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In Turkey, parishioners safe, but iconic cathedral damaged after quake
A Catholic priest expressed gratitude that parishioners are safe, but their iconic cathedral sustained damages from a powerful earthquake that struck Turkey's western city of Izmir Oct. 30.
Cardinal-designate entrusts his new ministries to newly beatified teen
Cardinal-designate Marcello Semeraro did not have to look far for a heavenly patron to assist him when he took on a new job at the age of 72 and then found out 10 days later that he would be made a cardinal.
Mexican cardinal-designate credited for building up indigenous Church
Several months after Pope Francis was elected in 2013, Bishop Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel of San Cristóbal de Las Casas sent a letter asking the new Pope to revisit the topic of ordaining indigenous deacons.
Vatican shuts down museums as COVID-19 cases, deaths mount in Italy
As COVID-19-related deaths in Italy reached their highest daily level since early May and Italy began enacting new restrictions to slow the spread, the Vatican decided it will once again close its museums to the public.
French bishops 'cleanse' Nice basilica after attack
French bishops conducted a "penitential rite of reparation" inside a church in which three people were murdered in late October.
UPDATE: Church responds as Hurricane Eta leaves death, destruction in Central America
Hurricane Eta has left death and destruction in Nicaragua, Guatemala and Honduras.
Philippine churches open doors to typhoon evacuees
Churches in the Philippines have opened their doors to offer shelter during Super Typhoon Goni.
Pope, Austrian Church leaders urge end to hatred after Vienna attacks
Pope Francis and Austrian Church leaders expressed dismay and sorrow after terrorists attack ...
Pope picks Italian-American diplomat, migrant minister, as new cardinal
Italian-born Cardinal-designate Silvano Tomasi describes himself as "one of those 40 million Americans who were born outside the United States, but at the same time are part of the makeup of the country."
Italian cardinal-designate got start on Rome's rough streets
Cardinal-designate Paolo Lojudice's work in Rome's rough outskirts earned him such titles as "street priest," "bishop of the Roma" community, and Pope Francis even told him the word was that he was the toughest bishop in the capital.
Italian cardinal-designate says he's simply a pastor
"I am a pastor," Cardinal-designate Enrico Feroci, 80, said after Pope Francis announced he would make him a cardinal.
Cardinal-designate Gambetti studied engineering, then became a friar
Although he had a degree in mechanical engineering, Cardinal-designate Mauro Gambetti decided to dedicate his life's journey to a different kind of builder, St. Francis of Assisi.
'Small things count,' says cardinal-designate from Maltese island
When he was bishop of the Diocese of Gozo, Malta, Cardinal-designate Mario Grech ...
Supreme Court set to hear arguments in Catholic foster care case
The Supreme Court, with a full bench, will hear oral arguments by teleconference Nov. 4 about a Catholic social service agency that had been excluded from Philadelphia's foster care program for not accepting same-sex couples as foster parents.
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