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Pope Francis greets Archbishop Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla of Juba, South Sudan, as the pontiff celebrates Mass at the John Garang Mausoleum in Juba Feb. 5, 2023. The pope announced during his July 9 Angelus that Archbishop Ameyu Mulla will become a cardinal.

Cardinal-designate from South Sudan seen as peacemaker in ethnic conflicts

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When the next consistory convenes at the Vatican on Sept. 30, a South Sudanese archbishop -- whose installation met stiff resistance -- will be among the 21 recipients of the red hat.

Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, on a peace mission to Moscow on Pope Francis' behalf, speaks with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow at the patriarch's residence at the Danilov monastery in Moscow June 29, 2023.

Papal envoy gives Biden letter from Pope Francis, urges U.S. leaders to support peace

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Cardinal Matteo Zuppi hand-delivered a letter from Pope Francis to U.S. President Joe Biden as part of his three-day papal mission to help promote humanitarian efforts and open avenues of peace in Ukraine.

No ‘quick fix’ to housing asylum seekers, says ORAT head

No ‘quick fix’ to housing asylum seekers, says ORAT head

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There is no “quick fix” for a deluge of refugees overflowing Toronto’s shelter system, said Deacon Rudy Ovcjak.

Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi and U.S. President Joe Biden are pictured in a combination photo. Biden will meet July 18, 2023, with Cardinal Zuppi, Pope Francis’ special envoy to seek a peaceful resolution to the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Biden discusses war, humanitarian concerns in Ukraine with Pope Francis' envoy

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President Joe Biden met July 18 with Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi, Pope Francis' special envoy, to seek a peaceful resolution to the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Chaldean Patriarch Louis Sako of Baghdad celebrates a liturgy in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in this Feb. 4, 2013, file photo. Cardinal Sako said the church in Iraq is working with the government to prepare for Pope Francis' planned March 5-8 visit to Iraq.

Iraq president revokes decree that formally recognized Cardinal Sako as country's Chaldean patriarch

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Iraq's Chaldean Catholic Cardinal Louis Sako has left his patriarchal residence in the capital, Baghdad, relocating to a monastery in the northern Kurdistan region after the president of Iraq recently revoked a decree that formally recognized him as Chaldean patriarch in the country.

Cardinal Matteo Zuppi of Bologna, Italy, smiles as he arrives for a consistory led by Pope Francis for the creation of new cardinals in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 5, 2019.

Pope Francis' envoy to meet Biden as part of mission to help Ukraine

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Pope Francis has sent Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, his special envoy, to Washington as part of his ongoing humanitarian efforts to help Ukraine.

St. Ann’s pastor Fr. Jeff Oehring in the ring with McGrory’s Boxing Club owners Maria and Lawrence Hay. The famed club is housed at east end Hamilton’s St. Ann’s Parish and is hosting a fundraiser for the parish’s 100-year anniversary later this month.

St. Ann’s, where the pugilists go

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St. Ann’s parishioners in Hamilton’s east end may not know that there is a world-class boxing gym right under their feet as they gather for prayer and worship at their century-old church.

A constitutional challenge has been filed against the Parliamentary Protective Service after it barred the display of graphic images of aborted fetuses on Parliament Hill at a March for Life news conference.

Pro-lifers censored, challenge claims

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The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) has filed a constitutional challenge against the Parliamentary Protective Service (PPS) on behalf of the Campaign Life Coalition and a female anti-abortion advocate.

Fr. Santiago Torres, at left being ordained by Calgary Bishop William McGrattan, credits his mother with being his role model in life

Mother’s love inspires Calgary priest

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A local woman carries a baby at the site where an apartment building was damaged during Russian missile strikes in Kyiv, Ukraine June 24, 2023.

Jesuits reopen Montreal’s ‘Old Villa’ for Ukrainians fleeing wartorn homeland

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Just a little more than six months after Fr. Kevin Kelly SJ cleared the rooms and locked the doors for what he thought was the last time at a former Jesuit retreat house in Montreal, he and his team have now scrambled to prepare the Old Villa to once again welcome Ukrainians to Canada.

A Ukrainian solder picks up unexploded parts of a cluster bomb left after Russia's invasion near the village of Motyzhyn, Ukraine, April 10, 2022. In a CNN interview July 9, 2023, U.S. President Joe Biden defended what he called a "very difficult decision" to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine amid Russia's invasion of that country, weapons the Vatican opposes.

U.S. to provide Ukraine cluster munitions opposed by the church as 'inhumane'

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