Pope Francis issued a letter to Catholics around the world Monday condemning the “crime” of priestly sexual abuse and its cover-up and demanding accountability.
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Pope Francis on capital punishment: a closer look
Did Pope Francis depart from Scripture and tradition in declaring the death penalty “inadmissible”? Or was his declaration rooted deeply in both?
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Pope names Venezuelan prelate to top position in Secretariat of State
Archbishop Edgar Pena Parra, current nuncio to Mozambique, will take up his new position as “substitute secretary for general affairs” Oct. 15. Archbishop Pena, 58, succeeds Italian Cardinal Giovanni Becciu, the new prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes.
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On Assumption feast, pope asks consolation for all who suffer
While Mary was given a special grace, the pope said, the feast day should remind Catholics that the church professes faith in “the resurrection of the body” for all who are saved by Christ.
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Nebraska set for execution after about-face on death penalty
Gov. Pete Ricketts helped finance a ballot drive to reinstate capital punishment after lawmakers overrode his veto in 2015.
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Will priests bring Pope Francis’ death penalty message to people in the pews?
A former head of the E.P.A. warns that the pope’s message on the death penalty, like his message on the environment, may not make it to the pews.
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Fight scandal by giving witness to the Gospel, Pope Francis tells young people
It is true that “sometimes we are the ones who betray the Gospel,” the pope said.
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The Editors: The unborn and the condemned have the same right to life
The unborn and the condemned have the same right to life, and all citizens, especially Catholics, have a duty to defend that right.
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Evangelization isn’t getting people to fall in line—it’s getting them to fall in love
Immorality destroys the Gospel; sin—yours and mine—is precisely what puts people in the field hospital to begin with.
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Fear, uncertainty lead to a ‘do-it-yourself’ religion, pope says
Christians today can fall into the temptation of creating their own idols, Pope Francis tells an audience including the musician Sting.