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Jesuits in Afghanistan have suspended their mission indefinitely, awaiting evacuation
A young internally displaced Afghan woman carries a child as a rainbow forms near their shelter at a camp on the outskirts of Kabul June 20, 2019. (CNS photo/Omar Sobhani, Reuters)
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Pope Leo XIV has appointed the French archbishop of Chambéry, Thibault Verny, as the new president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors. He succeeds Cardinal Seán O’Malley, 81, the emeritus archbishop of Boston.
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It was one of the first times Leo has spoken unscripted at length in public, responding to questions posed to him by the children.
The Vatican has named the judges that will preside over the trial of disgraced Father Marko Rupnik.