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FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
“One of the first things that dictators do is to remove the freedom of the press,” he said.
Pope Francis at a consistory to create 14 new cardinals in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on June 28, 2018 (CNS photo/Paul Haring) 
FaithDispatches
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
Pope Francis has gone “to the peripheries,” creating cardinals from 50 different nations, but Europe still accounts for more than 40 percent of electors in the College of Cardinals.
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Inside the Vatican
This week on "Inside the Vatican," Gerry and Colleen talk through the Pope Francis' new sex abuse laws—and what to expect next.
Politics & SocietyNews
Associated Press - AP
In his usual weekly audience in St. Peter's Square on Wednesday, Pope Francis gave a ride in the popemobile to eight migrant Libyan children who recently arrived in Italy. The pope made this public gesture as an act of solidarity with those who are on society's margins.
Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, visits the Hope and Peace Center for refugees near the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos May 8, 2019. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Gerard O’Connell
By reconnecting the building to the power supply and breaking the seals that prevented the building from having power, the papal almoner broke the law. But he was unrepentant.