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Consolata priest helps Colombians find forgiveness after long war
BOGOTA, Colombia — If Colombians truly seek peace, they must give up vengeance and seek reconciliation by forgiving themselves and one another, said a...
Canon law professor says church did not foresee crimes by...
WASHINGTON -- The 1983 Code of Canon Law did not anticipate crimes being committed by bishops that could result in their laicization, according to...
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter help Habitat near Notre Dame
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Although stormy skies often interrupted the hammering and sent volunteers ducking for tents, a Habitat for Humanity event in Indiana...
At hearing, Kavanaugh highlights his Catholic Charities’ volunteer work
WASHINGTON — During the second day of his Supreme Court confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee Sept. 5, U.S. Appeals Court Judge Brett...
In Pa., victims fund proposed instead of nixing statute of limitations
The Catholic dioceses of Pennsylvania should set up a fund to compensate survivors of clergy sexual abuse in lieu of the legislature lifting the...
Cardinal Wuerl addresses church’s ‘pain, confusion and disillusionment’
WASHINGTON — Addressing the clergy abuse crisis in the church will require “wider lay engagement, more realized accountability and evident transparency,” said Washington Cardinal...
Archbishop Chaput to pope: Cancel youth synod, meet about bishops
PHILADELPHIA (CNS) -- Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput is asking Pope Francis to call off the Synod of Bishops on young people this October...
Former nuncio Vigano now says sanctions against McCarrick were ‘private’
ROME -- Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, the former nuncio to the United States who called on Pope Francis to resign for allegedly lifting sanctions...
Washington Cardinal Wuerl asks forgiveness, looks for ‘ways of healing’
WASHINGTON -- In an Aug. 30 letter to priests in the archdiocese, Washington Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl asked for "forgiveness for my errors in...
Irish parishes hear about New Zealand model for Catholic Church renewal
THURLES, Ireland — A New Zealand cardinal told a conference on the future of parishes in Ireland that his diocese benefited from the appointment...