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People embrace each other at a makeshift memorial for the victims outside Le Constellation bar in the upscale ski resort of Crans-Montana in southwestern Switzerland Jan. 2, 2026, after a fire and explosion during a New Year's Eve party. Around 40 people were killed and 115 others injured, most of them seriously, after a fire ripped through the bar at the Swiss Alpine resort less than two hours after midnight, police said. (OSV News photo/Stephanie Lecocq, Reuters)

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Pope Leo mourns tragic New Year fire in ski resort bar; 40 presumed dead

OSV News|Jan 2, 2026|3 Min Read

A statues of a cherub is displayed at a souvenir shop in front of the main entrance to the church of the Benedictine Abbey of Einsiedeln in Switzerland March 20, 2010. That year, officials in at the abbey confirmed allegations of child abuse of former pupils at the abbey's school, dating to the 1970s. (CNS photo/Christian Hartmann, Reuters)

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Swiss bishops order study on past sexual abuse

Junno Arocho Esteves|Dec 7, 2021|3 Min Read

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Swiss voters narrowly back ban on burqa, niqab as religious leaders voice concern

Catholic News Agency|Mar 8, 2021|5 Min Read

Demonstrators covering their faces participate in a protest called "The traditional clown's walk against the burqa ban" in Vienna Oct. 1, 2017. Swiss religious leaders say a proposed ban on Muslim head coverings would violate religious freedom. (CNS photo/Leonhard Foeger, Reuters)

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Swiss religious leaders: Ban on burqas would violate religious freedom

Jonathan Luxmoore|Jan 28, 2021|2 Min Read

A child is pictured in an illustration lighting a candle on an Advent wreath at home in Berlin. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, churches in Germany are to publish a flyer on home worship at Christmas. (CNS photo/Jannis Chavakis, KNA)

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German, Swiss churches prepare for religious Christmas at home

Catholic News Service|Nov 17, 2020|2 Min Read

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