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Pope, U.S. bishops ‘saddened’ by Turkish court ruling on Hagia Sophia

Pope Francis said he was saddened after a Turkish court ruled to revert the iconic Hagia Sophia museum into a mosque.

• Aid agencies warn of Yemen’s health care collapse, famine risk

  

  By DALE GAVLAK, Catholic News Service
  Published June 17, 2020

  CAFOD and other agencies warn that Yemen’s health care system, ravaged by five years of civil war, is collapsing, while its people risk famine as the Arabian Peninsula’s poorest country struggles with the coronavirus.

• Georgia-born nonprofit labors with Nicaraguans to improve conditions

  

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Special to the Bulletin
  Published June 11, 2020

  Building on its 20 years of work in the Americas’ second poorest nation, Amigos for Christ has plowed ahead in a door-to-door campaign to help Nicaraguans stay safe amid the pandemic.

• Pope to lead shrines in rosary prayer May 30

  By JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES, Catholic News Service
  Published May 28, 2020

  Pope Francis will lead the major shrines around the world in praying the rosary to implore Mary’s intercession and protection amid the coronavirus pandemic.