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Pope Francis walks with his crosier next to Colombian Cardinal Ruben Salazar Gomez of Bogota as he arrives to celebrate Mass at Simon Bolivar Park in 2017.

Latin America's bishops pledge loyalty, denounce 'shameful' attacks on Pope

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WASHINGTON – The Catholic bishops of Latin America pledged their loyalty to Pope Francis and spoke against the "shameful" way he has been attacked, said the president of the Latin American bishops' council during an Aug. 26 Mass in Medellin, Colombia.
Pope Francis blesses a man from the Mexican state of Quintana Roo during his general audience in St. Peter's Square Aug. 29 at the Vatican.

Ireland vocations have dwindled due to abuse scandal, Pope says

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VATICAN – While the faith of Catholics in Ireland is strong, the scandal of abuse and cover-up by church leaders has caused a decline in vocations to the priesthood and religious life, Pope Francis said.
Pope Francis greets Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago during a meeting in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican May 17.

Pope has 'bigger agenda' to worry about, Cardinal Cupich says about Vigano claims

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CHICAGO – Archbishop of Chicago Blase Cupich has dismissed recent allegations made by a former Vatican ambassador to the U.S., saying that Pope Francis has a “bigger agenda” to worry about, including defending migrants and protecting the environment.
St. Louis Archbishop Robert J. Carlson is seen Sept. 19, 2017, at Kiener Plaza in downtown St. Louis. The archbishop said Aug. 23 that he invited Missouri's attorney general to conduct a review of the archdiocese with regard to clergy sexual abuse.

Missouri prelates invite attorney general to review sex abuse cases

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ST. LOUIS – Archbishop Robert J. Carlson of St. Louis said Aug. 23 he has invited Missouri's attorney general to conduct a review of the archdiocese with regard to clergy sexual abuse.
From left: Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago; Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark; Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego; Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington; Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas; Bishop David Konderla of the Diocese of Tulsa; Bishop Thomas Olmsted of Phoenix; Archbishop Allen Vigneron of Detroit

Vigano testimony on abuse cover-up receives mixed response from U.S. bishops

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WASHINGTON – Multiple bishops have responded to a testimony published over the weekend by a former apostolic nuncio to the United States, which called for the resignation of Pope Francis and several cardinals and bishops, who are alleged to have covered-up of sexual abuse allegations against former cardinal Theodore McCarrick.
Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, former apostolic nuncio to the United States, is seen in a 2016 photo in Washington. The full text of Viganò’s statement lists numerous senior curial cardinals, during the last three pontificates, as being aware of McCarrick’s alleged predatory behavior but either failing to act, or in some cases deliberately acting to cover-up McCarrick’s alleged crimes.

'Vigano said the truth', former nunciature official of Washington says

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WASHINGTON – Monsignor Jean-François Lantheaume, the former first counsellor at the apostolic nunciature in Washington D.C., has said that the former nuncio, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, told “the truth” in his explosive statement released to the press on Aug. 25.
Demonstrators at the Monument to the Revolution in Mexico City demand justice for victims of violence Dec. 11, 2016. The majority of Catholic Church workers violently killed in 2017 were victims of attempted robberies, the Vatican's Fides agency said, with Nigeria and Mexico topping the list countries where the most brutal murders were carried out.

Priest murdered in Morelia archdiocese of Mexico

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MORELIA, Mexico – The Archdiocese of Morelia confirmed Saturday that the corpse of Fr. Miguel Gerardo Flores, who had disappeared for a week, had been discovered.

President Idriss Deby of Chad at the London Conference on The Illegal Wildlife Trade, 13 February 2014.

Catholics face fear as Chad prioritizes Islam, senior church source says

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OXFORD, England – Christians in Chad are being intimidated and forced from public life, under new rules prioritizing Islam in violation of the North African country's secular foundations, according to the Catholic Church.
Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, concelebrates the closing Mass at the 2017 Convocation of Catholic Leaders in Orlando, Fla. Cardinal DiNardo said in an Aug. 27 state that he was "eager for an audience" with Pope Francis to gain his support for the bishops' plan to respond to the clergy sexual abuse crisis.

U.S. bishops' president seeks papal audience, answers to Vigano's questions

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WASHINGTON – The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said he was "eager for an audience" with Pope Francis to gain his support for the bishops' plan to respond to the clergy sexual abuse crisis.
David Lorenz, holding the microphone, addresses a crowd gathered outside the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington Aug. 26. Joined by Catholics who showed up to support sex abuse victims, Lorenz, a survivor of clergy abuse, called on Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl to resign.

Washington Catholics call for Cardinal Wuerl's resignation, pray for victims

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WASHINGTON – As the Sunday Mass crowd left the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle Aug. 26, Judy Lorenz held a large poster board just outside its front steps, imploring Washington's Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl to resign.
Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, apostolic nuncio to the United States, concelebrates a Mass of thanksgiving for the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington in this Feb. 24, 2013, file photo. The former nuncio has accused church officials, including Pope Francis, of failing to act on accusations of abuse by Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick.

Archbishop Vigano releases testimony detailing abuse cover-up by Pope Francis, Roman Curia

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VATICAN – A former apostolic nuncio to the United States accused church officials, including Pope Francis, of failing to act on accusations of abuse of conscience and power by now-Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick.
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