robert J. McManus has informed Nativity School of Worcester that it may no longer identify itself as a Catholic school following months of private and public discussion on the flying of Black Lives Matter and gay pride flags outside the school.

Fra’ John T. Dunlap, a Canadian who was named lieutenant of the grand master of the Sovereign Order of Malta, took his solemn oath June 14 in the Church of St. Mary in Rome.

Canadian lawyer sworn in as leader of Knights of Malta

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A Canadian, Fra’ John T. Dunlap, has been sworn in as the new leader of the Knights of Malta.

Migrants from Central and South America exit their raft onto an island in the middle of the Rio Grande near Roma, Texas, June 11.

Americas summit ends with immigration deal

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Twenty countries from the Americas, including Canada, signed a declaration June 10, the last day of the troubled Summit of the Americas, committing to help and protect “all migrants, refugees, asylum-seekers and stateless persons, regardless of their migratory status.”

A vandalized statue of Our Lady of Fatima near the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington is seen Dec. 8, 2021. The statue's nose and hands were cut off and the cross on her crown was broken off. Shrine officials said that around 10:45 p.m. Dec. 5, the perpetrator got to the statue by climbing a locked fence that surrounds a rosary walk and garden that includes the statue.

U.S. bishops decry attacks on pro-life centres

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Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York and Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore pleaded for peace in light of recent attacks on pro-life pregnancy centres in the United States.

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