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A study observed that the average age at which boys in the U.S. and the U.K. begin to view internet pornography is now 11.

WMF panel: Families urged to come up with 'media plan' to help protect minors from pornography

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DUBLIN – Behavioral scientists and cybercrime experts talked to families about how digital distraction, pornography and the "online echo chamber" impact their lives, during one of the first panels at the international World Meeting of Families.
Becky Ianni, who is the Washington and Virginia director of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, holds a photo of herself as a child with a priest Aug. 21 outside the headquarters of U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington. Lanni was allegedly abused by the priest in the photo.

Victims call for federal investigation of sex abuse in Catholic Church

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WASHINGTON – Some victims of clergy sex abuse and their supporters are calling on federal and state entities to investigate sex abuse within the Catholic Church and root out abusers and anyone who has protected them.
St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church, Parma, Ohio.

Priest attacked in church; assailant cited retribution for church sex abuse

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MERRILLVILLE, Ind. – A Byzantine Catholic priest was attacked Aug. 20 in the altar servers' sacristy of his church in Merrillville, near Gary in the northwestern part of the state.
Clergy abuse survivor Andrew Madden poses for a photograph after an Aug. 16 interview in Dublin. Madden became the first victim of clergy sex abuse in Ireland to speak out publicly in 1995 when he detailed how, as a 12-year-old altar boy, he suffered two-and-a-half years of abuse at the hands of his parish priest. The Vatican press office confirmed Aug. 21 that Pope Francis would meet survivors of sexual abuse during his trip to Ireland Aug. 25-26.

Pope to meet sex abuse survivors in Ireland at World Meeting of Families

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VATICAN – Pope Francis will meet survivors of sexual abuse during his trip to Ireland Aug. 25-26, but it will be up to the survivors to decide whether any information about the meeting will be released, said the director of the Vatican press office.
Pope Francis is pictured during the opening session of the Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican in this Oct. 5, 2015.

Pope Francis says teachings of 'Amoris Laetitia' will mature, not rupture

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VATICAN – Everything in the document "Amoris Laetitia" on marriage and family life is based on Catholic Church teaching "always in continuity -- without ruptures -- yet always maturing," Pope Francis said.
Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States, speaks July 22 at the 2018 National Diaconate Congress in New Orleans.

Nuncio says U.S. bishops committed to addressing cover-up, abuse scandal

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VATICAN – The U.S. bishops are "deeply committed" to facing the reality of clerical sexual abuse and the history of covering it up, said the Vatican nuncio to the United States.
Pope Francis, in an open letter to Catholics regarding clerical sexual abuse, said the "heart-wrenching pain of these victims, which cries out to Heaven, was long ignored, kept quiet or silenced."

Pope Francis makes 'urgent' appeal to prevent clerical sex abuse

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VATICAN – "No effort must be spared" to prevent future cases of clerical sexual abuse and "to prevent the possibility of their being covered up," Pope Francis said in a letter addressed "to the people of God."

Rescue workers evacuate people from flooded areas Aug. 16 after the opening of a dam following heavy rains on the outskirts of Cochin, India. The Catholic Church has joined relief efforts as unprecedented floods and landslides continue to wreak havoc in India's Kerala state, killing at least 75 people within a week.

Indian church joins relief efforts as floods, landslides wreak havoc in Kerala

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COCHIN, India – The Catholic Church has joined relief efforts as unprecedented floods and landslides continue to wreak havoc in India's Kerala state, killing about 370 people within a week.
Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington prepares to exchange the sign of peace with Pope Francis as the Pope celebrates Mass in Washington Sept. 23, 2015.

Cardinal Wuerl drops out of World Meeting of Families appearances

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WASHINGTON – The Archbishop of Washington has cancelled his scheduled participation at the Church’s World Meeting of Families, which will be held this week in Dublin, Ireland.
'Homosexual subculture' is source of sex abuse 'devastation' in the Church, Bishop Morlino says

'Homosexual subculture' is source of sex abuse 'devastation' in the Church, Bishop Morlino says

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MADISON, Wis., – In response to recent sexual abuse crises, the Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, has said that the Catholic Church must renew its conviction to identify and reject sin, and admit that a homosexual culture among some clerics has caused great harm in the Church.
Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Ind., listens to speakers Nov. 16 during the opening of the 2015 fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore.

Indiana bishop to release names of priests accused of rape, abuse

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SOUTH BEND, Ind. – At an Aug. 17 news conference, Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, said that in response to the release of the grand jury report on abuse claims in six Pennsylvania dioceses over a 70- year period, he will collect and release a list of the names of priests in the diocese he currently heads who committed similar offenses.
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