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Irme Stetter-Karp, president of the Central Committee of German Catholics and the lay co-president of the Synodal Path, and Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German bishops' conference, attend the fourth synodal assembly in Frankfurt Sept. 8, 2022.

Germany's fourth synodal assembly ends with proposals for reforms

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The fourth plenary assembly of the Synodal Path in Frankfurt ended Sept. 10 with a series of far-reaching reform resolutions.

Joe Ybarra of Indianapolis spent more than a year fighting wildfires in Idaho and Nevada, a time when he relied on his faith in God and the power of the rosary to protect him.

Rosary helps firefighter battle mountainside blaze

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Joe Ybarra reached for his rosary as the wildfire raged across the Idaho mountainside, threatening his life and the lives of seven other U.S. Forest Service firefighters.

A girl places flowers outside Buckingham Palace in London Sept. 8, 2022, after Queen Elizabeth II -- Britain's longest-reigning monarch and the nation's figurehead for seven decades -- died at the age of 96.

British Catholics, Pope Francis pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II

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Catholics in the U.K. paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II following her death Sept. 8 and the end of a reign that lasted more than 70 years.

A person holds a "Trans" banner in this illustration photo. Catholic bishops in Australia have released guidelines for the country's 2,000 Catholic schools on gender, urging school leaders to resist pressure to adopt the "dominant rhetoric around gender."

Australian bishops offer Catholic schools guidance on identity, gender

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Catholic bishops in Australia have released guidelines for the country's almost 2,000 Catholic schools on gender, urging school leaders to resist pressure to adopt the "dominant rhetoric around gender."

Eritreans gather in front of the Catholic cathedral in the capital of Asmara.

Eritrean government seizes church-owned technical school

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An agricultural technical school in Eritrea is the latest to fall under government control, in a string of forced seizures of Catholic schools and hospitals.

Russian political scientist and ideologue Alexander Dugin delivers a speech during a memorial service for his daughter, Darya Dugina, who was killed in a car bomb attack, in Moscow Aug. 23, 2022. Pope Francis spoke of Dugina as an innocent victim of war, drawing a strong response from Ukrainian officials.

Ukrainian Foreign Ministry summons nuncio over Pope Francis' comments on car bomb

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, Pope Francis' ambassador to Ukraine, to express disappointment about papal comments regarding the death of Darya Dugina, a 29-year-old commentator with a nationalist Russian TV channel.

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and Pope Francis pose for photos at the beginning of their meeting at Jose Marti International Airport in Havana in this Feb. 12, 2016, file photo. Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, head of external relations for the Russian Orthodox Church, confirmed to the Russian news agency RIA that Patriarch Kirill, who was expected to meet Pope Francis at the Congress of World and Traditional Religions in Kazakhstan, will not attend the interreligious gathering in September.

Pope Francis meeting off as Russian patriarch cancels visit to Kazakhstan

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Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, who was expected to meet Pope Francis at the Congress of World and Traditional Religions in Kazakhstan, will not attend the interreligious gathering in September, a senior Russian Orthodox bishop said.

Worshippers attend a mass at Xishiku Cathedral, also known as Beitang, on Christmas Eve in Beijing in this Dec. 24, 2019, file photo. Two state-sponsored church bodies in China have elected new leaders, who promised to invigorate the Catholic faithful pastorally in line with the socialist principles of the Chinese Communist Party.

New Chinese Catholic leaders say they'll follow Communist Party principles

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Two state-sponsored church bodies in China have elected new leaders, who promised to invigorate the Catholic faithful pastorally in line with the socialist principles of the Chinese Communist Party.

People pray outside the Nicaraguan Embassy in Mexico City Aug. 16, 2022. They were demanding respect for religious freedom in Nicaragua and an end to the persecution of the church and opponents of the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega.

Nicaraguan police continue harassing Catholics as Pope Francis calls for dialogue

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Following the arrest of a bishop and 11 others, police continued harassing Nicaraguan Catholics, even as Pope Francis called for "open and sincere" dialogue in the Central American country.

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.

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