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September 25, 2018

Scandals drive youth away from the Church, but there is time for conversion, Pope says

Pope Francis greets a young woman during an ecumenical encounter with young people at the Kaarli Lutheran Church in Tallinn, Estonia, Sept. 25.
TALLINN, Estonia – In what is probably the least religious country in Europe, Pope Francis said he is surprised by how many people hold firm to their faith despite all the sexual abuse and financial scandals in the Catholic Church.
Published in International
September 24, 2018

Stay close to the suffering, welcome the condemned, Pope says to Latvians

Cardinal Janis Pujats, retired archbishop of Riga, Latvia, waits with others for Pope Francis' arrival for a meeting with government authorities, local leaders and representatives of the diplomatic corps at the presidential palace in Riga Sept. 24.
AGLONA, Latvia – What would Mary do? was the question Pope Francis, in effect, asked Latvian Catholics gathered at their nation's popular Marian shrine.
Published in International
February 27, 2015

Latvian Church officials wary of regional propaganda wars

Soldiers of the U.S. Army's 2nd Cavalry Regiment, deployed in Latvia as part of NATO's Operation Atlantic Resolve, ride in an armoured vehicle during a joint military exercise in Adazi Feb. 26. Catholic officials in Latvia are trying to stay out of the region's ideological war with neighbouring Russia.

WARSAW, Poland - Catholic officials in Latvia are trying to stay out of the region's ideological war with neighboUring Russia.

Published in International