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Rome police chaplain recalls slain officer’s life of service
The murder of 35-year-old officer Mario Cerciello Rega in Rome's Prati district July 26 and the subsequent arrest of two young American men -- Finnegan Lee Elder, 19, and Gabriel Christian Natale-Hjorth, 18 -- sent shockwaves around the country.
U.S. bishops, others, remember Cuba’s Cardinal Ortega
Cardinal Jaime L. Ortega "was an important, and at the same time, controversial man of the church, who played a critical role in gaining 'more spaces' so that the Catholic Church in Cuba could exercise her mission of evangelization within a Marxist nation.
Rwanda church seeks agreement with state on contraception, abortion
Rwanda's Catholic Church said it hopes to reach agreement with the government of President Paul Kagame after senior officials accused the church of hampering birth control policy by refusing contraception and abortion at its hospitals and clinics.
Chaldean Church says so-called ‘Christian’ militias are not Christian
A statement from the Chaldean Church in Baghdad, Iraq, signed by the cardinal, called on Christians to defend the country's security through official government bodies rather than local militias.
Cuban Cardinal Ortega, longtime voice of Cuba’s poor, dies at 82
UPDATED - A proud Cuban who pressed for greater freedom for his church and for an end to the U.S. embargo on his homeland, Cardinal Jaime Ortega Alamino, retired archbishop of Havana, died July 26 at the age of 82.
African bishops discuss importance of young people in church’s future
If given appropriate support, Africa's young people can be the engine to propel the continent's growth, said a participant at the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar.
Pilgrims find healing, renewal in waters of Canadian lake
Thousands of pilgrims came for the 130th annual Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage July 20-25 in Alberta. Indigenous people for millennia have come to the site for healing. The Sioux called it God's Lake, the Cree called it Spirit Lake and Christian missionaries named it for Mary's mother.
Church official warns lawmakers over Duterte’s death penalty bid
The church official called the death penalty "anti-life" and "anti-poor" and that instituting it would not reduce crime.
Italian bishops provide $1.1 million in humanitarian aid to South Sudan
Spread over three years, the gift coincides with South Sudan's eighth anniversary of independence and will aid the country's recovery from a deadly civil war.
Pope appoints Brazilian as vice director for Vatican press office
The Vatican announced the appointment July 25, one week after the pope named Matteo Bruni to head the press hall.