Victims of child sexual abuse in Australia decried the lenient sentence of 6 years which was handed down in the Cardinal Pell case. The victims view the upcoming June appeal hearing as adding further pain and insult to victims’ sufferings.
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The good, the bad and the merciful: Pope Francis after six years
Noted Vatican commentator Thomas Reese reflects on the sixth-year anniversary of Pope Francis’ election to the Chair of Peter, and cites the good, the bad, and the merciful aspects of the pontificate.
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California Governor Newsom places moratorium on executions
The 737 inmates on California’s largest-in-the-nation death row are getting a reprieve from Gov. Gavin Newsom, who plans to sign an executive order Wednesday placing a moratorium on executions.
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‘Scourge of abuse, internal attacks’ mark Pope Francis sixth year in office
Pope Francis’ sixth year in office, Andrea Tornielli said, “was characterized by the scourge of abuse and by suffering from internal attacks. His response was a call to return to the heart of faith.”
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Cardinal Pell is sentenced to 6 years in prison for child sex abuse
An Australian judge has sentenced Cardinal to 6 years in prison for molesting two choirboys.
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‘The Walking Dead’ actress calls her deafness ‘a gift’ and remembers Catholic school as ‘family’
Lauren Teruel Ridloff, an actress from AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” visits her old school and recounts her life as a deaf child and how her experiences at Chicago’s Holy Trinity School for the Deaf–now Children of Peace School–has enriched her life and influenced her career.
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CLINIC says South Sudan T.P.S. extension should have included new arrivals
An organization based in Silver Spring, Md., known as CLINIC–Catholic Legal Immigration Network–has called the Department of Homeland Security’s decision not to include more recent arrivals from war-torn South Sudan (apart from those already here) as part of the Temporary Protected Status designation as “morally reprehensible.”
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Two bishops removed from ministry over allegations of sexual harassment
The preliminary investigation into allegations of sexual harassment of adults and financial improprieties by Bishop Michael J. Bransfield, formerly of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, has been completed and will be forwarded to the Vatican for final judgment.
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Possibility Maryland will legalize assisted suicide adds urgency to march
“In an already drug-ridden society, lethal pills are suddenly on the loose,” Archbishop Lori said. “In the face of Maryland’s epic opioid crisis, this is not good public policy.”
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Kenyan archbishop denies Catholic Church accepts funds from corrupt politicians
The Catholic Church in Kenya has refuted claims that it has been condoning corruption and allowing corrupt politicians to donate what they have stolen from public coffers to the church.