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Knights to send $2 million to restore Christian town in Iraq

The Knights are following the example of the Hungarian government, whose new spending bill allowed for $2 million to be sent to the Archdiocese of Irbil in Iraq to rebuild a Christian community near Mosul, Iraq.
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USCCB president urges Trump to quickly act to ease contraceptive mandate

Religious charities, schools and pro-life advocacy organizations could face millions of dollars in fines from the federal government for not complying with the mandate.
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Catholic groups ask Congress to reject ‘discriminatory’ RAISE Act

"The RAISE Act imposes a definition of family that would weaken those bonds," said Bishop Joe Vázquez, head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Migration.
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Ottawa archbishop surprised by negative reaction to robotic spider on cathedral

The archbishop of Ottawa expressed regret that several Catholics were shocked at the sight of a giant robotic spider perched on Notre Dame Cathedral.
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African-born clergy, religious ministering in U.S. gather in New Orleans

Jesuit Father Allan Deck former executive director of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Secretariat of Cultural Diversity in the Church, called the influx of foreign-born ministers "a globalized priesthood, a globalized religious."
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Head of Knights of Malta relief efforts says sea rescue is a ‘mission’

While European leaders continue to debate how to handle the influx of migrants, the head of the Order of Malta's Italian relief corps said that search and rescue operations are a human obligation.
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Cardinal says Venezuela must take blame for 10 election-related deaths

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro ordered on the vote May 1, but political opposition and church leaders have questioned the process, which they say overrepresented pro-government sectors, ensuring a government victory.
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Catholic governor nominated for religious freedom ambassador post

President Donald Trump nominated Brownback to the position of ambassador at large for International Religious Freedom, according to a White House announcement July 26.
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British baby Charlie Gard dies in hospice care

Charlie Gard, the British baby whose legal battle caught the attention of the world, died July 28, just over a week before his first birthday, his family announced.
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Theologians in Italy studying development of ‘Humanae Vitae’

Four theologians specializing in marriage and family life are studying Vatican archival material with a view of telling the whole story of how and why Blessed Paul VI wrote his encyclical "Humanae Vitae" on married love.
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Getting a health care bill through Congress fraught with difficulties

In the rush to reject Obamacare, as the ACA is popularly known, there lacks unanimity among Republicans in each chamber to make changes.
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Mexican bishops don’t see explosion as attack on church

The Mexican bishops' conference does not believe an explosive device detonated outside its offices -- adjacent to the country's most visited religious site, the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe -- is an attack on the Catholic Church.
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