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“I can assure you that the gravely serious allegations against Archbishop Apuron will continue to be dealt with by the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, which will hold a canonical trial.”

Violence and division are the work of the devil, Pope Francis said.

Local Catholics can help by also turning to prayer “for the wisdom to know what best to say and do and how to offer support.”

Father Amorth is credited with dispelling some 70,000 demons.

Response to global refugee crisis could be drafted as soon as Monday.

Welcoming the more than 65 million people displaced can bring about world change, Pope Francis says.

Since 2003, nearly 900 indigenous have been killed in a violent manner in Brazil.

Around 85 percent of world’s Muslims are Sunni and about 15 percent are Shiite. The groups rarely pray together.

“One must not take my homily to be a call to defend ourselves against the refugees, this was not at all my intention.”

Sean Callahan will succeed Carolyn Y. Woo, who ends her five-year term at the end of 2016.