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Proposed suit in Vancouver alleges Christian Brothers abuse
A class-action suit says that between 1976 and 1983, six men who abused children at a Newfoundland school run by the Christian Brothers were transferred to two Vancouver high schools, also run by the order.
Kansas bishop steps aside as abuse allegation is investigated
Under recent Vatican reforms, the bishop of Dodge City is deferring to the metropolitan, Archbishop Naumann in Kansas City, for a church investigation while a civil probe continues.
Sister Lauretta, teacher at Nazareth Academy for 42 years, dies at 98
The Sister of the Holy Family of Nazareth entered the order in 1952, was among the first class of Holy Family College (now University) and spent most of her ministry at the girls' high school in Philadelphia.
Pandemic shows need for new model of care for elderly, academy says
New solutions are needed for assisted living facilities, architectural barriers, social support networks, caregivers, families and opportunities in parishes, said a letter by the Pontifical Academy for Life.
CRS shifts into gear to help during ‘crisis on top of other crises’
Though COVID-19 seems like the global enemy to defeat, for Catholic Relief Services it comes atop multiple problems -- droughts, civil conflict, hunger -- in the 114 countries in which the organization operates.
Widespread vaccination, supported by pope, faces myriad obstacles
The hurdles to achieving a fair, global distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine are economic, technical, political and moral. "What we need," said a Vatican official, "is an urgent innovation for the common good."
Racial healing to come by prayer, Spirit-led action, speaker says
Danielle Brown led a Zoom talk in Philadelphia in which she called on Catholics to follow the model of the early church "to resist racism because it is a block to salvation, not because it is a trendy issue."
Local outreach offers sex trafficking victims new hope
For more than a decade, Sister Kathleen Coll and the team at Dawn's Place have worked to heal exploited women and "honor their human dignity."
Naming posts for synod, Pope Francis gives a woman a vote
Xaviere Missionary Sister Nathalie Becquart will not be the first woman undersecretary of a major Vatican office, but she will be the first woman with a right to vote at a meeting of the Synod of Bishops, the pope announced Feb. 6.
Pope Francis’ visit to Iraq still on; Vatican releases schedule
Pope Francis said his upcoming trip to Iraq, March 5-8, would be an important sign of his concern for the region's Christians and an important opportunity to build fraternity through interreligious dialogue.