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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.
Bishop David A. Zubik of Pittsburgh addresses the media Aug. 14 at the pastoral center in Pittsburgh. The Pennsylvania attorney general released a grand jury report that day on a months-long investigation into abuse claims spanning a 70-year period in the Diocese of Pittsburgh and five other Pennsylvania dioceses.

New York becomes sixth state to launch probe of church sex abuse records

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WASHINGTON – The New York State Office of the Attorney General is the latest to announce that it is launching an investigation of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic Church clergy, and at least two of the state's eight dioceses confirmed receiving subpoenas seeking access to its records.  

A LGBT supporter in Bengaluru, India, celebrates Sept. 6 after the country's Supreme Court decriminalized homosexual acts between consenting adults.

'What is legal is not equal to moral', Indian church leaders say after decriminalization of homosexual acts

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NEW DELHI  – India's Supreme Court ruled in a landmark judgment that homosexual acts between consenting adults are no longer a crime, but church officials said that legal validity does not make such practices morally acceptable.
Then-Archbishop John C. Nienstedt, right, addresses the media alongside then-Auxiliary Bishop Lee A. Piche at a 2015 news conference announcing that the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis had filed for Chapter 11 Reorganization. in January 2014, Archbishop Nienstedt, then the leader of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, charged his subordinates with investigating allegations of sexual misconduct that had been made against him.

Minnesota auxiliary: Archbishop Nienstedt internal inquiry was 'doomed to fail'

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MINNEAPOLIS – Auxiliary Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of St. Paul and Minneapolis said the Catholic Church "desperately needs an independent structure, led by experienced lay personnel, to investigate and review allegations made against bishops, archbishops and cardinals" in an Aug. 31 statement.
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh is sworn in before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing Sept. 4 on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Donald Trump named Kavanaugh, a Catholic, July 9 to succeed 81-year-old Justice Anthony Kennedy, who retired July 31.

Kavanaugh shares how Catholic Charities influenced his life

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WASHINGTON – During the second day of his Supreme Court confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee Sept. 5, U.S. Appeals Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh said his experience serving the homeless with Catholic Charities and tutoring at Washington Jesuit Academy has influenced him as a judge because of the importance of "standing in the shoes of others."
 Fr. Thomas Rosica, who has acted as the Vatican’s English-language spokesperson for several years, issued a statement Sept. 2 along with the former director of the Holy See Press Office, Fr. Frederico Lombardi, which contradicts an account given by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò.

Fr. Rosica disputes Viganò’s version of session with Pope Francis

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The CEO of Salt+Light Media in Toronto has been drawn into the sex abuse scandal engulfing the Vatican by contesting at least one claim by an archbishop who alleges that Pope Francis participated in a coverup.

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