Francis says ‘despicable actions’ caused by the clergy have been hidden for too long.
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New Exemption Sought from Obama: Religious, civic leaders ask for religious exemption on hiring policy
Religious and civic leaders urged President Barack Obama to include a religious exemption in the planned White House executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating based on sexual orientation and gender identity.In a July 1 letter, the group of 14 faith leaders said they agreed with
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One-time Scranton Priest Under Papal Investigation: Pope sends delegation to Paraguay look into abuse allegations
Pope Francis is sending a cardinal and a bishop to Paraguay to investigate the activities of a priest previously accused of sex abuse in Pennsylvania, the Vatican’s diplomatic envoy to the Latin American country said.The cardinal and the bishop will visit the Diocese of Ciudad del Este, in the
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Central African Crisis Continues: Bishops decry ‘laxity’ of transitional government
Catholic bishops in the Central African Republic criticized their country's transitional government for failing to "revive hopes" and end months of conflict between Islamist and Christian forces despite international backing.The bishops said July 2 that the January election of Presiden
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Pope Urges End to Land Mines: U.S. takes a few steps closer to ban in Mozambique
At conference in Mozambique the U.S. took a few tentative steps toward the land mine ban.
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U.S. Bishops Seek Protection for Border Kids, Not Deportation
Bishop Eusebio Elizondo auxiliary bishop of Seattle and chairman of the U S Conference of Catholic Bishops rsquo Committee on Migration called upon the Obama Administration on July 2 to reconsider its request to Congress for ldquo fast track rdquo authority to expedite the removal of unaccompa
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Supreme Court Strikes Down ‘Buffer Zones’ at Abortion Clinics
In concurrence, Justice Scalia warns of “abortion-speech edition of the First Amendment.”
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Vatican Looks at the Family in Social, Spiritual Crisis: Synod document cites cultural and economic threats
The working document for the October 2014 extraordinary Synod of Bishops offers a picture of the Catholic Church today struggling to preach the Gospel and transmit moral teachings amid a "widespread cultural, social and spiritual crisis" of the family.The 75-page "instrumentum la
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Texas diocese responds to immigrants’ need in surge of children
Parishioners donate food, clothing and time, but ‘a long-term solution is needed.’
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Sudanese Catholic Woman Convicted of Apostasy Re-Arrested
Meriam Ibrahim had been sentenced to death by hanging for marrying a Christian.