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Politics & Society
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis offered words of hope and encouragement, telling the G20 leaders that, while there are no immediate adequate solutions, “it is possible, though, to set in motion processes that can offer solutions."
Pope Francis is accompanied by Cardinal Angelo Scola of Milan as he greets the crowd outside the cathedral in Milan March 25. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Those who know Bishop Delpini well describe him as “a very spiritual man, humble but not submissive, a great worker, far from the profile of a manager-bishop, very attentive to the personal relationship with priests.”
Joaquin Navarro-Valls, who spent 22 years as director of the Vatican press office, died on July 5 at age 80. He is pictured speaking in 2004 alongside a projected image of St. John Paul II. (CNS photo/Arne Dedert, EPA)
FaithNews
Catholic News Service
"Joaquin Navarro embodied what Ernest Hemingway defined as courage: grace under pressure."
Cardinal Joachim Meisner of Cologne, Germany, is seen in this 2005 file photo. The 83-year-old cardinal died unexpectedly in his sleep July 5 while on vacation in southern Germany. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)
FaithNews
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
The 83-year-old cardinal died unexpectedly in his sleep July 5 while on vacation in southern Germany.
Pope Francis blesses a sick child in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Dec. 15, 2016, during a meeting with patients and workers of Rome's Bambino Gesu children's hospital. Responding to an Associated Press investigation, a top Vatican official said there had been past problems at the hospital, but that the current administration was making a "serious effort to resolve them." (CNS photo/Max Rossi, Reuters)
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Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
Cardinal Pietro Parolin said some of the problems identified by current and former Bambino Gesu Pediatric Hospital staff in 2014 were "truly unfounded." But for problems that were verified, there is a "serious effort to resolve them."
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Nicole Winfield - Associated PressMaria Cheng - Associated Press
The mission of the Vatican hospital is "today more aimed at profit than on caring for children," according to a report from the AP.