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Pope Francis at a Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's Square on June 17, 2015.

Pope Francis to visit Abu Dhabi in February 2019

Dec 6, 2018

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis will travel to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates Feb. 3-5 to participate in an international interfaith... Read more

Foreign workers in Dubai, UAE, in December 2013.

Catholic church in UAE to host fatherhood celebration for migrant workers

Jul 19, 2018

By Perry West

A Catholic church in Dubai is hosting a celebration to honor the United Arab Emirates’ migrant workers – many of... Read more

Migrant workers participate in group discussion at the We Abhor Violence Everywhere seminar in Ras al-Khaimah, UAE, Nov. 14, 2014.

Church combats domestic violence in Arabian peninsula

Nov 19, 2014

The family ministry office serving expatriate Catholics in the Arabian peninsula held a workshop last week to help end domestic... Read more

Bishop Paul Hinder blesses the cornerstone of a new UAE church.

Catholics begin to build new church in the Emirates

Jul 29, 2013

Catholics in the town of Mussafah in the United Arab Emirates have begun construction on a new church dedicated to St.... Read more

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Pope Francis smiles at his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024.

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Archbishop Boris Godziak, Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archiparagi of Philadelphia.

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The relics of St. Thomas Aquinas are kept in Toulouse, France, where the Dominican order was founded.

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Cardinal Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi during an interview with CNA in Rome on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.

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President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Freedom to former Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards, photographed here with Kirk Adams and First Lady Jill Biden, in a photo posted to his X account, Nov. 20, 2024.

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Missouri’s bishops are urging the state to forgo executing a Christopher Collings, who was convicted of the 2007 abduction, rape, torture and murder of a 9-year-old girl. Collings is scheduled to be executed on Dec. 3, 2024.

Missouri bishops urge state to refrain from executing convicted child-killer next month

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