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Pope Francis answers questions from journalists aboard his flight from Panama City, Panama, to Rome, Jan. 27, 2019.

Pope disagrees with 'optional celibacy', but open to ordaining married men in remote regions

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VATICAN – Many people were surprised when Pope Francis told reporters flying with him from Panama Jan. 27 that he did not think optional celibacy for priests in the Latin-rite church was a good idea.
A man who was injured during violent protests is seen at a hospital in Harare, Zimbabwe, Jan. 16, 2019. The Zimbabwe bishops' justice and peace commission is collecting information on violence and human rights abuses in dioceses across the country.

Zimbabwe bishops collect data on human rights abuses

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HARARE, Zimbabwe – The Zimbabwe bishops' justice and peace commission is collecting information on violence and human rights abuses in dioceses across the country.
A man washes clothes and a woman washes her hair along the bank of the Irrawaddy River in Sagaing, Myanmar, March 4, 2012. The Irrawaddy River is "our mother" and is at risk of being lost "to the greed of a superpower," Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon said in a Jan. 28 statement.

Myanmar cardinal says China-funded dam project must be stopped

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YANGON, Myanmar – A controversial China-funded dam project in Myanmar must be stopped, said Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon, noting that the affected river is the country's most sacred symbol.
Theologian Fr. Herman Geissler, 53, member of a community called The Spiritual Family The Work, submitted his resignation Jan. 28 to the prefect, Cardinal Luis Ladaria Ferrer, who then granted his request.

Vatican doctrinal official steps down over sexual advances to nun

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VATICAN – An Austrian priest under canonical investigation stepped down as an official at the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in an effort "to limit the damage already done to the congregation and to his community," the doctrinal office said.
Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Catholic accused of blasphemy, is pictured in a 2010 file photo. The Supreme Court in Pakistan upheld its acquittal of Bibi Jan. 29.

Pakistan Supreme Court upholds Asia Bibi's blasphemy acquittal

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ISLAMABAD – Pakistan's Supreme Court upheld its acquittal of a Pakistani Catholic woman sentenced to hang for blasphemy.
New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, center, poses with Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo during the St. Patrick's Day Parade March 17 in New York City.

Some call for Cardinal Dolan to excommunicate Cuomo for supporting abortion

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NEW YORK – Since Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed New York's new expansive abortion measure into law Jan. 22, the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, some Catholics have called for the governor, who is Catholic, to be excommunicated.
UK doctors head for vote on assisted suicide

UK doctors head for vote on assisted suicide

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Britain’s Royal College of Physicians has adopted a neutral position on assisted suicide until they hear back from British doctors on whether they favour changing United Kingdom laws against doctors helping their patients commit suicide.

“Pepper,” a humanoid robot designed to welcome and take care of visitors and patients, holds the hand of a newborn baby next to his mother at AZ Damiaan hospital in Ostend, Belgium. The Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life has added robotics to its list of specialized areas of study.

Papal academy examining the future of ‘robo-ethics’

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VATICAN – Even though today’s modern tools and technologies are hardly human, the Pontifical Academy for Life is zeroing in on the world of robots and machines powered by artificial intelligence.

A revolver is seen near the body of a man killed by police after drugs were found in his pockets in Manila, Philippines, Aug. 17, 2017. Catholic bishops in the Philippines broke what they described as their "collective silence" over "many disturbing issues" that have confronted the country in recent months.

Philippine bishops break silence on 'disturbing issues', 'culture of violence'

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MANILA, Philippines – Catholic bishops in the Philippines broke what they described as their "collective silence" over "many disturbing issues" that have confronted the country in recent months.
Reporters follow Pope Francis into the plane as he board at Tocumen International Airport after attending World Youth Day in Panama City Jan. 27, 2019.

Real Catholic media don't look for heretics everywhere, Vatican official says

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VATICAN – The rise of media that call themselves Catholic but seem to exist only to judge others is less about criticizing Pope Francis and more about the misguided notion that to affirm one's own orthodoxy, one must find someone to label a heretic, said a Vatican communications official.
Pope Francis listens to a question from a journalist aboard his flight from Panama City to Rome, Jan. 27, 2019.

Bishops must realize seriousness of abuse crisis, Pope says aboard flight from Panama

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ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM PANAMA – The primary goal of the Vatican's February summit on clerical sexual abuse and child protection is to help bishops understand the urgency of the crisis, Pope Francis said.
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