VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- After an in-depth Vatican-led investigation into clerical sexual abuse and cover-ups, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of 61-year-old Bishop Juan Barros of Osorno, Chile, and two other Chilean bishops June 11.    The two other bishops, who had reached the c...
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Recollections and tributes to Robert F. Kennedy on the 50th anniversary of his assassination have mainly highlighted his charisma and determined advocacy for social and racial justice.    But underlying these tributes to the former attorney general, U.S. senator,...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Leading thousands of people in prayer, Pope Francis said he hoped the upcoming summit between the United States and North Korea would lead to lasting peace.    After praying the Angelus with an estimated 20,000 people in St. Peter's Square June 10, the pope said...
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The bishop of Cleveland said a recent immigration raid at an Ohio gardening and landscape company "makes clear that our current immigration system contributes to the human suffering of migrants and the separation of families."    In a June 6 statement from the Dio...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis said that when he was on the Greek island of Lesbos, "while enchanted by the scenery of the blue sky and sea, I was struck by the thought that such a beautiful sea had become a tomb for men, women and children who had for the most part sought only to escape inhuma...
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Pope Francis has appointed an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Washington and an auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York.    The new Washington auxiliary, Bishop-designate Michael W. Fisher, 60, has served the archdiocese as episcopal...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis has announced that he would make 14 new cardinals on June 29, giving the red cardinal's hat to the papal almoner; the Iraq-based patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church; and the archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan, among others.      &#...
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Editor’s note – The Diocese of Evansville has been involved in the National Fifth Encuentro process for the past 18 months. Bishop Joseph M. Siegel has filed the report on the diocesan effort with Region VII (the Evansville diocese is in Region VII), and diocesan staff anf lay faithful...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis has issued decrees recognizing that 12 candidates for sainthood, including U.S. Sacred Heart Brother Norbert McAuliffe, lived the Christian virtues in a heroic way.             The decrees, promulgated by...
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Chicago, Ill. (CNA/EWTN News) - The first African American priest in the U.S. could become the country’s first African American saint as his cause for canonization has taken another step forward.   A document summarizing the life, virtue, and alleged miracles of Servant of God Father Aug...
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