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Pope Francis shakes hands with Joe Biden, then vice president, at the Vatican, in 2016.
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In Pope Francis, Biden Has A Potential Ally — Who Shares The Same Catholic Detractors

Mar 01, 2021
The pope and the president share liberal stances on climate change and economic disparity. A theology scholar argues U.S. Catholic Church leadership is increasingly allied with the political right.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
Pope Francis arrives to deliver his Christmas Day message, Urbi et Orbi, in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City.
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In Christmas Message, Pope Francis Urges Coronavirus 'Vaccines For All'

Dec 25, 2020
"Vaccines for all, especially for the most vulnerable and needy of all regions of the planet," Pope Francis said at the Vatican on a subdued Christmas Day.
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World
Pope John Paul II addressing a crowd in 1978. A Vatican investigation into church leaders' failings that allowed the rise of a now-disgraced former U.S. cardinal has led some Catholics to call for "difficult reckoning" with the sainted pope.
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Vatican's McCarrick Report Casts A Dark Cloud Over Pope John Paul II's Legacy

Nov 25, 2020
A Vatican investigation into church leaders' failings that allowed the rise of a now-disgraced former U.S. cardinal has led some Catholics to call for "difficult reckoning" with the sainted pope.
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Religion
Pope Francis waves as he arrives for the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday.
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In A New Book, Pope Francis Speaks Out On The Coronavirus And Anti-Mask Protests

Nov 23, 2020
People who claim that mask mandates deprive them of their personal freedom, Francis says, are "victims only in their own imagination." The book also addresses demonstrations against racial injustice.
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World
Italian police are stationed in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, on Tuesday.
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'You Cannot Serve Both God And Money': Vatican's Financial Scandal Takes New Twist

Oct 14, 2020
Italian police arrested a woman linked to a cardinal fired by Pope Francis, the latest development in an investigation into alleged financial crimes involving the Vatican.
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World
A marble plaque over the main entrance of the Vatican Archives reads in Latin "Secret Vatican Archive." The Vatican's library on Pope Pius XII and his record during the Holocaust opened to researchers in March.
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Records From Once-Secret Archive Offer New Clues Into Vatican Response To Holocaust

Aug 29, 2020
The Vatican has long maintained that Pope Pius XII did everything he could to save Jewish lives, but newly unearthed papers have renewed accusations of complicit silence against him.
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Coronavirus Live Updates
Felipe Samaniego officiates at a Roman Catholic Mass, streamed via Facebook from the Santo Tomás Moro church on Palm Sunday, in Monterrey, Mexico.
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Mexico's Virtual Catholic Passion Plays Get Creative

Apr 10, 2020
With the country shut down for the month of April, Roman Catholic churches are bringing their Holy Week celebrations online to continue rituals and reach the faithful.
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Religion
Pope Francis (left) talks with Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in the former Convent Mater Ecclesiae at the Vatican in 2016, three years after Benedict stunned the Catholic Church by resigning to become pope emeritus.
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In New Book, Retired Pope Benedict Breaks Silence To Speak Out On Priestly Celibacy

Jan 13, 2020
The surprise move is seen as a rebuke to Pope Francis, who is weighing whether to allow older, married men to be ordained in some South American countries, where a shortage of priests is acute.
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The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $8 million to a teenager who was sexually abused by a teacher when she was 15 years old. Pictured here, the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, the headquarters for the archdiocese, in 2013.
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Archdiocese Of Los Angeles Agrees To $8 Million Settlement In Sex Abuse Case

Apr 17, 2019
The settlement goes to a teenager who was sexually abused and then kidnapped by a teacher at her Catholic high school. The archdiocese apologized for the "serious harm" done to the victim.
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World
"The Vatican is a world of men; some truly are men of God," says Sister Catherine Aubin, a French Dominican nun who teaches at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas in Rome. "Others have been ruined by power. The key to these secrets and silence is ...
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After Years Of Abuse By Priests, #NunsToo Are Speaking Out

Mar 18, 2019
A #NunsToo movement has emerged from #MeToo, as Roman Catholic nuns start speaking out about sexual abuse by priests. Cases of rape and forced abortion have begun coming to light.
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Rosaries are sold by a vendor in Mexico City on Sept. 22, 2017.
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At Lent, Catholics Reflect On Faith As Sex Abuse Scandal Shakes The Church

Mar 10, 2019
On the first Sunday of Lent, NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Sister Joan Chittister about the holiday's meaning amid the ongoing abuse scandal.
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French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin said he will offer his resignation to Pope Francis after a court found him guilty of failing to report to authorities allegations of sexual abuse by a priest.
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French Cardinal Covered Up Pedophile Accusations Against Priest, Court Says

Mar 07, 2019
Cardinal Philippe Barbarin — one of France's most prominent Catholic officials — says he will offer his resignation to Pope Francis in a few days.
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Religion
Pope Francis celebrates a holy mass at St. Peter's basilica in the Vatican.
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Pope Francis Acknowledges, For First Time, Sexual Abuse Of Nuns By Priests

