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This photo provided by Ruth Wang shows her arriving at an airport in Taiwan on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (Credit: Ruth Wang via AP.)

Lawyer for China’s Zion Church seeks resettlement help while transiting through Taiwan

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Cardinal Joseph Zen in Hong Kong's Holy Cross Church on May 24, 2022. (Credit: Kin Cheung/AP.)

Hong Kong court upholds convictions of Cardinal Joseph Zen and others over protester relief fund

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Democratic advocate Jimmy Lai leaves Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal on Feb. 1, 2021. (Credit: Vincent Yu/AP.)

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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, then owner of the Hong Kong and Taiwan newspaper Apple Daily, attends the Seminar on Tenth Anniversary of Hong Kong’s Handover organized by Democratic Party in Hong Kong, June 9, 2007. (Credit: Kin Cheung/AP.)

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People wait to enter the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts ahead of the verdict for Hong Kong activist publisher Jimmy Lai’s national security trial, in Hong Kong, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. (Credit: Chan Long Hei/AP.)

Former Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai, a Catholic, convicted in landmark national security trial

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Associated Press

Police officers stand guard outside West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts, where activist publisher Jimmy Lai’s trial is scheduled to open, in Hong Kong, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. A landmark national security trial opened Monday in Hong Kong for prominent activist publisher Jimmy Lai, who faces a possible life sentence if convicted under a law imposed by Beijing to crush dissidents. (Vernon Yuen/AP.)

National security trial opens in Hong Kong for prominent Catholic activist publisher Jimmy Lai

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Kanis Leung

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British parliament rejects bill seeking to legalize assisted suicide

Sep 11
Associated Press

Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin, right, talks with his brother and farm manager, Cesar Marroquin, in a small field of vegetables growing on his farm, Salvatierra Farms, in Northfield, Minn., Friday, June 19, 2026. (Credit: Jessie Wardarski/AP.)

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Scottish Parliament Building in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

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Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City, the U.S. Bishops' Conference secretary, presents on the conference's new mission directive on Nov. 13. The new mission directive, which was overwhelmingly approved, prioritizes evangelizing the disaffiliated, unaffiliated, and young people. (Credit: USCCB Public Affairs.)

Archbishop asks for peace in a ‘fractured and divided world’ on 25th anniversary of 9/11

Sep 10
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The Harmony Hill campus is seen June 10, 2026, in Watertown, S.D. (Credit: Bart Pfankuch/South Dakota News Watch via AP.)

Monastery makeover: Nuns leave lasting legacy of service in Watertown, South Dakota

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Top European bishop to Crux Now: Fear of immigration shows Europe’s identity crisis

Sep 10
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Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City, the U.S. Bishops' Conference secretary, presents on the conference's new mission directive on Nov. 13. The new mission directive, which was overwhelmingly approved, prioritizes evangelizing the disaffiliated, unaffiliated, and young people. (Credit: USCCB Public Affairs.)

Archbishop asks for peace in a ‘fractured and divided world’ on 25th anniversary of 9/11

Sep 10
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Holy Land situation ‘not positive,’ as internal battles in Islam pose global challenges to dialogue

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