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Chilean prosecutors raid four dioceses in ongoing abuse investigation
Lead prosecutor Emiliano Arias ordered search-and-seizure operations Sept. 13 of the diocesan offices of Osorno, Valparaiso, Concepcion and Chillan. This was the third raid authorized by Arias.
Pope says he hopes to visit Mozambique in 2019
The president of Mozambique announced that Pope Francis plans to visit the country next year.
Pope urges continued aid to people in Syria, Iraq
The pope repeated his plea to the international community to help find a way to restore peace throughout Syria and to guarantee the conditions that will allow the millions of people displaced by the fighting in Syria and Iraq to return home.
Algerian martyrs to be beatified in Algeria Dec. 8
The 19 martyrs were killed between 1993 and 1996 while Algeria was locked in a 10-year-long armed conflict between government forces and extremist Islamic rebel groups; the conflict left tens of thousands of people dead.
After ‘fruitful’ meeting with pope, cardinal has hope for sex abuse crisis
After the lengthy meeting Sept. 13, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo said Pope Francis is well informed and attentive to abuse victims. The cardinal described three goals for holding bishops accountable.
Colombian coroner offers free burials to destitute Venezuelan migrants
As hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans migrate across South America to escape hyperinflation and food shortages, some are dying in poverty far from home.
To Europe’s periphery: Pope to visit Baltic nations in late September
UPDATED - Pope Francis will travel to the eastern periphery of Europe to honor a faith that withstood a Nazi invasion and five decades of communist dictatorship and now is striving to help people live in freedom as authentic disciples of Christ.
U.S. bishops tell pope abuse scandal ‘lacerated’ the church
No details were released after the meeting between Pope Francis and a delegation from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, led by its president, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, who had requested it Aug. 16 after the Pa. grand jury report.
Update way priests are chosen, accompanied, pope tells new bishops
The best way to help the Catholic Church, Pope Francis told new bishops, is not by pointing fingers and creating scapegoats, but by working together doing God's will.
Vatican confirms ongoing Sistine Chapel Choir finance inquiry
"Several months ago, Pope Francis authorized an investigation into the economic-administrative aspects of the (Sistine Chapel) Choir. The investigation is still in progress," the Vatican press office said Sept. 12.