Feb 05, 2019
In the wake of the #MeToo movement, the Roman Catholic Church is being forced to confront evidence that clergy have sexually abused nuns.
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World
Nuns and supporters demand the arrest of Bishop Franco Mulakkal, outside the High Court in Kochi in the southern Indian state of Kerala in September.
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A Nun In India Accuses A Bishop Of Rape, And Divides The Country's Christians

Dec 17, 2018
A Roman Catholic nun says a bishop raped her multiple times between 2014 and 2016. The bishop denies wrongdoing and is out on bail. Some Indian Catholics are blaming the nun for tarnishing the church.
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St. Paul Cathedral, the mother church of the Diocese of Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania was rocked by revelations of abuse by priests this August.
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Feds Launch Sex Abuse Probe Of Pennsylvania's Roman Catholic Church

Oct 18, 2018
NPR has learned that the Justice Department issued subpoenas to at least six of the state's eight dioceses seeking private files and records.
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Religion
A mural depicting Romero decorates a wall where students sit in a plaza in Panchimalco, El Salvador, in 2015.
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A 'Voice For The Voiceless': Sainthood For El Salvador's Archbishop Óscar Romero

Oct 12, 2018
Romero was an outspoken champion of the poor who pleaded for social justice during a time of widespread violence. On Sunday, Romero will be canonized as a saint at the Vatican.
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Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President Archbishop Mark Coleridge speaks to the media alongside Catholic Religious Australia President Sister Monica Cavanagh, right, during a news conference in Sydney on Friday in response to the child abuse roy
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Australia's Bishops Reject Reporting Evidence Of Abuse Heard In Confession

Aug 31, 2018
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference and the top body for religious orders in the country formally rejected the recommendation contained in a landmark government report issued late last year.
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World
Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square on Wednesday.
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With Vatican In Turmoil Over Abuse Allegations, Questions Remain About What Pope Knew

Aug 29, 2018
In the era of social media and the 24-hour news cycle, mudslinging between rival church factions is now occurring in the open. Key unanswered questions have emboldened some of the pope's critics.
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World
Sarah O'Rourke, a primary school religion teacher, didn't tell some acquaintances she was attending the pope's Mass in Dublin on Sunday. "It wasn't a popular thing to say," she said.
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Pope Ends Visit To A Disillusioned Ireland, Where Church Authority Has Plunged

Aug 27, 2018
As the pope departed for Rome Sunday night, his visit to Ireland only seemed to reinforce the decline of Roman Catholic authority in a country that was once synonymous with the faith.
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Former priest James Faluszczak, who says he was molested by a priest as a teenager, reacts as Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference at the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., on Tuesday.
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Former Catholic Priest Says Pennsylvania Bishop Ignored His Reports Of Abuse

Aug 16, 2018
Former priest James Faluszczak was one of many witnesses to testify before the grand jury about being abused by an Erie priest. He says when he told the bishop about it, he was "totally ignored."
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Asia
Australian Archbishop Philip Wilson arrives for sentencing at Newcastle Local Court in Newcastle, on Tuesday.
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Australian Archbishop Sentenced To Home Detention For Sex Abuse Cover-Up

Jul 02, 2018
The Roman Catholic prelate faced a maximum of two years in prison for failing to report abuse by a fellow priest in the 1970s. He will be eligible for parole after serving six months.
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The Two-Way
Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience at the Vatican last month.
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Pope Francis Announces New Path To Sainthood

Jul 11, 2017
The new category recognizes those who sacrifice their lives for others. The pope announced the pathway on Tuesday, and it is seen as one of the biggest changes to the process in centuries.
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The Two-Way
The Vatican says communion wafers known as the host must contain gluten.
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Gluten-Free Host A No-Go, Says Pope

Jul 10, 2017
The bread used for celebrating the Eucharist must contain some gluten, said the Vatican, but there is still a way for many celiac sufferers to receive the sacrament.
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Parallels
At Manila's Santo Nino de Tondo Church, Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo worries about the Philippine president's war on drugs and efforts to re-impose the death penalty. "The culture of death is what we are fighting," Pabillo says. "The culture where
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte Has A New Adversary — The Church

Mar 15, 2017
The profanity-prone president and his country's Catholic Church are at loggerheads, mostly over Duterte's war on drugs, which has killed more than 7,500 people in less than a year.
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The site of a former home for unmarried mothers and their babies, run by nuns in Tuam, Ireland, between the 1920s and 1960s. A government commission says excavations have revealed the remains of children buried there during that time.
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Irish Authorities Say Remains Of Children Found At Former Home For Unwed Mothers

Mar 03, 2017
Authorities believe "there are a significant number of children's remains" at the home run by the Bon Secours nuns from the 1920s to the 1960s in the town of Tuam.

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