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Ethiopian Orthodox Christians pray at an Orthodox chapel near the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem Jan. 29, 2023. The Russia-Ukraine conflict has tempered a post-pandemic tourism upswing in Holy Land.

Holy Land tourism begins to return to normalcy after pandemic, but Ukraine war presents other setbacks

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Last December's Christmas tree lightings in many towns and cities in Jerusalem finally pointed to a return toward normalcy for Holy Land pilgrim visits and tourism to Israel following the global pandemic and lockdowns beginning in 2020.

Earthquake survivors react while standing amid destroyed buildings in Hatay, Turkey. A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked areas of Turkey and Syria early Feb. 6, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing thousands.

‘A crisis within multiple crises’

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A member of the Brazilian Air Force prepares a platform loaded with food bags to be launched to the Surucucu base at Yanomami indigenous territory in Boa Vista, Brazil, Feb. 2, 2023.

Brazilian church provides aid to the Yanomami, call for justice upon "genocide"

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The severe health care and hunger crisis affecting the Yanomami indigenous people in Roraima state prompted the Brazilian church to coordinate help and to work side by side with government agencies and indigenous organizations to provide food and medical attention to the sick.

People search for survivors under the rubble following an earthquake in Diyarbakir, Turkey, Feb. 6, 2023. A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked areas of Turkey and Syria early that morning, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing more than 1,500 people.

Over 2,800 dead as 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocks Turkey, Syria

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A powerful earthquake struck Turkey and Syria in the early morning hours of Feb. 6, killing hundreds and leaving thousands more wounded.

Detroit Pistons assistant coach Andrew Jones III, stands with Fr. John McKenzie outside Christ the King Church in Detroit, where Jones is taking OCIA classes and plans to a become Catholic during the Easter vigil.

Pistons assistant coach ready for leap of faith

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Fr. John McKenzie first noticed Andrew Jones III in the halls of the National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica in Royal Oak, Mich., where Jones was holding his son, Andrew IV.

Journalistic investigations by the website Sumaúma uncovered horrific conditions for the Yonamami people. Photos were taken by local Indigenous people and health professionals to help bolster claims of government neglect under former Brazilan president Jair Bolsonaro. New president Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva, above, visited the territory and put emergency measures in place.

Yanomami tragedy called ‘genocide’

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At least 570 children dead, images of emaciated women desperately trying to feed babies who seem to be swimming in and out of consciousness, adults with skin stretched over shoulders and rib cages — these revelations strewn across Brazilian media have missionaries, Brazil’s bishops and even newly installed Brazilian President Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva using the word “genocide.”

Pope Francis blesses a woman as he meets with victims from the country's East in the apostolic nunciature in Kinshasa, Congo, Feb. 1, 2023.

Victims of violence in Congo share their grief with Pope Francis

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Ladislas set a machete under the crucifix. Bijoux laid a wicker mat there. And Emelda dropped military fatigues.

Pope Benedict XVI acknowledges pilgrims during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Nov. 4, 2009.

Insomnia led to Benedict resignation

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Pope Benedict XVI’s biographer revealed that the late pontiff for years suffered from insomnia and exhaustion, which ultimately led him to resign from the papacy.

An Army soldier and rescue workers survey the damages, after a suicide blast at a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan, Jan. 30, 2023. As of Jan. 31, the death toll rose to 88 as rescue workers continued to recover bodies underneath the rubble. More than 150 people were wounded in the attack.

Mosque suicide bombing targets police, dozens dead

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Dozens of people, mostly police and security forces, were killed in a suicide bombing at a mosque in northeastern Pakistan.

Pope Francis is welcomed by Prime Minister Sama Lukonde, right, as he arrives at the international airport in Kinshasa, Congo, Jan. 31, 2023.

Pope Francis arrives in Congo after praying on flight for migrants

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After flying across the equator, Pope Francis was welcomed warmly -- in every sense -- to Congo where Catholics make up the majority of the population and where, for decades, the Catholic Church has been at the forefront of efforts to bring peace, education and health care to the people.

Israeli security personnel work at a scene where a suspected incident of shooting attack took place, police spokesman said, just outside Jerusalem's Old City Jan. 28, 2023. Jerusalem spiraled into a weekend of violence as seven Israelis were killed Jan. 27 at a synagogue after prayers and another shooting the next day left two Israelis injured just outside of the Old City in the Palestinian village of Silwan where Jewish settlers have established themselves and an archaeological site.

Christian quarter targeted as Jerusalem spirals into weekend of violence

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Following a rampage of a radical Jewish gang in the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City on the evening of Jan. 26, the Assembly of the Catholic Ordinaries in the Holy Land called on political and religious authorities to bring civil and religious life in Jerusalem back to "greater serenity.

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