Archive for March 3, 2016

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Pa. bishop urges prayers for victims after major sex abuse report

The Bishop of Altoona-Johnstown is calling for prayers after a Pennsylvania grand jury released its report on the alleged sexual... Read more

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This 95-year-old priest walked three miles while hearing confessions

A 95-year-old priest named Friar Roberto walked more than three-and-a-half miles while hearing confessions during a recent “Penitential Walk” in... Read more

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Women stunned at FDA's failure to remove Essure from market

The FDA announced Monday that it will add its strictest warning to the label of Essure, a sterilization device in... Read more

Cardinal George Pell, prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy, departs Rome's Hotel Quirinale, where he attended a hearing on sex abuse responses, March 3, 2016. ?w=200&h=150

By Elise Harris

As abuse hearing ends, Cardinal Pell says he 'should have done more'

Speaking to an Australian committee investigating institutional responses to child sex abuse cases, Cardinal George Pell has expressed his regret... Read more

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By Elise Harris

Cardinal Pell shares emotional meeting with abuse survivors

Cardinal George Pell and a dozen survivors of clerical sex abuse met in Rome on Thursday, where they shared an... Read more

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By Mary Farrow

Satanist ploy fails in Phoenix as city council reinstates prayer

After a heated debate last month, the decision to replace public prayer with a moment of silence at Phoenix City... Read more

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Cardinal Müller: Can't receive Communion? You can still participate in Church's life

A focus on the reception of Holy Communion by the divorced-and-remarried misses the larger point of pastoral care: participation in... Read more