Read to the approximately 500 participants at the conference, the letter notes the symbolic value of holding the meeting in Sarajevo and also notes that Pope Francis is simpatico with the goals and themes of the participants.
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Accompanying change: Dublin meeting to focus on today’s families
Pope Francis will visit Dublin and Knock Aug. 25-26, mainly for the World Meeting of Families. But he also will meet Irish government leaders and is expected to meet with survivors of abuse.
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Pope adviser blasts pro-crucifix bill in Italy: ‘Hands off!’
A close adviser to Pope Francis criticized legislation proposed by Italy’s anti-migrant League party to require ports and other public institutions to display a crucifix.
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Chile announces wide probe into Catholic Church sex abuse
Chile has investigated 158 members of the country’s Roman Catholic Church for committing or covering up sexual abuse against minors and adults, the national prosecutor’s office said Monday.
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Pope appeals for end of migrant shipwrecks, prays for dead
Pope Francis has lamented the latest migrant deaths in shipwrecks of smugglers’ boats and entreated nations to act swiftly to prevent more tragedies.
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Revelations of US cardinal sex abuse will force pope’s hand
If the accusations against Cardinal Theodore McCarrick bear out — including a new case reported Friday involving an 11-year-old boy — will Pope Francis revoke his title as cardinal?
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Borders pose challenge for Catholic Church in Amazon basin
On a Sunday night in early July, four men — two of them indigenous — were brutally murdered in Assis, a tiny Brazilian town on the border with Peru.
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Pope attends funeral of Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, an advocate for religious outreach
Pope Francis attended the funeral Mass and presided over the final commendation of Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, the French cardinal who led the Vatican’s outreach to other religions and who had announced to the world his election as pope five years ago.
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For deaf Catholics, a gesture from Pope Francis meant the world
With a smile on his face and his right arm raised in the air, Francis placed his two middle fingers in his palms and signed “I love you.”
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Pope Francis denounces ‘murderous indifference’ to Middle East woes
Pope Francis prays for peace with Christian leaders.