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The remains of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church of the Holy Martyr Cyprian and the Martyr Justina in Antonivka, Ukraine are seen after an Aug. 11, 2024 missile strike by Russian forces.

Russian forces destroy Catholic church in Ukraine, as another parish prepares for attack

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Russian forces have destroyed another Ukrainian Greek Catholic church, while a priest at a separate parish is hastening to remove sacred items ahead of an expected Russian attack.

Pro-life activists pray with rosaries as clients arrive at the Bread and Roses Woman's Health Center, a clinic that provides abortions in Clearwater, Fla., Feb. 11, 2023. Pro-life advocates across Florida are leading a campaign urging a "no" vote on Amendment 4, which will be on the Nov. 5, 2024, and would enshrine a right to abortion essentially throughout pregnancy in the state constitution.

Florida pro-lifers campaign against ballot measure to enshrine abortion in state constitution

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Pro-life advocates across Florida are working diligently to inform voters about a ballot item they say contains "misleading" language and is "dangerous" in regard to women's health.

Demonstrators toss a trash bin during an anti-immigration protest in Rotherham, England, Aug. 4, 2024.

UK Catholics voice 'shock and concern' at new outbreak of nationwide disorder

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Prominent Catholics have joined church leaders in condemning a wave of riots across the United Kingdom, while also urging greater understanding of current social grievances.

Catholics marked the anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombings in Japan with calls for nuclear disarmament, prayers for peace and a protest at the White House Aug. 9, 2023.

90 seconds to midnight

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Eight decades since atomic bomb dropped on Japan, can Catholics stop the tick tock of the Doomsday Clock?

People walk through the Olympic village in Paris July 23, 2024.

Olympic Village is an 'extraordinary place,' says head of Holy Games

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If one were looking for the busiest woman in the church of France these days, Isabelle de Chatellus, 46, from the Diocese of Versailles, is most probably the one.

The moon is pictured with the Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower ahead the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris July 23, 2024.

Interfaith leaders meet in front of Paris cathedral 100 years after first such Olympic meeting

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The square in front of Notre Dame Cathedral was bathed in sunshine Aug. 4 as representatives of the five major religions involved in the Paris Olympic Games met.

Paper covers the mosaics of Father Marko Rupnik July 23, 2024, in the Luminous Mysteries Chapel at the St. John Paul II National Shrine in Washington.

Art centre founded by Father Rupnik pushes back on removal of artwork

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The artistic community founded by Father Marko Rupnik, the Slovenian priest accused of sexually, psychologically and spiritually abusing multiple women, dismissed calls from survivors to remove the artist's work, saying such decisions are a symptom of "cancel culture."

Franciscan Father Paolo Benanti, an adviser to Pope Francis on ethics and technology, talks with Microsoft President Brad Smith about ethics and artificial intelligence during an event on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Wash., July 23, 2024. Father Benanti is a member of the United Nations’ advisory body on artificial intelligence.

Papal adviser, head of Microsoft talk ethics and AI in conversation on tech giant's campus

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Dozens of technologists and Catholics gathered at Microsoft in Redmond for a conversation about ethics in artificial intelligence between an "unlikely pair," as they were introduced: a papal adviser and the head of Microsoft.

The Eiffel Tower is seen July 26, 2024, during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Judo, faith values go together, says judoka priest who oversees Olympic chaplains

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The multifaith center that came to life in the Olympic Village along with the July 26 opening of the Olympic Games has a real champion overseeing it.

Supporters of Venezuela's opposition party protest in Caracas July 29, 2024, following the announcement by the National Electoral Council that Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro won the July 28 presidential election.

Venezuelan bishops call for verifying election results as protests over Maduro win intensify

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Bishops in Venezuela called July 30 for the results of the nation's heavily disputed presidential election to be verified as protests break across the South American country over the official vote count -- which gave President Nicolas Maduro a third consecutive term.

The Trocadero venue is seen, with the Eiffel Tower looming in the background, as the Olympic flag is raised July 26, during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Bishops, other Catholics around world decry 'derision' of Christianity at Olympics opening ceremony

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The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games -- a sports festival aimed to unite all nations of the world -- created shock and disbelief instead as Catholics around the world felt offended by the parody of the Last Supper, which was part of the opening ceremony.

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