The pope is praying especially for peace in Syria, Nigeria and the Koreas.
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Pope Francis begins personal meetings with Chilean abuse victims
The pope will first meet each of the victims individually, one or more times, and then as a group.
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Will Cardinal Pell face a trial by jury in sex abuse case?
On May 1, Cardinal George Pell will know whether he has to stand trial to face allegations of historical sexual offenses or not.
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Pope Francis will host Chilean sex abuse survivors at his residence this weekend
All three were victims of the infamous Chilean priest predator, the Rev. Ferdinando Karadima, who was found guilty of abuse of minors by the Vatican.
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Pope Francis appoints three women as consultants to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
The appointments are part of an ongoing effort to give a greater role to women in the work of the Roman Curia offices, the central administration of the Catholic church.
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Pope Francis is “deeply disturbed” by international failure to reach peace in Syria
The pope’s first comments on Syria since the missile attacks
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Pope Francis admits ‘serious errors’ in handling of Chilean sex abuse cases
Pope Francis admitted that he had badly misjudged the situation in Chile, or as he put it: “I fell into serious errors in the evaluation and perception of the situation, due especially to the lack of true and balanced information.”
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Pope Francis’ new exhortation: Jesus ‘wants us to be saints’
Francis’ “modest goal” is “to re-propose the call to holiness in a practical way for our own time.”
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Vatican arrests Holy See diplomat on child pornography charges
Msgr. Carlo Cappella, who had served in the Vatican embassy in Washington, D.C., has been under criminal investigation since his recall from the U.S. last September.
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Pope to issue new exhortation on universal call to holiness April 9
Pope Francis’ third apostolic exhortation will emphasize “the call to holiness in the contemporary world,” echoing Vatican II’s “Lumen Gentium.”