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FaithVatican Dispatch
Pope Francis accepts resignation of archbishop facing prison time for failure to report sex abuse
Gerard O’Connell
Archbishop Wilson of Adelaide is the highest-ranking Catholic bishop to be convicted and sentenced for failure to report a case of abuse.
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Pope Francis denounces ‘murderous indifference’ to Middle East woes
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis prays for peace with Christian leaders.
Demonstrators line up alongside a fence inside the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego on June 23 during a rally in support of immigrant families who had been separated at the U.S.-Mexico border. (CNS photo/David Maung)
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
As global migration crisis worsens, Pope Francis calls for “mercy and solidarity”; bridges, not walls
Gerard O’Connell
“Before the challenges of contemporary movements of migration, the only reasonable response is one of solidarity and mercy,” Pope Francis said as he celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on July 6 for migrants and refugees.
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Pope Francis appoints first layperson as head of Vatican communications
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis has appointed Paolo Ruffini, 61, an Italian layperson with wide experience in print, radio and television, as the new Prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication.
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Pope Francis to new cardinals and archbishops: learn from the apostle Peter
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis celebrated Mass for the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul with 14 new cardinals and gifted 27 new archbishops their palliums to bring home to their respective archdioceses.
Argentina's Lionel Messi, front competes for the ball during the match between Argentina and Nigeria at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the St. Petersburg Stadium in St. Petersburg, Russia, on June 26. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
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With no TV, how does Pope Francis follow the World Cup?
Gerard O’Connell
Francis vowed decades ago not to watch TV, but he still follows how Argentina is faring in the World Cup.
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