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World Jan 13
Vatican tamps down clamor over Benedict’s new celibacy bookThe French daily Le Figaro late Sunday published excerpts of the book “From the Depths of Our Hearts: Priesthood, Celibacy and the Crisis of the Catholic Church," co-authored with conservative Cardinal Robert Sarah.
World Dec 17
Pope removes shroud of secrecy from clergy sex abuse casesThe pope abolished the use of the Vatican's highest level of secrecy in clergy sexual abuse cases Tuesday.
World Nov 23
Pope denounces ‘evil’ of nukes as he fulfills Japan dreamPope Francis denounced the “evil” of nuclear weapons on Saturday as he began a three-day visit to Japan and fulfilled a dream to be a missionary in a land with a rich but bloody Christian past.
World Oct 07
Pope seeks ‘courageous’ debate over Amazon priest shortageVATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis urged South American bishops on Monday to speak “courageously” at a high-profile meeting on the Amazon, where the shortage of priests is so acute that the Vatican is considering ordaining married men and…
World Aug 17
Italy’s Salvini agrees to let 27 minors off migrant shipItaly's hard-line interior minister buckled under pressure Saturday and agreed to let 27 unaccompanied minors leave a migrant ship after two weeks at sea, temporarily easing a political standoff that has threatened the viability of the populist government.
World Jun 17
Catholic Church considers allowing priests in the Amazon to marryThe Vatican suggested officials study the ordination of men "even if they have stable families, for the region's most remote areas."…
World Jun 10
LGBTQ Catholics denounce Vatican’s document on gender identityThe document rejected the idea that people can choose or change their genders and insisted on the sexual "complementarity" of men and women to make babies.
Nation Jun 04
AP report: Woman accuses top U.S. cardinal of dismissing sex abuse caseLaura Pontikes, a 55-year-old construction executive in Texas, had been at a low point in her life when she sought spiritual counseling from Monsignor Frank Rossi, the longtime No. 2 official in the Galveston-Houston archdiocese Cardinal Daniel DiNardo heads. Instead,…
World May 09
In new church law Pope orders clergy to report abuse — but not necessarily to policePope Francis issued a groundbreaking law Thursday requiring all Catholic priests and nuns around the world to report clergy sexual abuse and cover-ups by their superiors to church authorities, in a new effort to hold the Catholic hierarchy accountable for…
Nation Apr 04
Pope names moderate Wilton Gregory archbishop of Washington D.C.Gregory, replaces Cardinal Donald Wuerl, who resigned last year after being implicated in covering up sex abuse within the church.
