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Another study puts Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Maria deaths in the thousands
Few believed the initial official figures that said 64 people died in Puerto Rico as a result of Hurricane Maria in September 2017, a stunningly low statistic that officials released shortly after what is considered one of the island's worst natural disasters on record.
International religious freedom report cites 28 nations falling short
The report included seven recommendations for the Trump administration, and eight for Congress, to more fully advocate for religious freedom worldwide.
Some Kenyan priests leave to marry, continue service in breakaway church
When the Rev. Peter Njogu was ordained a Catholic priest in 1989, he had made up his mind to be celibate for the rest of his life and serve God. But little did he know that 13 years later, all of that would change.
Top Pa. senator opts for victims’ fund over remedy for sex abuse suits
Pennsylvania's Catholic dioceses should set up a fund to compensate survivors of clergy sexual abuse in lieu of the state lifting the statutes of limitation on lawsuits, said state Sen. Joseph Scarnati, to which the dioceses agreed.
St. Joseph is powerful intercessor, model of service, pope says
Pope Francis told the Oblates of St. Joseph that for decades he has relied on the intercession of St. Joseph, and "never, ever has he told me no."
Australian bishops, religious say seal of confession is sacred
Australia's Catholic bishops and religious orders, responding to recommendations from the Royal Commission Into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, accepted 98 percent of its suggestions, but said they could not accept recommendations that would violate the seal of confession.
Why the church law forbids violating the seal of confession
The seal of confession is so important and sacred that a priest would be automatically excommunicated under canon law for directly revealing the contents of a confession.
Bishops from Argentina join Spain and Peru in voicing support for pope
Bishops from three countries issued letters supporting Pope Francis following fallout from allegations made by a former apostolic nuncio to the U.S., claiming that the pope and others knew about abuse allegations involving Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick.
Catholic nuns in the forefront of relief work for flooded Kerala
More than 6,700 Catholic women religious are among those helping more than 1 million people taking shelter in relief camps after unprecedented floods ravaged Kerala state in southwest India.
Cardinal Wuerl’s letter to priests expresses ‘anguish’ for suffering
In an Aug. 30 letter to priests in the archdiocese, Washington Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl asked for "forgiveness for my errors in judgment (and) for my inadequacies."