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A painting of the Holy Family at the Church of St. Joseph in Beirut, Lebanon.

Beirut’s St. Joseph church, badly damaged in port explosion, to reopen

Jun 24, 2021

By Courtney Mares

The church has been restored with funds from Aid to the Church in Need. Read more

Pope Francis addresses participants in the Reunion of Aid Agencies for the Oriental Churches' general assembly in the Vatican's Consistory Hall, June 10, 2019.

Francis: Leaders who talk of peace but sell arms will face 'wrath of God'

Jun 10, 2019

Discussing the Syrian civil war Monday, Pope Francis said God hears the cry of orphans and widows, and that his... Read more

Pope Francis addresses participants in the Reunion of Aid Agencies for the Oriental Churches in the Vatican's Consistory Hall, June 22, 2018.

Pope Francis: Jerusalem must be protected from political disputes

Jun 22, 2018

By Elise Harris

Pope Francis stressed Friday the important role the Eastern Catholic Churches play in spreading the Gospel given that many of... Read more

Pope Francis holds an audience with students from Jesuit-run schools in Italy and Albania in Paul VI Hall June 7, 2013.

Pope urges union of faith and charity in Middle East

Jun 21, 2013

Considering the plight of Christians in Syria and across the Middle East, Pope Francis advised aid agencies for Christians in... Read more

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Mexican bishop: thief who stole Eucharist is excommunicated

Eduardo Verástegui.

Mexican presidential hopeful Verástegui pledges to eliminate gender ideology from schools

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The small procession of Franciscan friars, with the Custos of the Holy Land, arrives in Manger Square, in front of the Basilica of the Nativity, in Bethlehem on Saturday, Dec. 2, the day of the solemn entrance for the beginning of Advent. The Square, typically crowded with local believers and pilgrims, was empty. Dec. 2, 2023.

PHOTOS: Bethlehem welcomes Advent 2023 with quieter procession, still with hope

A member of the maintenance crew at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., places a seal on the Holy Door at the basilica after Archbishop Timothy Broglio blessed the seal and doors on Dec. 3, 2023.

Archbishop Broglio sealed the Holy Door at the National Shrine. What is a Holy Door?

Archbishop Timothy Broglio blesses the doors to be used as a Holy Door for the 2025 Jubilee Year at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 3, 2023.

Holy Door sealed at nation’s largest Catholic church

Turin Cathedral.

Climate activists disrupt archbishop’s Mass in Turin

Pope Francis at his general audience on Nov. 22, 2023.

Pope Francis signs interfaith climate statement as part of COP28 summit in Dubai

Military personnel stand guard at the entrance of a gymnasium while police investigators (background) look for evidence after a bomb attack at Mindanao State University in Marawi in the southern Philippines on Dec. 3, 2023.

Pope Francis prays for victims of bombing of Catholic Mass in the Philippines

Papal aide Monsignor Paolo Braida reads Pope Francis' prepared remarks for the Sunday Angelus on Dec. 3, 2023, from the chapel at the papal residence at Casa Santa Marta.

Pope Francis on first Sunday of Advent: ‘I’m improving, but my voice still doesn’t work’

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