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Pope updates resignation norms for bishops, prelates in Roman Curia
Updating the norms and regulations governing the resignation of bishops and of Roman Curia department heads who are not cardinals, Pope Francis said they will continue to hold office until he accepts their resignations.
South African bishops: Zuma’s resignation was long overdue
Jacob Zuma's resignation as president of South Africa is long overdue, the country's bishops said, noting that his scandal-plagued presidency fostered corruption and dereliction of duty at all levels of government.
Islamic State has landed in lawless Somalia, bishop says
The insurgent group -- linked to mass killings, abductions and beheadings in Iraq and Syria, where it is facing defeat -- see Somalia as a suitable base due to its lawlessness, Bishop Giorgio Bertin, apostolic administrator of Mogadishu, Somalia.
Captain of men’s Olympic hockey team played for Catholic schools first
Brian Gionta, captain of the U.S. men's Olympic ice hockey team, competed in the 2006 Winter Games and played on three NHL teams, but his skating roots go back to his Catholic high school and college teams.
Vatican denies report Pope Benedict has degenerative disease
In an interview published Feb. 13 in the German weekly entertainment magazine, Neue Post, Msgr. Ratzinger said Pope Benedict suffered from a nerve disease that was slowly paralyzing him.
Vatican releases pope’s Holy Week, Easter schedule
The Vatican released Pope Francis' liturgical schedule for March and April, including Holy Week and Easter.
Pope told Jesuits he regularly meets abuse survivors, journal reports
The scandal of clerical sexual abuse shows not only the "fragility" of the Catholic Church, he said, "but also -- let us speak clearly -- our level of hypocrisy."
DACA, TPS recipients face uncertain future, but say their love will endure
"We don't want our lives to be just defined by this. Beyond our status we're planning for a future. And together we can do that no matter where we are."
After latest shooting, we should pray and be angry, archbishop says
"Let's not lie to ourselves that tighter gun restrictions -- as urgent as they now are -- will solve the problem. We've lost our respect for human life on a much broader scale," Archbishop Charles Chaput said in a statement Feb. 15.
‘Dreamers’ say they’re not asking for handouts, just chance to stay
Some 800,000 youths nationwide, brought to the U.S. as children, face deportation under a plan to end DACA and without a legislative fix in Congress. "We are not taking anything away from people, we are contributing," said Angelica Velazquez, 20.