Catholic News Service
November 17, 2018
California prelates urge prayers, aid for victims of wildfires
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – By midday Nov. 16 firefighters had gained more ground in trying to contain the Camp Fire in Northern California, which is north of Sacramento and one of the deadliest blazes in the state.
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International
November 19, 2018
Helping the poor is duty, not a fad, Pope Francis says
VATICAN – As the rich get richer, the increasing misery and cries of the poor are ignored every day, Pope Francis said.
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Faith
BALTIMORE – The U.S. bishops overwhelmingly approved a pastoral letter against racism Nov. 14 during their fall general meeting at Baltimore.
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International
November 15, 2018
Six sex abuse survivors announce lawsuit against U.S. bishops, urge bishops to 'come clean'
BALTIMORE – As the U.S. bishops entered the last public part of their 2018 fall general assembly, centered largely on the clergy sex abuse crisis, six clergy sex abuse survivors announced Nov. 14 a lawsuit against the prelates' main organization, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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International
November 15, 2018
U.S. bishops vote not to encourage Vatican to release all McCarrick abuse documents
BALTIMORE – The U.S. bishops Nov. 14 defeated a resolution to encourage the Vatican to release all documents related to the investigation of allegations of misconduct by Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick.
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International
November 14, 2018
U.S. bishops' must prioritize response to sex abuse over other issues, advisers say
BALTIMORE – A group that has been advising the U.S. bishops for 50 years on multiple issues chose to speak to the bishops in Baltimore Nov. 13 on just one issue: the clergy sexual abuse crisis itself and ways to move forward from it.
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International
November 14, 2018
Lies obstruct relationships, love, Pope Francis says
VATICAN – Lying or being inauthentic is seriously wrong because it hinders or harms human relationships, Pope Francis said.
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Faith
ROME – Pope Francis' call for a missionary church that is focused on preaching the Gospel will be the guiding principle of the apostolic constitution that will govern the Roman Curia, the secretary of the Pope's international Council of Cardinals said.
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International
BALTIMORE – Luis A. Torres Jr. stood before a group of U.S. bishops during one of the most publicly watched of their fall annual meetings Nov. 12 in Baltimore and in doing so revealed to the world the reality that he has lived with since childhood: that he was abused by a priest.
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International
November 13, 2018
Archbishop Scicluna named adjunct secretary of CDF
VATICAN – Pope Francis named Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta, arguably the Catholic Church's most respected abuse investigator, to be adjunct secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
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Vatican