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The Missouri Statehouse is pictured in Jefferson City, Mo.. The Missouri House has voted in favoru of a bill to ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected.

Missouri House OKs fetal heartbeat bill restricting abortion

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. —The Missouri House of Representatives Feb. 27 passed the Missouri Stands for the Unborn Act, an omnibus bill that bans abortion when the heartbeat of an unborn child can be detected, which could be as early as six weeks "depending on the method used."

Clerical sex abuse victims and their supporters rally outside Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome Feb. 21.

Victims shed harsh light on sex abuse at Vatican summit

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The abuse summit began with the voices of the abused … five testimonies gathered from around the world.

Pope Francis Village has been created for hundreds of families left homeless by Typhoon Haiyan in 2013.

Canadian aid gives new life to villagers hit by typhoon in the Philippines

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Six years after the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), the people of Tacloban, Philippines, are starting a new life thanks to Development and Peace - Caritas Canada. 

Seminarians attend Mass in 2017 in the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception at Mundelein Seminary in Illinois, near Chicago.

Priests who father children need speedy process to leave priesthood, Vatican cardinal says

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VATICAN – When the Vatican Congregation for Clergy developed guidelines a decade ago for handling cases of priests who father children, the first objective was to make it easier for those men to leave the priesthood to care for their children and be real dads, said the prefect of the congregation.
Australian Cardinal George Pell arrives at the County Court in Melbourne Feb. 27, 2019. Cardinal Pell was jailed after being found guilty of child sexual abuse; the Vatican announced his case would be investigated by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Vatican announces canonical investigation of Cardinal Pell

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VATICAN – The day Australian Cardinal George Pell was jailed in Melbourne after being found guilty of child sexual abuse, the Vatican announced his case would be investigated by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Archbishop Luigi Ventura served as Apostolic Nuncio to Canada for eight years, from 2001 to 2009.

Vatican embassy confirms sexual misconduct complaint against Canada's former nuncio

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QUEBEC – The apostolic nunciature in Ottawa, Ontario, confirmed Feb. 26 that it received a first complaint of sexual misconduct concerning Archbishop Luigi Ventura, the Vatican's ambassador to Canada from 2001 to 2009.
In this 2014 file photo, Father Miguel Angel Cadenas, a Spanish Augustinian missionary, baptizes an infant in an Urarina indigenous community on Peru's Urituyacu River.

Amazon synod to focus on climate change, not married priests, Peruvian cardinal says

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VATICAN CITY – The issue of married priests is something for the universal Catholic Church to discuss and is not the focus of the upcoming Synod of Bishops for the Amazon, said Peruvian Cardinal Pedro Barreto Jimeno of Huancayo.
Pro-life advocates are seen near the U.S. Capitol during the annual March for Life in Washington Jan. 18, 2019. In an evening vote Feb. 25, the Senate failed to pass a measure sponsored by Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Nebraska, to require that babies born alive after an abortion be given medical attention and "the same protection of law as any newborn."

Measure to protect babies are born alive after botched abortion fails in U.S. Senate

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WASHINGTON – The Senate in an evening vote Feb. 25 failed to pass a measure sponsored by Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Nebraska, to require that babies born alive after an abortion be given medical attention and "the same protection of law as any newborn."
A man sits on his chair in a small village in the Toubkal region near Imlil, Morocco, Jan. 12, 2019. Pope Francis plans to visit Morocco March 30-31.

Pope Francis will visit school for imams, migrant centre in Morocco

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VATICAN – Pope Francis will travel to Morocco March 30-31 as a "servant of hope" to encourage the country's small Catholic community, the migrants hosted there and all people of goodwill, said Archbishop Cristobal Lopez Romero of Rabat, the nation's capital.
Australian Cardinal George Pell leaves the Melbourne Magistrates Court Oct. 6.

Cardinal Pell convicted on five counts of sex abuse; verdict will be appealed

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MELBOURNE, Australia – An Australian court found Cardinal George Pell guilty on five charges related to the sexual abuse of two 13-year-old boys; sentencing is expected in early March, but the cardinal's lawyer already has announced plans to appeal the conviction.
Women religious from around the world are seen at a Rome briefing following their participation in the Vatican summit on protection of minors. Pictured at the Feb. 25, 2019, event are Maltese Sister Carmen Sammut, head of the International Union of Superiors General; German Holy Spirit Sister Maria Hornamann; Sister Veronica Openibo, congregational leader of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus; and Indian Sister Monica Joseph, superior general of the Congregation of Religious of Jesus and Mary.

Nuns hope more women at summit sets standard for future Vatican meetings

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ROME – The Catholic sisters who took part in Pope Francis' summit on clergy sexual abuse say they hope the presence of a dozen women at the gathering sets a standard for a growing presence of women at Vatican meetings of bishops.
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