The report contained 31 recommendations and responses and named Vancouver priests who have been criminally convicted.
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West Virginia bishop asks retired Bishop Bransfield to repay $792,000 to diocese
A nine-point “plan of amends” developed by Bishop Brennan was announced in a Nov. 26 letter he sent to the faithful of the diocese.
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Nicaraguans in U.S. aim to draw attention to country’s violence
Following the bloodshed, the country’s Catholic bishops attempted to dialogue with the government.
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Pope Francis names Italian finance inspector as head of Vatican financial agency
The Vatican said Nov. 18 the pope would name a successor succeed AIF’s former president, Rene Bruelhart, following the end of his five-year term.
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Victims of Christian persecution remembered at ‘Night of Witness’ service
“Many of these victims suffer and perish anonymously,” said George Marlin, chairman of Aid to the Church in Need-USA, the charity sponsoring the service.
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Five Gulf South states rank at bottom of ‘social justice’ index
The basis of the index’s measurement is the United Nations’ Human Development Report
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Priests guilty of abusing deaf children at Argentine school
The court also sentenced gardener Armando Gómez to 18 years in prison. The victims are 10 former students.
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Secret documents reveal how China mass detention camps work
Taken as a whole, the documents give the most significant description yet of how the mass detention camps work in the words of the Chinese government itself.
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Japanese boxer formerly on death row attended Pope Francis’ Mass
Japan, the United States and South Korea are the only nations in the OECD group of developed economies that have the death penalty.
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New religious liberty index shows Americans approve of level of freedom
Montse Alvarado, CEO of the Washington-based Becket Fund, said she was not surprised by the overall results.