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Shevchuk: Russian attack on Kyiv children’s hospital ‘a sin that cries out to heaven for revenge’
A July 8 attack by Russia on a children's hospital and other civilian targets throughout Ukraine is "a sin that cries out to heaven for revenge," said the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
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Vatican excommunicates Archbishop Viganò, found guilty of schism
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, former nuncio to the United States, has been excommunicated after being found guilty of schism, the Vatican said.
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Report: Germany’s Catholic Church shrinks; over 400,000 left in 2023
The Catholic Church in Germany continues to shrink, a new study has found. More than 400,000 people in the European country left the church in 2023.
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Judge: Shutting down Catholic ministry to migrants violates religious freedom
A state judge July 2 denied Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's effort to shut down Annunciation House in El Paso, Texas, a Catholic nonprofit serving migrants.
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Women religious empower, educate tea plantation workers in Sri Lanka
Behind every cup of world-famous Ceylon tea, there is a story of exploitation and bonded labor, said Apostolic Carmel Sister Maria Amali, whose congregation has worked among Sri Lanka's tea plantation workers for almost 100 years.
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SCOTUS rules presidents have immunity in core constitutional acts, not unofficial acts
Presidents have immunity from criminal prosecution as it relates to core constitutional acts of their office, presumptive immunity for official acts, but none for unofficial acts, a divided Supreme Court ruled July 1.
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La. governor cuts $1m to Catholic Charities shelter over church’s care for migrants
Drastic cuts in state funding for a Catholic Charities’ homeless shelter operations in Louisiana over the wider Catholic Church’s ministry to migrants have dealt a significant blow to the church’s ability to care for area residents experiencing homelessness, including veterans.