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South African platinum and chrome miners drilling holes in rock for blasting.

South African bishops file class-action suit against mining company over black lung disease

Aug 18, 2023

By Tyler Arnold

The bishops began the process of filing a class-action suit against a global mining company on behalf of current and... Read more

Cathedral of St. Mary, Cape Town, South Africa.

Tabernacle desecrated during South African cathedral robbery

Apr 20, 2020

The cathedral of the Archdiocese of Cape Town, South Africa, was vandalized on Saturday and the tabernacle desecrated.  Read more

South African president Jacob Zuma at a Nov. 10, 2015 meeting with German chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin.

South African bishops call on nation's president to consider resigning

Apr 10, 2017

The bishops of South Africa have called on the country's embattled president, Jacob Zuma, to consider stepping down as part... Read more

Mysterious deaths of mentally ill draw concern from South Africa bishops

Sep 22, 2016

The unexplained deaths of three dozen mentally ill patients in a South African province show the need for action to... Read more

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FBI investigating threats against ‘multiple faith communities’ in Pennsylvania

Worcester, Massachusetts, is home to Clark University, Assumption University, and Worcester State University.

Secular university’s head of Holocaust studies finds ‘warmer welcome’ at Catholic university

Pope Francis addresses the faithful at his Wednesday general audience on March 27, 2024.

Pope Francis issues motu proprio on Vatican judiciary retirement age and benefits

Archbishop Marek Jędraszewski of Krakow announced on April 14, 2024, the decision to begin the process of beatification and canonization of Helena Agnieszka Kmiec, a young lay missionary murdered in Bolivia in 2017.

Cause for canonization opened for young Polish lay missionary killed in Bolivia

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Scotland pauses sex-change and puberty-blocker drugs for children

Father Marko Rupnik.

Ex-Jesuit, alleged abuser Rupnik listed as consultant in 2024 Pontifical Yearbook

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Planned Parenthood reports record number of abortions in latest annual report

Cardinal Wilton Gregory speaks at an interview in Rome on April 11, 2024.

Cardinal Gregory recalls time when Black Catholics could not study in U.S. seminaries

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee speaks during the signing of the ELVIS Act to Protect Voice & Likeness in Age of AI event at Robert’s Western World on March 21, 2024, in Nashville, Tennessee.

Tennessee names first English-language Bible translation in U.S. as official state book

A member of New South Wales Forensic Police is seen at Christ the Good Shepherd Church in the Sydney suburb of Wakeley, Australia, on April 16, 2024. Hundreds clashed with police in western Sydney on April 15 after Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was stabbed at the altar. New South Wales police have declared the attack a terror event. Police apprehended a 16-year-old in connection with the attack.

‘I forgive whoever has done this’: Australian bishop who survived stabbing speaks out

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