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Moscow has rejected a US assessment of Russian military casualties in Ukraine but declined to give its estimates. However, the United States said Monday that Russia’s military had sustained 100,000 casualties in the past five months, including tens of thousands of dead. Many soldiers have been killed and injured in the battle for Bakhmut, which […]

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May 6, 2023May 6, 2023

Pope Francis sends a message on the occasion of the first meeting of the scientific committee of the MAC (Audiovisual Memories of Catholicism) Foundation. Read all  

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May 6, 2023May 6, 2023

In his intention for May, 2023, Pope Francis prays that ecclesial movements and groups might daily rediscover their evangelizing mission. Read all  

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May 6, 2023May 6, 2023

Pope Francis appoints Monsignor Alessandro Recchia as Defender of the bond and Promoter of Justice and Professor of Canon Law, Fr. Ernest Bonaventure Ogbonnia Okonkwo, at the Vatican’s Ecclesiastical Tribunal. Read all  

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May 6, 2023May 6, 2023

Authorities say dozens of people have been injured in a series of Russian missile strikes at Ukrainian cities. The most devastating attacks hit the eastern Ukrainian town of Pavlohrad, wounding 34 people, including five children. Two women were said to be in intensive care. Read all  

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May 6, 2023May 6, 2023

South Africa’s auxiliary Bishop of Cape Town has said the feast of Saint Joseph the worker is a call for time out from our usual frenetic schedule. Read all  

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May 6, 2023May 6, 2023

As fighting continues to rage in Khartoum, the United Nations say they are sending a special representative to Sudan to coordinate humanitarian operations. Read all  

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May 6, 2023May 6, 2023

The candidate of the longtime ruling party in Paraguay has won the Presidential Election with surprising ease, confounding political pundits who were predicting a sea change. Read all  

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May 6, 2023May 6, 2023

Pope Francis returns to Rome at the conclusion of his 41st Apostolic Visit abroad, which took him to the EU nation of Hungary, and prays at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in gratitude for his safe journey. Read all  

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May 6, 2023May 6, 2023

Cardinal Péter Erdő, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, in an interview with Vatican News, reflects on Pope Francis’ Apostolic Journey to Hungary, and says the Pope came as a true pilgrim of peace and brought the faithful a sense of immense joy and a call to work for peace. Read all  

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May 6, 2023May 6, 2023