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Pope Francis speaks with Iran's ambassador to the Holy See, Seyed Taha Hashemi, during an audience for the traditional exchange of new year's greetings in the Sala Regia at the Vatican Jan. 9, 2020. (CNS photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters pool)

Amid threat of war, world must not give up hope, pope tells diplomats

Junno Arocho Esteves
January 9, 2020
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Hope is the virtue needed to approach the coming year, especially when the looming threat of war surrounds a humanity scarred by violence, Pope Francis said.

The White House is seen in Washington at sunrise Jan. 8, 2020. Iran attacked two bases in Iraq that house American troops with a barrage of missiles early Jan. 8 in retaliation for the U.S. killing an Iranian general Jan. 3. (CNS photo/Kevin Lamarque, Reuters)

USCCB president urges world leaders to pursue dialogue, seek peace

Catholic News Service
January 8, 2020
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Hours after Iran launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles at two Iraqi bases, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued a statement calling for urgent prayers “that our world’s leaders will pursue dialogue and seek peace.”

Charlotte O'Dwyer, daughter of Rural Fire Service volunteer Andrew O'Dwyer, with her mother, Melissa, receives her father's service medal from RFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons during his funeral Mass at Our Lady of Victories Catholic Church in Sydney Jan. 7, 2020. Andrew O'Dwyer, a member of the Horsley Park Rural Fire Brigade in Sydney, died Dec. 19 when the truck he was traveling in rolled off the road after a tree fell in the town of Buxton. (CNS photo/Dean Lewins, AAP via Reuters)

‘No end in sight to the horror’: Australian bishops respond to fires

Catholic News Service
January 7, 2020
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Saying that “there is no end in sight to the horror which confronts us,” Archbishop Mark Coleridge, president of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, said the bishops have implemented a national response to months of wildfires.

Los padres del Arzobispo William E. Lori fueron parte de su instalación en Mayo del 2012 en la Catedral de Maria Nuestra Reina como Arzobispo de Baltimore. (Archivo Catholic Review)

Otra familia para celebrar

Archbishop William E. Lori
January 6, 2020

Me han preguntado muchas veces si heredé sus buenos genes. No estoy seguro de eso. Pero sé que mamá y papá me han dado una herencia aún más preciosa: el regalo de la vida, el regalo de la fe y el regalo del buen ejemplo.

Mourners touch the casket of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani during his funeral procession in Tehran Jan. 6, 2020. The military leader was killed Jan. 3 in a U.S. drone airstrike at Baghdad International Airport. (CNS photo/Khamenei website handout via Reuters)

Pope prays for dialogue as tensions mount between U.S., Iran

Junno Arocho Esteves
January 6, 2020
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Pope Francis led pilgrims in prayers for peace as tensions between the United States and Iran escalated following the assassination of a top Iranian general.

Rural Fire Service crews engage in property protection during wildfires along the Old Hume Highway near the town of Tahmoor, Australia, outside Sydney, Dec. 19, 2019. Wildfires have been burning since August and have destroyed an area comparable to the combined region of the Netherlands and Belgium. (CNS photo/Dean Lewins, AAP via Reuters)

Australian Catholics seek prayers as fires continue in four states

Catholic News Service
January 6, 2020
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As some of the worst wildfires in Australian history rage across four states, thousands of people in affected areas in New South Wales and Victoria continue to be evacuated to safety.

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