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Between January 1980 and February 2015, 4,444 people made allegations of child sexual abuse that related to more than 1,000 institutions.
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"We can protect our citizens and, at the same time, we can welcome newcomers," said Dominican Sister Donna Markham.

Pope Francis: The acceptance of migrants can prove a good opportunity for understanding broader horizons.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio praises Pope Francis' call for bold environmental action at a Vatican-hosted conference on climate change.

U.S. Catholic schools have suffered from a smaller number of women religious serving as schoolteachers, but religious communities' formation of teachers has been the model for Notre Dame's ACE program.

Nearly 2,000 U.S. Catholic schools have closed in past 15 years, prompting the University of Notre Dame to develop its ACE program to help save some of the country's existing Catholic schools.

Three failing Catholic schools in Tucson, Ariz., credit Notre Dame's ACE program to re-energizing their learning facilities.

Pope Francis discussed the role of fathers during his weekly general audience Feb. 4.

Pope Francis made a surprise stop at a shantytown on his way to visit a Rome parish Feb. 8.

New cardinals discuss the consistory and how Pope Francis is changing the church.