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Pope Francis in 2015 waves alongside Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, then the apostolic nuncio to the United States, right, outside St. Patrick in the City Church in Washington.

Vigano, spokesmen dispute facts of contested Pope meeting in Washington

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VATICAN – Days after he called on Pope Francis to resign for allegedly ignoring sanctions placed on then-Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano provided his version of a meeting that, in the minds of many, changed the overall narrative of Pope Francis' visit to the United States in 2015.
Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, then nuncio to the United States, congratulates then-Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington at a gala dinner sponsored by the Pontifical Missions Societies in New York in May 2012. The archbishop has since said Cardinal McCarrick already was under sanctions at that time, including being banned from traveling and giving lectures. Oblate Father Andrew Small, center, director of the societies, said Archbishop Vigano never tried to dissuade him from honoring the cardinal at the gala.

Vigano says canonical sanctions against McCarrick were 'private'

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ROME – Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, the former nuncio to the United States who called on Pope Francis to resign for allegedly lifting sanctions placed on Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick, now says those "sanctions" were "private" and neither he nor now-retired Pope Benedict XVI ever was able to enforce them.
Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia and Pope Francis meet with the World Meeting of Families organizing committee, volunteers and donors at Philadelphia's international airport Sept. 27, 2015.

Cancel youth synod, focus on life of bishops, Archbishop Chaput writes to Pope

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PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput is asking Pope Francis to call off the Synod of Bishops on young people this October to focus instead on the life of the bishops.
Pope Francis arrives to lead his general audience in St. Peter's Square Aug. 29 at the Vatican.

Thousands of Catholic women write open letter to Pope: 'We deserve answers now'

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VATICAN – A group of lay Catholic women have written an open letter to Pope Francis, demanding that he answer the questions raised by the recent allegations in the letter from former U.S. nuncio Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò.
Young women pray as Pope Francis celebrates the closing Mass of the sixth Asian Youth Day at Haemi Castle in Haemi, South Korea, 2014.

South Korea identifies abortion as an 'immoral medical action'

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SEOUL, South Korea – The South Korean government included abortion in a list of “immoral medical actions” earlier this month as the country’s abortion law was revised to enable authorities to suspend medical professionals for performing abortions illegally.
Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington is pictured as Pope Francis celebrates Mass in Washington Sept. 23, 2015.

Cardinal Wuerl asks priests for forgiveness on 'errors in judgement'

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WASHINGTON – In an Aug. 30 letter to priests in the archdiocese, Washington Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl asked for "forgiveness for my errors in judgment (and) for my inadequacies."
A woman goes to confession in darkness at the start of the Easter Vigil led by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican March 2016.

Australian bishops, religious refuse to violate seal of confession

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SYDNEY, Australia – Australia's Catholic bishops and religious orders, responding to recommendations from the Royal Commission Into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, accepted 98 percent of its suggestions, but said they could not accept recommendations that would violate the seal of confession.
Pope Francis greets Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, during a meeting with nuncios, who represent the Pope around the world, in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Sept. 17, 2016.

Pope Francis serene despite 'pain' over Vigano's testimony, cardinal says

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VATICAN – While recent accusations by Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano have created tension in the Catholic Church, Pope Francis is approaching the situation calmly, the Vatican secretary of state said.
Forensic experts exhume bodies from a mass grave in Kozluk, Bosnia, in this Dec. 15, 2015, file photo.

Church urges human rights improvements as Bosnia-Herzegovina elections near

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WARSAW, Poland – The Catholic Church in Bosnia-Herzegovina has urged the country to improve human rights and political representation after upcoming elections, 23 years after the country was divided by a bloody war.
German riot policemen stand guard during a protest Aug. 27 in Chemnitz after a man was stabbed to death. German church leaders condemned anti-immigrant riots in Chemnitz, which erupted after a German man was killed in a brawl with migrants.

German church leaders condemn latest riots at immigration protest

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WARSAW, Poland – German Catholic leaders condemned anti-immigrant riots in an eastern Germany town that erupted after a German man was killed in a brawl with migrants.
The Drake family discovered enlightening messages at the World Meeting of Families in Dublin.

Canadian families looking past scandal at World Meeting of Families

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Wherever they went, participants at the World Meeting of Families couldn’t escape the pall cast by the abuse scandal that has reared its head in the Catholic Church once again.

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