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The Dominican Church of Our Lady of the Hour, one of the most emblematic in Mosul, northern Iraq, has been completely restored after the destruction carried out by Islamic State terrorists 10 years ago.

Church destroyed by ISIS in Iraq completely restored 10 years later

Jan 11, 2024

By Diego López Marina

The Dominican Church of Our Lady of the Hour in Mosul, Iraq, has been completely restored after the destruction carried... Read more

Dadivank, an Armenian Apostolic Church monastery in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan.

Human rights activist asks UNESCO to ensure protection of Nagorno-Karabakh’s historic Christian sites

Feb 18, 2022

By CNA Staff

The sites include 161 churches. Read more

Pope Francis and UNESCO’s Audrey Azoulay at Rome’s Pontifical Lateran University, Oct. 7, 2021.

Pope Francis to UNESCO: ‘The Gospel is the most humanizing message known to history’

Nov 12, 2021

By CNA Staff

The pope was marking the UN agency’s 75th anniversary. Read more

Oura Church in Nagasaki, Japan.

Once hidden, the history of Japanese Christianity gains UN recognition

Jul 3, 2018

Places of major importance for Japanese Christianity, including the Nagasaki basilica commemorating 26 Catholic martyrs, have been selected as UNESCO... Read more

Pope Francis lauds Middle East effort to save local art, culture

Dec 5, 2016

Pope Francis endorsed a recent conference dedicated to the conservation and restoration of art and heritage within the Middle East,... Read more

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Former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro and 35 other people, including a Catholic priest, were charged by the country's Federal Police on Nov. 21, 2024, on suspicion of the crimes of violent abolition of the democratic rule of law.

Two arms of Brazilian bishops’ conference: Throw the book against alleged coup plotters

Bishop Gerhard Feige of Magdeburg in Germany.

German bishops respond to deadly Magdeburg market attack, call for prayer and peace

The Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica.

A visual tour of the Holy Doors Pope Francis will open for the 2025 Jubilee

Exiled Bishop Rolando Álvarez speaks at a Mass in Seville, Spain, on Dec. 19, 2024.

Bishop Álvarez celebrates public Mass for Nicaragua

Vandalism at a Heartbeat of Miami pregnancy center in Hialeah, Florida, July 3, 2022.

Florida woman convicted in conspiracy targeting pro-life pregnancy resource centers

French artist Claire Tabouret poses following a press conference after winning with The Atelier Simon-Marq, the selection to create new stained-glass windows in six chapels of the south aisle of the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral in Paris on Dec. 18, 2024.

Stained-glass windows at Notre Dame to be replaced, new modern design revealed

Police and ambulances stand next to a Christmas market where a car crashed into a crowd injuring between 60 and 80 people, according to a spokesman for the local rescue service, on Dec. 20, 2024, in Magdeburg, eastern Germany.

UPDATE: Casualties at German Christmas market after car rams crowd

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Dec. 20,2024 that he has chosen CatholicVote president, Brian Burch, to be his ambassador to the Holy See.

Trump picks CatholicVote president Brian Burch as ambassador to Vatican

Pope Francis with Archbishop Blase Cupich of Chicago on Sept. 2, 2015.

Pope Francis appoints 5 new auxiliary bishops for Chicago Archdiocese

Archpriest of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral Monsignor Olivier Ribadeau Dumas blesses a Nativity scene in the recently reopened cathedral on Dec. 20, 2024, in Paris.

Rector of Notre Dame Cathedral blesses creche ahead of Christmas celebrations

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