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Vatican acknowledges mistakes in McCarrick case

Pope Francis, Cardinal Marc Ouellet and an official Vatican statement seem to be laying the groundwork for an admission that mistakes were made in handling allegations that Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick engaged in sexual misconduct and even abuse.

10/9/18

Catholic News Service

The pope and the martyr

Pope Paul VI and Archbishop Romero offer youths a road map to holiness

10/10/18

Catholic News Service

Pope Francis is open to visiting North Korea

Pope Francis, at a meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, said he is willing to visit North Korea.

10/19/18

By JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES | Catholic News Service
Synod groups focus on need for accompaniment

In their second round of reports to the Synod of Bishops, a number of working groups called for qualified and, in some way, supervised spiritual mentors or directors, recommended including more female figures from the Bible as examples and role models for young people, and praised having the inspiring input of young people during the gathering. More

10/17/18

By CAROL GLATZ | Catholic News Service

Relics offer physical reminder that saints were real people

Pope Francis and many people attending the canonization Mass in St. Peter's Square were alive when St. Paul VI and St. Oscar Romero were alive, but the new saints' relics and those of five other people canonized Oct. 14 still were present at the Mass as reminders that the saints were flesh-and-blood people who lived holy lives.More

10/15/18

By CINDY WOODEN | Catholic News Service

New saints highlight care for poor, zeal for Gospel

Hundreds of thousands of people around the world will celebrate when Pope Francis formally declares that Pope Paul VI and Archbishop Oscar Romero of San Salvador, El Salvador, are saints. But smaller groups of pilgrims intend to travel to the Vatican Oct. 14 for the same Mass to celebrate the canonizations of five other holy men and women from Italy, Spain and Germany.More

10/10/18

By Catholic News Service

Synod issues first group reports

The abuse crisis is a recurring theme among young Catholics as the synod issues its first group reports. More

10/9/18

By CINDY WOODEN | Catholic News Service

At synod, archbishop apologizes for church failures

Australian Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney used his speech at the Synod of Bishops to formally apologize to young people for all the ways the Catholic Church and its members have harmed them or let them down.More

10/4/18

By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service

Be lifeline of hope for youth alienated from church, pope tells synod

Setting the stage for a monthlong gathering of bishops, Pope Francis urged synod fathers not to be crushed by "prophets of doom," but to be the signs of hope and joy for which today's young people yearn.More

10/3/18

By Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service

Former nuncio claims Vatican official has evidence of cover-up

Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, the former nuncio to the United States who accused Pope Francis and church officials of failing to act on accusations of sexual abuse, urged a top Vatican official to release documents that would prove his allegations.More

9/28/18

By Junno Arocho Esteves | Catholic News Service

Vatican signs provisional agreement with China on naming bishops

For the first time in decades, all of the Catholic bishops in China are in full communion with the pope, the Vatican announced.More

9/24/18

By CINDY WOODEN | Catholic News Service

Vatican brings together world's meteorite curators

Rocks, mineral debris and even dust from space are kept in special collections, museums and laboratories all over the world, and the Vatican Observatory took the first small step to help curators make a giant leap in coordinating their efforts globally. More

9/19/18

By CAROL GLATZ | Catholic News Service

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