Author: Nicole Winfield
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Pope’s alleged cover-up pivots when, if sanctions imposed
VATICAN CITY • The archbishop of Washington on Monday “categorically denied” ever being informed that his predecessor had been sanctioned for sexual misconduct, undercutting a key element of a bombshell allegation that Pope Francis covered up clergy abuse. Cardinal Donald Wuerl issued a statement after the Vatican’s former ambassador to the United States accused Pope…
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Pope on sex abuse: ‘We showed no care for the little ones’
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis issued a letter to Catholics around the world Monday condemning the crime of priestly sexual abuse and its cover-up and demanding accountability, in response to new revelations in the United States of decades of misconduct by the Catholic Church. Francis begged forgiveness for the pain suffered by victims and said…
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‘The free ride is over,’ says new Italian Interior Minister, vows to deport migrants
ROME — Italy’s new populist leaders commemorated the founding of the Italian republic by attending a pomp-filled military parade Saturday — and then promised to get to work creating jobs and expelling migrants. “The free ride is over,” new Interior Minister Matteo Salvini warned migrants at a rally in northern Italy. “It’s time to pack…
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Pope admits ‘grave errors’ in Chile abuse case – Religion News Service
Pope Francis, right, walks with Chile’s Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati to a session of the synod, a two-week meeting of cardinals and bishops from around the world, at the Vatican, on Oct. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) Pope Francis, right, walks with Chile’s Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati to a session of the synod, a two-week meeting of…
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Pope Francis at 5: Paradigm shift on mercy, migrants and marriage – Religion News Service
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Pope backs down, OKs resignation of divisive Nigerian bishop
Pope Francis arives at the Basilica of Santà Anselmo prior to walking in procession to the Basilica of Santa Sabina before the Ash Wednesday mass opening Lent, the forty-day period of abstinence and deprivation for Christians before Holy Week and Easter, on February 14, 2018 at Santa Sabina church in Rome. / AFP PHOTO /…