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Suspended priest sentenced to eight years in prison for molesting teen
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CNS) -- A suspended Sacramento priest was sentenced Aug 2 to eight years in a California state prison for pleading no contest a month earlier to charges that he molested a girl when she was 13.
Judge rules funds for care of cemeteries cannot be used to settle debts
MILWAUKEE (CNS) -- More than $50 million held in trust for the perpetual care of Milwaukee archdiocesan cemeteries cannot be used to settle bankruptcy debts, a federal judge has ruled.
Madagascar archbishops confirm no contraceptives in CRS programs
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Two Madagascar archbishops confirmed in talks with leading U.S. church leaders that Catholic Relief Services is not providing or facilitating access to contraceptives and abortifacients in its health care programs in their archdioceses.
Appeals court dismisses sexual abuse lawsuit against Vatican
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- At the request of a man allegedly abused by a priest in 1965, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed his case claiming the Vatican was the priest's employer and could be liable for damages.
Archaeologists restore 2,000-bed Crusader-era hospital in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (CNS) -- Israeli archaeologists have restored part of a 2,000-bed Crusader-era hospital run by the St. John of the Hospital order in the Old City of Jerusalem.
Missionary activity is service to hurting world, pope says in message
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In a world that often seems dark and full of suffering and violence, Christians can offer hope by sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Pope Francis wrote in a message for World Mission Sunday 2013.
At home and abroad, popemobile fills with gifts for pope
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- When he's riding in the popemobile -- at the Vatican or, for example, in Rio de Janeiro -- Pope Francis uses his hands not just to bless people and hold the babies he's kissing. He uses them to catch things.
Pope restricts use of old Mass by Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis' order restricting the use of the pre-Vatican II Latin Mass in communities of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate addresses problems within the religious order and does not contradict retired Pope Benedict XVI's permission for wider use of the old Mass throughout the church, the Vatican spokesman said.
Bishop apologizes for sexual abuse of students at two Scottish schools
MANCHESTER, England (CNS) -- The bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, has apologized for the abuse of children at two Catholic schools in Scotland over a 30-year period.
Senate confirms Hackett, retired CRS leader, as ambassador to Vatican
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Ken Hackett, retired president of Catholic Relief Services, received Senate confirmation Aug. 1 as U.S. ambassador to the Vatican.