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Retired Pope Benedict XVI is seen in a file photo strolling in a garden in Bressanone, Italy, with his brother, Msgr. Georg Ratzinger. The retired pope has declined the inheritance of his brother Georg -- who died July 1, 2020 -- so the estate goes to the Holy See.

Pope Benedict declines his late brother's inheritance

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BERLIN -- Retired Pope Benedict XVI has declined the inheritance of his brother Georg, who died in July, reported the German Catholic news agency KNA.

A woman prays during Mass at the Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception in London July 4, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Catholic leaders in England are appealing to the government to reverse its decision to ban public Mass during a second national lockdown.

UK bishops want evidence public Masses must be stopped in lockdown

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MANCHESTER, England -- Catholic leaders in England are appealing to the government to reverse its decision to ban public Mass during a second national lockdown.

Women opposed to euthanasia are pictured in a file photo holding up a sign reading "life is in God's hands" during a silent demonstration in Den Bosch, Netherlands. Cardinal Willem Eijk of Utrecht, Netherlands, says the proposal to allow the euthanasia of children in the Netherlands would mark only the latest slide down the slippery slope of euthanasia.

Dutch cardinal: Euthanasia for children continues 'slippery slope'

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MANCHESTER, England -- Proposals to amend Dutch law to allow the euthanasia of children represent the latest descent down the "slippery slope" of the killing of patients by doctors, a cardinal said.

Police stand near Notre Dame Basilica in Nice, France, Oct. 29, 2020, after at least three people were killed in a series of stabbings before Mass. France raised its alert level to maximum after the attack.

Three killed in terror attack in Nice basilica

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MANCHESTER, England -- French bishops ordered a "death knell" to ring from every church of their country Oct. 29 after three people were hacked to death in a basilica in the southern Mediterranean city of Nice.

This is the front page of the Wisconsin Catholic Tribune, which was mailed to Catholic homes around the state ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential election. The Compass, the official Catholic newspaper of the Diocese of Green Bay, Wis., reported that it is not known how the Tribune's publisher received addresses and names of Catholic families.

Unofficial Wisconsin Catholic paper takes aim at voters

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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential election, a publication mailed to Catholic homes around Wisconsin is seeking to influence the vote of readers.

Judge Amy Coney Barrett holds her hand on the Bible as she is sworn in as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas at the White House in Washington Oct. 26, 2020.

Senate confirms Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court

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WASHINGTON -- A divided Senate, in a 52-48 vote, confirmed Amy Coney Barrett as a justice for the Supreme Court the evening of Oct. 26 and soon afterward she was sworn in by Justice Clarence Thomas at a White House ceremony.

Demonstrators protest Oct. 25, 2020, in front of the Cathedral of Christ the King in Katowice, Poland, against the ruling by Poland's Constitutional Tribunal that imposes a near-total ban on abortion.

Protesters target churchgoers in Poland over abortion ruling

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WARSAW, Poland -- Poland's bishops' conference decried attacks on churches by demonstrators protesting a near-total ban on abortions by the country's Constitutional Court and urged restraint from violence and dialogue.

Maria Voce, leader of the Focolare Movement, is pictured in a file photo. Voce has accepted the resignations of the lay movement's top leaders in France and announced the group will ask an independent committee to investigate how allegations of the sexual abuse of minors have been handled.

Focolare to promise investigation of handling abuse claims

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ROME -- The president of Focolare has accepted the resignations of the lay movement's top leaders in France and announced the group will ask an independent committee to investigate how allegations of the sexual abuse of minors have been handled.

Judge Amy Coney Barrett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, President Donald Trump's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, is sworn in during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington Oct. 12, 2020.

Judiciary Committee votes to send Barrett nomination to full Senate

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WASHINGTON -- The nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to serve on the Supreme Court will now go to the full Senate for a confirmation vote, which could take place Oct. 29. Only 51 one votes are needed for confirmation.

Archbishop Gabriele G. Caccia, the Holy See's new permanent observer to the United Nations, delivers the homily during his welcome Mass at Holy Family Church in New York City Jan. 28, 2020.Archbishop Caccia's Oct. 12 address to the Sixth Committee of the U.N. General Assembly called for absolute condemnation of terrorists.

Terrorists ‘utter disdain for life’ condemned

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UNITED NATIONS -- Terrorism violates human dignity and fundamental human rights and threatens international security and sustainable development because it targets civilians, the Holy See’s permanent observer to the United Nations said.

A woman places a rose on an image of Samuel Paty during a vigil in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France, Oct. 20, 2020. Paty, a history and geography teacher at College du Bois d'Aulne in the Paris suburb, was beheaded outside his school Oct. 16.

French bishops join Muslim leaders in condemning beheading of teacher

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PARIS -- France's Catholic bishops have joined Muslim leaders in condemning the beheading of a teacher in a Paris suburb.

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