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Russia's extensive drone attack on Kyiv Nov. 25 damaged the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ.

Australian Bishop Vincent Long tells NCR in an interview: "I try to follow Pope Francis' lead by focusing on pastoral priorities such as a church that is more inclusive, participatory, open to the gifts of all members."

A late-night hostage-exchange agreement has been reached between Israel and Hamas Nov. 21, and church leaders hope it will lead to end to the war.

The founder of the far-right, unofficial Catholic media group Church Militant has resigned for an unspecified violation of the organization's morality clause, the group said in a statement Nov. 21.

The president of the Spanish bishops' conference has appealed for calm following mass protests against the planned release of jailed Catalan separatists under a deal with the new socialist-led government.

A French bishop has been given a preliminary charge of attempting to rape an adult man a decade ago, the Paris prosecutor's office said Nov. 20. It is the latest of a growing number of accusations of sexual abuse by clergy in France.

Upstart presidential candidate Javier Milei, who attacked Pope Francis as "filthy leftist," overwhelmingly won Argentina's presidential election on a radical libertarian platform of dollarizing the economy and shrinking the state in a country beset by recurring economic crises and triple-digit inflation.

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter passed away Nov. 19 at her home in Plains, Georgia, according to a statement from The Carter Center.