During his May 31-June 2 visit to Romania, Pope Francis will beatify seven bishop-martyrs who died as a result of an anti-religious campaign during Romania’s Communist regime. During that trip, the pope will also meet with Romania’s Roma community.
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Nigerian sisters take on the fight against human trafficking
A combination of a rapidly growing population, extreme poverty, unemployment and armed conflict push people to cross Nigeria’s porous borders in search of a better life.
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Brexit endtimes coming, ready or not
Parliament is being asked for the first time in history to enact something that it does not believe in.
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French Cardinal Barbarin, convicted of abuse cover-up, meets pope
French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin of Lyon said Pope Francis would not accept his resignation following his conviction for covering up clerical sexual abuse, so he has decided to step aside temporarily for the good of the archdiocese.
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Polish church releases first report on clerical sex abuse
A top Polish Catholic leader, named the first bishops’ conference delegate for child protection, welcomed a church report on sexual abuse by clergy in his country and vowed efforts to combat it.
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Cardinal Marx: church needs to seriously discuss celibacy, role of women and sexual morality
The Catholic Church in Germany is at a point where serious debate — including on priestly celibacy and the role of women — and openness to doing things in a new way must encouraged, said the president of the German bishops’ conference.
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Fear of the future unites Yellow Vests and climate change protesters
France’s Yellow Vest movement, sparked by a fuel tax increase, wants to be heard by the government. So do the students protesting climate change. The church says that both can find hope in “Laudato Si’.”
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Thieves break into Dublin church, steal head of mummy
Thieves vandalized the crypt and took the head of an 800-year-old mummy known as “the Crusader.”
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Statue of Polish priest pulled down by activists in abuse protest
Activists in Poland toppled a statue of a prominent Solidarity-era priest early Thursday amid allegations that he sexually abused minors.
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Teens school U.K. leaders on climate change
We are now relying on our children to act where we have failed, for their futures and that of their offspring.