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A woman religious is consoled during a Sept. 13 protest in Cochin, India, demanding justice after a nun accused Bishop Franco Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar of raping her.

Group of women's superiors urge religious sisters to report abuse

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VATICAN – The International Union of Superiors General has called on women religious who have suffered abuse to come forward and report it to their congregations and church and state authorities.
Grand Hotel De Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Gambling fuels addictions, creates unethical source of tax revenue, Vatican says

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VATICAN – Legalizing gambling fuels addictions, creating more and more compulsive gamblers, and using the industry as a source of tax revenue is unethical, said a major Vatican office.
Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago leaves a session of the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment at the Vatican Oct. 11.

Pope selects organizing committee of Vatican's February meeting on abuse

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VATICAN – Pope Francis named U.S. Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago to be part of the organizing committee preparing for a meeting of the world's bishops' conferences and representatives of religious orders to address the abuse and protection of minors.
Bishop Morlino of Madison dies from 'cardiac event' at 71

Bishop Morlino of Madison dies from 'cardiac event' at 71

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MADISON, Wis. – Bishop Robert C. Morlino of Madison died the evening of Saturday, Nov. 24, at St. Mary Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, the diocese has announced. He was 71.
On March 25, 2018, Sr. Roszak celebrated her 110th birthday at her convent.

'Oldest nun in the world' who helped saved Jews during Holocaust dies at 110

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KRAKOW, Poland – Believed to be the “oldest nun in the world,” Polish Dominican nun Sister Cecylia Maria Roszak has died at the age of 110, the Archdiocese of Krakow has announced.
Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, president of the Center for Child Protection, speaks in 2015 at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome during a news conference officially launching the Center for Child Protection in Rome.

February meeting on abuse at Vatican to have 'synodal dimension'

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VATICAN – The approach of Pope Francis’ meeting of bishops in February, on the topic of abuse prevention in the Church, will reflect the synodal journey, Fr. Hans Zollner told Vatican Media Friday.
Dioceses across Canada have withheld funds from the organization after suggestions that several partner agencies overseas allegedly provide services that include abortion, contraception and gender theory.

Catholic Women's League puts D&P funding on hold

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While strongly endorsing the mission and work of Development and Peace, the Catholic Women’s League is asking its parish councils to hold off on sending funds to the organization as Canada’s bishops continue to investigate D&P’s project partners.

In the traditional dress of Iraq’s indigenous Chaldeans, Anta Alantwan, Antonues Polo and Suhel Bawood distributed bread and salt to begin the 2018 Christians in the Middle East Benefit Dinner, this year focussing on Iraq.

Spotlight shines on Iraqi Christians, Bishop Soro makes fundraising pitch

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Leading by example is rarely easy but neither is it a grim, joyless task — at least not for Canada’s Chaldean Bishop Bawai Soro. 

Judy Hawkins and Theresa Winkler embrace before a Mass for Jamie Schmidt Nov. 20 at St. Anthony of Padua Church in High Ridge, Mo. Schmidt died Nov. 19 after being shot while shopping earlier that day at the Catholic Supply store in west St. Louis County.

Shooting victim at Catholic supply store recalled as 'lovely soul'

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HIGH RIDGE, Mo. – Music played a big part in a Mass of remembrance for Jamie Schmidt Nov. 20 at St. Anthony of Padua Church in High Ridge, which was fitting because it had played a big part in her contribution as a soprano in the parish choir and because words of the songs were consoling.
Children from Central America, part of the migrant caravan traveling to the U.S., play Nov. 18 in front of the border wall in Tijuana, Mexico.

Central American caravan migrants receive a rough reception at Mexico border

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MEXICO CITY – The first participants in the caravan of Central Americans arriving in Tijuana, Mexico, were met with hostility as residents of an affluent neighbourhood confronted migrants wanting to camp on a beach near the border fence separating the United States and Mexico.

A girl holds a Polish flag as Pope Francis leads the Angelus March 19 in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.

Polish bishops apologize to sex abuse victims, call for prayer, penance

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CZESTOCHOWA, Poland – The bishops of Poland published Monday a statement on the sexual abuse of minors by some clerics, asking forgiveness of the victims and calling for action, prayer, and penance.
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