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Pope Francis will meet Sept. 13 with Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and with Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston, president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, the Vatican press office announced. 

Memorial services were held Sept. 11 at the Pentagon in Arlington, the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York City and the Flight 93 National Memorial near Shanksville, Pa., to recall the 17th anniversary of the 9/11/ terrorist attacks in which nearly 3,000 people died. 

If President John F. Kennedy were to return to his weekend parish — St. Stephen the Martyr Church in Middleburg — he might not recognize it. From his refurbished pew, he would have seen a new Italian marble altar, ambo and baptismal font. The altar was dedicated Sept. 9.

Responding quickly and appropriately to the problem of abuse must be a priority for the Catholic Church, said Boston Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley, president of the Vatican's Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors. 

The New York State Office of the Attorney General is the latest to announce that it is launching an investigation of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic Church clergy, and at least two of the state's eight dioceses confirmed receiving subpoenas seeking access to its records.  

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