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Sex abuse commission members meet cardinal over Chilean bishop
Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston and Vatican advisers will discuss with Pope Francis the case of a bishop accused of covering up sexual abuse by a priest.
Pope headed to South America in July, Latin American officials say
Pope Francis is expected to visit Bolivia and Paraguay -- two fast-growing countries but still among the poorest on the continent -- plus Ecuador July 6-12.
Armenian Catholics and Orthodox seek unity their martyrs enjoy
As the Catholic and Armenian churches move closer to full unity, Pope Francis and the Armenian patriarch said their martyrs were already united in heaven.
Pope terms Armenia massacres ‘genocide,’ angering Turkey
Turkey recalled its ambassador to the Vatican after Pope Francis referred to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide, in which up to 1.5 million Armenians and others were killed.
Year of Mercy will be time to heal, to help, to forgive
Mercy is what makes God perfect and all-powerful, Pope Francis said in his document officially proclaiming the 2015-2016 extraordinary Holy Year of Mercy.
Do more to help the poor, pope tells leaders of the Americas
Governments cannot be content "to hope that the poor collect the crumbs that fall from the table of the rich," Pope Francis told 35 heads of state from North, Central and South America.
Today’s teaching on the family
See the daily excerpt from the preparatory catechesis for the 2015 World Meeting of Families, “Love is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive.”
First things first: Before September’s events, a focus on family
Malvern Retreat House is running a multi-part Families First program to prepare for the World Meeting of Families this fall. Three sessions are offered this spring.
Nuns, priests in Congo call for end to ongoing genocide
The kidnappings and killings of hundreds of innocent children and adults and the displacement of tens of thousands in Congo must stop, 10 religious orders in Africa said.
Charges dropped in Father McCormick case
After two previous trials ended in a hung jury without a conviction of Father Andrew McCormick, the Philadelphia DA will not try the case a third time.