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Three victims of clergy sexual abuse in Chile, Juan Carlos Cruz, James Hamilton and Jose Andres Murillo, attend a news conference in Rome May 2, 2018.

Chilean court orders church to pay compensation to abuse survivors

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VATICAN CITY - A Chilean appeals court ruled in favor of three survivors of abuse by former priest Fernando Karadima and ordered the Catholic Church to pay damages.

Pope Francis waves from a balcony alongside Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi during a visit to City Hall March 26, 2019.

Pope Francis urges preservation of Rome's history, spiritual traditions

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VATICAN – As the capital of Italy and center of Catholicism, the city of Rome must work with the Catholic Church to preserve and defend its rich historical and spiritual traditions, Pope Francis said.
Women look at "Women-Church-World," a monthly women's magazine insert in the Vatican's L'Osservatore Romano newspaper, in this file photo. Claiming a lack of support for open dialogue and for an editorial line run by women, the director and editorial staff of the magazine insert have resigned.

Founder, editorial staff of Vatican women's magazine resign

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VATICAN – Claiming a lack of support for open dialogue and for an editorial line run by women, the director and editorial staff of a Vatican women's magazine have resigned.
Chilean Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati meets the press in Santiago March 23, 2019, after the Vatican announced Pope Francis had accepted his resignation. The archbishop, 77, has been involved in the ongoing investigation of clerical sexual abuse and its cover-up by church authorities.

Pope Francis accepts resignation of Chilean cardinal embattled in abuse coverup

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VATICAN – Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a Chilean cardinal who has faced widespread criticism for his handling of cases of clerical sexual abuse in the country.
A man fills a plastic drum with spring water from a mountain in Utuado, Puerto Rico, Oct. 21, 2019. Access to clean, fresh water is a fundamental human right that must be defended, especially in poor areas where men, women and children are suffering the deadly effects of climate change, Pope Francis said.

Access to clean water is a fundamental human right, Pope says

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VATICAN – Access to clean, fresh water is a fundamental human right that must be defended, especially in poor areas where men, women and children are suffering the deadly effects of climate change, Pope Francis said.
Polish Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz prays at the tomb of St. John Paul II in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican May 3, 2011. Cardinal Dziwisz issued a statement March 20 vigorously defending the pontiff from "hurtful and historically untrue" claims that he was "slack" in combating sexual abuse by Catholic clergy.

Polish cardinal, St. John Paul's aide, defends pontiff's record on sex abuse

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WARSAW, Poland – A close aide to St. John Paul II has vigorously defended the late pope's handling of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy and denied accusations that he ignored the problem during his 27-year pontificate.
Anne Kioko, the founder and director of the African Organization for the Family, speaks at the 63rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women.

Panel: Empowering women must not come at the cost of femininity, human dignity

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UNITED NATIONS – Women should not be required to divest themselves of femininity to achieve empowerment and gender equality, according to panelists at a March 19 event at the United Nations.
A vial of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine and an information sheet is seen at Boston Children's Hospital Feb. 26, 2015. Catholic parents should vaccinate their children for the good of their children and the community, and they can do so with a "clear conscience" that "the use of such vaccines does not signify some sort of cooperation in voluntary abortion," said the Pontifical Academy for Life.

Academy for Life encourages Catholic parents to vaccinate children

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VATICAN – Catholic parents should vaccinate their children for the good of their children and the community, and they can do so with a "clear conscience" that "the use of such vaccines does not signify some sort of cooperation in voluntary abortion," said the Pontifical Academy for Life.
The flooded facility of the Camp Ashland Army National Guard in Ashland, Neb., is seen in this aerial photo March 17, 2019. Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts and the state's National Guard surveyed flooded farms, homes, bridges and highways, damage Ricketts called "devastating" and perhaps the worst in a half-century. At least three people have been reported killed.

Historic flooding in American midwest threatening lives, destroying livelihoods

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WASHINGTON – The chairman of the U.S. bishops' domestic policy committee late March 19 expressed grief over the lives and livelihoods lost and threatened by the historic flooding in the Midwest and offered prayers for recovery.
A priest prays during Mass in Madrid Aug. 21, 2011. Ordinations to the priesthood in Spain have soared by 24 per cent over the last year.

Spain sees jump in ordinations to priesthood from 2017 to 2018

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MANCHESTER, England – Ordinations to the priesthood in Spain have soared by 24 percent in the last year.
Pope Francis greets a patient during an unannounced visit to the Palidoro Bambino Gesu Hospital, in Fiumicino, outside Rome, in this Jan. 5, 2018, file photo.

Cardinal Parolin celebrates 150th anniversary of children's hospital

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VATICAN – The Vatican-owned Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital in Rome is a sign of the Catholic Church's commitment to caring for and protecting the dignity of the sick, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state.
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