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Pope Francis prepares to greet bishops during his general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Aug. 1.

Pope Francis to convene meeting on abuse prevention with world's bishop conference leaders

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VATICAN – Pope Francis is calling the presidents of every Catholic bishops' conference in the world to Rome Feb. 21-24 to discuss the prevention of the abuse of minors and vulnerable adults.
Pope Francis greets Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, during a private meeting in 2017 at the Vatican. Pope Francis will meet Sept. 13 with Cardinal DiNardo and with Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston, president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, the Vatican press office announced Sept. 11.

Pope to meet with USCCB leaders as abuse crisis continues

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VATICAN – Pope Francis will meet Sept. 13 with Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and with Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston, president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, the Vatican press office announced.
Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington talks with Pope Francis at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland near Washington Sept. 22, 2015. Cardinal Wuerl announced Sept. 11 that he will meet soon with the pope to discuss the resignation he submitted three years ago when he turned 75.

Cardinal Wuerl to meet with Pope to discuss resignation

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WASHINGTON – In an effort to bring healing and best serve the Catholic Church, Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington announced he plans to meet soon with Pope Francis to discuss the resignation that he submitted three years ago.
Archbishop Georg Ganswein, prefect of the papal household, is pictured in a 2013 photo at the Vatican.

Archbishop Ganswein says sex abuse crisis is the Catholic Church's 9/11

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ROME – The concern of now-retired Pope Benedict XVI and the promises made by the majority of church leaders were not able to stop the evil of clerical sexual abuse, which has been the 9/11 of the Catholic Church, the retired Pope's personal secretary said.
A wind turbine turns in front of a fossil fuel power plant in Charlestown, Mass., in this 2013 file photo.

19 more Catholic institutions divest from fossil fuel

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WASHINGTON – The Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference and Caritas India are among 19 Catholic institutions that have decided to divest from the fossil fuel industry.
Pope Francis leads the 18th meeting of his Council of Cardinals at the Vatican Feb. 13, 2017. Some members of the Pope's advisory Council of Cardinals, also called the C9, were present at the Mass on the first day of three days of council meetings.

Council of Cardinals expresses 'full solidarity' with Pope amid abuse scandal

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VATICAN – Members of Pope Francis' international Council of Cardinals expressed "full solidarity" with him in the midst of questions about his handling of the clerical sexual abuse scandal and said the Vatican is planning a response to allegations made against him by a former nuncio.
Boston Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley arrives to concelebrate Mass Nov. 12, 2017, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore on the eve of the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Church must make urgent, clear response to abuse crisis, Cardinal O'Malley says

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VATICAN – Responding quickly and appropriately to the problem of abuse must be a priority for the Catholic Church, said Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley, president of the Vatican's Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.
Cardinal Christoph Schonborn of Vienna arrives for the closing Mass of the Synod of Bishops on the family in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in this Oct. 25, 2015, file photo.

Criticisms come from those in the church who want to get rid of Pope Francis, Austrian cardinal says

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Prelates in Germany and Austria have united to support Pope Francis in response to a former papal nuncio's demand for his resignation.
Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, left, prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches, leaves a session of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican Oct. 7, 2014. A 2006 letter from Cardinal Sandri to U.S. Father Boniface Ramsey confirms that the Vatican knew of Father Ramsey's written warning in November 2000 about sexual misconduct committed by Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick (right).

Letter confirms Vatican officials knew of McCarrick abuse allegations in 2000

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VATICAN – A top official from the Vatican Secretariat of State acknowledged allegations made by a New York priest in 2000 concerning Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick, according to a letter obtained by Catholic News Service.
Canadian Catholic doctors fighting change in World Medical Association code of ethics

Canadian Catholic doctors fighting change in World Medical Association code of ethics

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Catholic doctors from Canada are heading to Iceland to block Canadian Medical Association efforts to change the World Medical Association’s code of ethics.

Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington arrives for the closing Mass of the Synod of Bishops on the family celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican 2015.

Cardinal Wuerl encourages 'Season of Healing' in parishes to counter abuse scandals

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WASHINGTON – Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington encouraged archdiocesan parishes to participate in a six-week "Season of Healing" to counter what he called "confusion, disappointment and disunity" and to help bring about healing in the wake of recent sex abuse scandals that have rocked the U.S. Catholic Church.
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