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People embrace as they pay respects outside Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand March 18, 2019. Prayer services were held across the country and abroad after March 15 mosque attacks in Christchurch that left at least 50 people dead and 20 seriously injured.

'Our only hope is in God': New Zealanders gather to pray after mosque shooting

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Tears flowed during a Mass for peace at St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand, March 16, one day after terrorist attacked two mosques, leaving at least 50 people dead and dozens more injured.

Pope Francis meets with French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin of Lyon at the Vatican March 18, 2019. Cardinal Barbarin said he was meeting with the pope to hand in his resignation after being convicted of covering up sexual abuse committed by a priest.

French cardinal, convicted of abuse cover-up, meets Pope

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VATICAN – As he announced he would do after he was convicted of covering up sexual abuse committed by a priest, French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin of Lyon met Pope Francis March 18 to hand in his resignation.
Pope Francis greets South Sudanese President Salva Kiir during a private audience at the Vatican March 16, 2019.

Pope Francis encourages South Sudan peace process, hopes to visit

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VATICAN – As the process to implement a peace accord in South Sudan continues, Pope Francis met March 16 with South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and expressed the hope that, finally, he would be able to visit the country.
Villagers walk near a Catholic church in the village of Huangtugang, Hebei province, China, Sept. 30, 2018. In a new book, the Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, writes that the Vatican's recent agreement with the Chinese government was motivated by a desire to spread the Gospel and assure freedom of the church.

Vatican-China agreement motivated by mission, Cardinal Parolin says

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VATICAN – The Vatican's tentative agreement with the government of mainland China obviously has a diplomatic component, but it was motivated by a desire to spread the Gospel and ensure the appropriate freedom of the Catholic Church, the Vatican secretary of state wrote.
Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, was taken to the hospital late March 15,2019, after experiencing symptoms of what tests March 16 confirmed was a mild stroke, according to an archdiocesan statement. Cardinal DiNardo is pictured in a Feb. 24 photo in Rome.

President of U.S. bishops 'resting comfortably' after mild stroke

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HOUSTON – Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president of the U.S .Conference of Catholic Bishops, was taken to the hospital late March 15 after experiencing symptoms of what tests March 16 confirmed was a mild stroke, according to an archdiocesan statement.
German Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich listens during a news conference at the bishops' spring meeting in Lingen March 11, 2019. The sexual abuse scandal and demands for reform have changed the German church, the cardinal said March 14.

Church must have serious debate on celibacy, role of women, Cardinal Marx says

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The Catholic Church in Germany is at a point where serious debate – including on priestly celibacy and the role of women – and openness to doing things in a new way must encouraged, said the president of the German bishops' conference.
The Vatican Secret Archives will open its entire archive of papal documents covering the papacy of Pius XII next March.

Historians welcome archives on Pius XII but caution against finding a ‘smoking gun’

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Historian Robert Ventresca is already planning visits to Rome sometime after March 2, 2020, where he will immerse himself in hundreds of thousands of letters, cables and speeches covering the papacy of Pius XII from 1939 to 1958.

Members of a SWAT team push back members of the public following a shooting at the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, March 15, 2019. New Zealand's Catholic bishops have expressed their horror and distress at terrorist attacks on two mosques in Christchurch; at least 49 people were killed.

After mosque attacks, New Zealand bishops tell Muslims: 'We hold you in prayer'

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AUCKLAND, New Zealand – New Zealand's Catholic bishops have expressed horror and distress at a terrorist attack in two mosques in Christchurch that saw at least 49 people killed.
Polish bishops attend a news conference to release the church's first clerical sex abuse report March 14. In zucchettos, from left, are Bishop Artur Mizinski, secretary-general of the Polish bishops' conference; Archbishops Marek Jedraszewski of Krakow; Stanislaw Gadecki, bishops' conference president; and Wojciech Polak of Gniezno.

Polish church releases first report on clerical sex abuse

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WARSAW, Poland – A top Polish Catholic leader, named the first bishops' conference delegate for child protection, welcomed a church report on sexual abuse by clergy in his country and vowed efforts to combat it.
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.

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