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Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, president of the Centre for Child Protection at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, prays at the start of the third day of the meeting on the protection of minors in the church at the Vatican Feb. 23, 2019.

Church must follow, accept local laws on abuse, Fr. Hans Zollner says

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VATICAN – The Catholic Church must respect the law and accept court decisions regarding clerical sexual abuse and its cover-up, said Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, a leading expert in child protection.
Sr. Laura Girotto takes care of a child in the hospital she was instrumental in building in an area with an illiterate population that was devastated by the mid-1980s famine, and where young mothers — some as young as 12 — were ignorant of basic baby care, which led to far too many deaths.

The world of Sr. Laura: Serving Ethiopians for more than 25 years

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OTTAWA – When Sr. Laura Girotto first set foot in Adwa, Ethiopia, in late 1993, it was hard to envision the miracle about to  unfold.

Cardinal Godfried Danneels, 85, retired archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels, Belgium, died March 14, 2019, in Mechelen. He is pictured leaving a session of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican in this Oct. 9, 2014, file photo.

Belgian Cardinal Godfried Danneels dies at 85

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VATICAN – Belgian Cardinal Godfried Danneels, retired archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels, died March 14 at the age of 85.
Argentina's flag is seen as Pope Francis greets the crowd during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican June 27.

Argentine bishops will ask Pope Francis to visit homeland

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VATICAN – In a letter commemorating the sixth anniversary of Pope Francis' election, the bishops of Argentina said they will ask the Pope to visit his homeland.
Worshippers pray during celebrations on the feast of the Assumption, Aug. 15, 2018, at Jasna Gora Monastery in Czestochowa, Poland. The Vatican secretary of state praised the Polish church's traditional closeness to Rome as key to its survival under hostile regimes, in a speech marking the centenary of the nation's conference of bishops and diplomatic ties with the Vatican.

Cardinal Parolin urges Poland to uphold Christian heritage in Europe

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WARSAW, Poland – The Vatican secretary of state praised the Polish church's traditional closeness to Rome as key to its survival under hostile regimes, in a speech marking the centenary of the nation's conference of bishops and diplomatic ties with the Vatican.
A woman prays at the Holy Family Church in Srinagar, India, Dec. 25, 2017.

Indian bishop, guard hospitalized after 'planned attack' by parishioners

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NEW DELHI – A Catholic bishop was hospitalized after a group of parishioners attacked him, a security guard and a priest in a five-decade-old land dispute in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
In this 2015 file photo, Australian Cardinal George Pell, prefect of the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy, is seen at the Vatican. A man Cardinal Pell was convicted of sexually assaulting said he is finding it hard to "take comfort" in the cardinal's six-year jail sentence because a request to appeal the conviction is due to be heard June 5.

Man who accused Pell questions six-year jail sentence, fears appeal

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SYDNEY – A man Cardinal George Pell was convicted of sexually assaulting said he is finding it hard to "take comfort" in the cardinal's six-year jail sentence because a request to appeal the conviction is due to be heard June 5.
Australian Cardinal George Pell is seen outside the County Court in Melbourne Feb. 27, 2019.

Cardinal Pell sentenced to six years in prison on sex abuse charges

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MELBOURNE, Australia – Cardinal George Pell, 77, was sentenced to six years in prison March 13, just over two weeks after a Melbourne court allowed the publication of news that he had been found guilty of sexually abusing two boys.
Worshippers pray at the Shrine of Blessed Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan in Kuzhikkattussery, India, Feb 18, 2019. Blessed Thresia has been approved for canonization.

Indian congregation joyfully awaits its founder's canonization

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THRISSUR, India – For the nearly 2,000 sisters and 200 women in formation who make up the Congregation of the Holy Family, the long wait is over.
Pope Francis and the heads of bishops' conferences from around the world attend a Mass on the last day of the four-day meeting on the protection of minors in the church at the Vatican Feb. 24, 2019.

Pope's sixth year in office marked by 'scourge of abuse, internal attacks'

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VATICAN – Catholics cannot place blame for the sexual abuse crisis on "those who came before us" in an attempt "to present ourselves as 'pure,'" said the editorial director of the Vatican media outlets.
Pope Francis greets Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati Andrello of Santiago, Chile, during a meeting with representatives of the Chilean bishops' conference at the Vatican Jan. 14. The Pope and the leadership of the conference met to talk about the sex abuse crisis affecting the church in Chile.

Chilean cardinal addresses rape case in Santiago cathedral

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SANTIAGO, Chile – Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati Andrello of Santiago on Thursday denied knowing and giving money to the complainant in a rape case in the cathedral which took place in 2015.
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