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Sister Regin Mathew, right, helped Vincy Joy, a 42-year-old woman, overcome trauma after floodwaters submerged her house on the outskirts of Mananthavady, India, a town in Kerala state.

Indian nuns worked to prevent farmers' suicide after Kerala floods

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COCHIN, India – Ouseph Pappachan, a physically challenged farmer in flood-ravaged Kerala, said he and his wife are alive now because of Sister Regin Mathew.
Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, leaves a session of the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment at the Vatican Oct 5.

Details out on Vatican delaying U.S. bishops' vote on abuse provisions

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VATICAN – The surprising news in November that the Vatican had asked U.S. bishops not to vote on several proposals for responding to the sexual abuse crisis was motivated by a lack of time given the Vatican to study the proposals and potential conflicts with church law, according to a letter obtained by the Associated Press.
Pope Francis leads Benediction during a prayer service on New Year's Eve in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Dec. 31.

Christ fills passing time with meaning, Pope Francis says at end of 2018

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VATICAN – The end of one year and beginning of next naturally leads people to think about the passing of time and about love, which gives time -- and everything else -- real meaning, Pope Francis said.
People in Managua, Nicaragua, pay tribute Oct. 28 to those who lost their lives in protest against President Daniel Ortega.

'Dialogue is not a fad', Nicaragua auxiliary bishop says

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MANAGUA, Nicaragua – Managua Auxiliary Bishop Silvio Jose Baez reiterated his calls for dialogue and respecting human dignity in Nicaragua, where the president has crushed protests, closed critical media outlets and persecuted anyone – including priests – publicly opposing his administration.
Then-Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick attends a Mass in Rome April 13. The prelate, no longer a member of the College of Cardinals, has been accused of abusing a minor decades ago when he was a priest and being sexually inappropriate with seminarians in more recent years as a bishop. He has denied the allegations but his case roiled the U.S. Catholic Church in 2018 amid a growing abuse crisis.

Vatican begins sex abuse investigation of McCarrick

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WASHINGTON – James Grein, a Virginia man who said Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick, former archbishop of Washington, sexually abused him for years beginning when he was 11, gave his testimony about what occurred Dec. 27 before a judicial vicar for the New York Archdiocese.
Suzanne Emerson, from Silver Spring, Md., holds a sign during a Nov. 12 news conference held by Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests in Baltimore.

2018: When madness reigned

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Eight-hundred years before Christ the prophet Micah was sure the world was mad: “Put no trust in a friend, have no confidence in a loved one; guard the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your embrace,” Micah warned. 

Teens comfort each other during a vigil for a friend who committed suicide. A Michigan priest, criticized for emphasizing suicide during a recent homily at a teenager's funeral, has apologized and said he "fell well short" of providing the family with the comfort they desperately needed.

Priest apologizes for funeral homily that focused on teen's suicide

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WASHINGTON – A Michigan priest criticized for emphasizing suicide in his homily during a recent funeral for an 18-year-old who took his own life has since apologized.
In this 2017 file photo, Pope Francis speaks during his annual pre-Christmas meeting with top officials of the Roman Curia and members of the College of Cardinals in Clementine Hall at the Vatican.

Church will spare no effort to end abuse, bring justice, Pope Francis tells Curia

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VATICAN – Acknowledging the gravity of the clerical sexual abuse crisis, Pope Francis told members of the Roman Curia that the church's strength does not depend on its members' perfection, but on the willingness to recognize its failings and correct them.
Pope Francis exchanges gifts with Truong How Binh, vice prime minister of Vietnam, during a private audience at the Vatican Oct. 20.

Vietnam's communist government, Vatican agree to upgrade diplomatic relations

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VATICAN – Delegations from the Vatican and from Vietnam reported continued progress in their discussions, including agreeing on "upgrading" relations with a permanent papal representative "in the near future," a Vatican press statement said.
A preliminary report released Dec. 19 by Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan shows clergy sexual abuse of minors in the state to be "significantly more extensive" than what the state's dioceses had previously reported, it said. Madigan is pictured in a 2014 photo.

Illinois attorney general says dioceses failed to address clerical sex abuse

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CHICAGO – Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan's report claiming that the clergy sexual abuse of minors in the state is "significantly more extensive" than what the state's dioceses had previously reported is unfair and "just false," according to the top lawyer for the Archdiocese of Chicago.
Pope Francis greets Catholicos Karekin II, patriarch of the Armenian Apostolic Church, during a private audience Oct. 24 at the Vatican.

Armenian Apostolic Church appoints first-ever representative to the Holy See

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VATICAN – The Armenian Apostolic Church, one of six in the Oriental Orthodox communion, will have a fixed representative in Rome, similar to the Eastern Orthodox, Anglicans, and Methodists.
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