The model of Pope Francis gave encouragement to these men, many of them the same age as the pope.
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United Nations Seeks Vatican Answers
The Vatican has been asked to provide every sexual abuse accusation it has ever received.
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Pope Names Bank Commission
Pope Francis has created a five-person commission to review the activities and mission of the Vatican bank. The new pontifical commission, which includes two U.S. members, reflects the pope’s desire to ensure the bank’s activities are in harmony with the mission of the universal church a
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Brazilian Bishops Support Protests
The bishops declared their solidarity with the protestors “as long as they are peaceful.”
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Latest H.H.S. Rule Being Studied
The final rules issued on June 28 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services implementing its mandate that employers provide coverage of contraceptives “will require more careful analysis,” New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said in a statement. The H.H.S. final ruling updates p
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Three months into his papacy the total number of followers of the pope’s nine Twitter accounts was more than 6.9 million. • For the first time the Davenport, Iowa-based Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award is being taken overseas, to France, where it will be presented on July 7 to Jean
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Justices Issue Seminal Decisions on Marriage, Voting Rights
Two major decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court in the final week of its term left deep divisions among citizens across the country as the court ruled on the neuralgic issues of voting rights and same-sex marriage. On two consecutive days the court invalidated a key part of the Voting Rights Act and o
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Vatican Urges Job Creation
Job creation must become a key component of any United Nations plan to lift people out of poverty around the world, the Vatican’s observer to the United Nations told the International Labor Conference. Speaking during a conference session on June 12, Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi said, “F
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Unstable Egypt
A Jesuit priest in Alexandria harshly criticized Western support of the Muslim Brotherhood.
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President Obama on June 14 nominated Ken Hackett, who served for 18 years as the president of Catholic Relief Services, to be U.S. ambassador to the Holy See. • A bill introduced by the Quebec government on June 12 that redefines palliative care to include “terminal medical sedation&rdquo