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Senate committee splits on Becerra confirmation
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Knights of Columbus donate oxygen to areas of Peru, Brazil hard hit by COVID-19
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Catholic charity gives boost to Iraqi Christian students on eve of papal visit
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USCCB: Moderna's and Pfizer's coronavirus vaccines ethically preferable to Johnson & Johnson's
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Christians and Muslims alike welcome Pope Francis' trip to Iraq
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Leading German Catholic bishop cautions priests against intercommunion
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Investigator: There could be 10,000 abuse victims in French Catholic Church since 1950
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How Pope Francis used a donated Lamborghini to help rebuild Iraqi Christian communities
Pope Francis goes to confession during a penitential service at St. Peter's Basilica on March 28, 2014. Credit: Vatican Media.

Pope Francis prays for a renewal of the Sacrament of Reconciliation

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Bishop Giovanni Cefai, Bishop of the Prelature of Santiago Apóstol de Huancané, receives oxygen concentrators from the Knights of Columbus. / ACI Prensa - Diego López Marina

Knights of Columbus donate oxygen to areas of Peru, Brazil hard hit by COVID-19
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Catholic charity gives boost to Iraqi Christian students on eve of papal visit
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Pro Choice Caucus calls on Biden to end Hyde Amendment
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USCCB: Moderna's and Pfizer's coronavirus vaccines ethically preferable to Johnson & Johnson's
Children of families that sought refuge in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, April 11, 2015. Credit: Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk.

Christians and Muslims alike welcome Pope Francis' trip to Iraq
Pope Francis signs the encyclical Fratelli tutti at the tomb of St. Francis of Assisi Oct. 3, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media.

‘Fratelli tutti’: Pope Francis ‘delighted’ as Muslim group oversees encyclical’s Russian translation
Pope Francis and Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle before a mosaic of catechist St. Pedro Calungsod in St. Peter’s Basilica on Nov. 21, 2013. Credit: Kerri Lenartowick/CNA.

Pope Francis to mark 500 years of Catholic faith in the Philippines with Mass
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Leading German Catholic bishop cautions priests against intercommunion
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Investigator: There could be 10,000 abuse victims in French Catholic Church since 1950
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