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People who fled their homes due to fighting between the Afar Special Forces and the Tigray People's Liberation Front in Berhale, Ethiopia, wait for food near a makeshift compound in Afdera district, Feb. 23, 2022.

Food aid stoppage brings hunger 'beyond human imagination' in Ethiopia's Tigray region

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Stopping food aid in Ethiopia from the United States and United Nations caused severe hunger that has killed hundreds of people in the northern Tigray region in recent weeks, and one local bishop said the situation is "beyond human imagination."

Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, apostolic nuncio to Ukraine, is pictured in a recent photo at the apostolic nunciature in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Pope Francis' ambassador: Staying in Ukraine during war a 'big, big grace' amid fears, frustrations

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As Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine hit the 493-day mark June 30, OSV News sat down with Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, papal nuncio to Ukraine, to discuss his experiences of the war. Based in Kyiv, Visvaldas was visiting Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv for a conference and commencement exercises.

Windsor, Ont.'s historic Our Lady of the Assumption Church continues to be refurbished.

Organ restoration latest phase in Assumption renos

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The latest phase in the restoration of historic Our Lady of the Assumption Church here includes the dismantling of the 104-year-old pipe organ.

Cardinal Matteo Zuppi speaks with Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, head of external church relations for the Moscow Patriarchate, during a meeting at the Danilov monastery in Moscow June 29, 2023.

Our churches must serve peace, Russian Orthodox leader tells cardinal

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The Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches should join efforts to promote peace before threats of a "major global armed conflict," the head of the Russian Orthodox Church told Pope Francis' envoy on a peace mission to Moscow.

Former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick wears a mask during arraignment at Dedham District Court in Dedham, Mass., Sept. 3, 2021, after being charged with molesting a 16-year-old boy during a 1974 wedding reception. A medical expert consulted by Massachusetts prosecutors says McCarrick is not competent to stand trial.

McCarrick not competent to stand trial

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Disgraced former cardinal Theodore McCarrick is not competent to stand trial in Massachusetts on charges that he sexually abused a teenage boy nearly 50 years ago, according to the prosecution's expert brought in to examine the now 92-year-old.

Nuri Kino (centre) and Layal Nehme interview a refugee in Beirut for a report and film on the Christian exodus from the Mideast.

Mideast exodus continues as Christians lose hope

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Layal Nehme is drawing upon her background as a singer, songwriter and composer to remind the world of the plight of Christians and their continuing exodus from Iraq and Syria.

Archbishop Frank Leo of Toronto stands during the chanting of the creed during Mass with Pope Francis June 29, 2023, the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.

Archbishop Leo receives pallium from Pope Francis

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Archbishop Francis Leo of Toronto joined 31 other metropolitan archbishops appointed over the past year who received their pallium from Pope Francis after Mass for the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, June 29.

Marcela Szymanski (right), Head of International Advocacy for ACN and Editor and Managing Editor for the Religious Freedom Report.

West doesn’t view religion as basic right: report

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Donations to ShareLife help 42 social service agencies, like Catholic Family Services of Peel Dufferin, in their work.

‘Still a long way to go’ for ShareLife

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The ShareLife parish campaign has raised $8.5 million as of June 21, which equates to roughly 62 per cent of its $13.8-million goal for the year.

People gather near the White House in Washington July 25, 2021, at a protest calling for freedom in Cuba and urging U.S. President Joe Biden to do more to pressure the Cuban regime.

Pope Francis meeting Cuban leader ‘disappointing’

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A Vatican meeting between Pope Francis and Cuban President and First Secretary Miguel Díaz-Canel on June 20 drew a small protest at the Via della Conciliazione (Road of the Conciliation), the boulevard leading to St. Peter’s Square.

Fighters of Wagner Group pull out of the headquarters of the Southern Military District to return to base, in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 24.

‘Hope, danger’ in wake of march on Moscow

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With serious events clearly underway in Russia, a Ukraine bishop is hopeful it could help end Russia’s war on Ukraine, but worries of the dangers a destabilized Russia could bring to the situation.

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