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Cardinal O'Malley speaks with CNA during a March 4, 2013 interview at the Pontifical North American College in Rome.

Cardinal O'Malley lists sex abuse, Curia reform as priorities

Mar 4, 2013

Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley listed clerical sex abuse, reforming the Church’s administration and Christian persecution as some of the issues... Read more

Msgr. Jose Maria Gil Tamayo, Fr. Federico Lombardi, and Fr. Thomas Rosica speak to the press on Feb. 26, 2013.

Cardinals begin pre-conclave meetings

Mar 4, 2013

The cardinals of the Catholic Church gathered for their first general meeting this morning to take an oath of secrecy,... Read more

Cardinals participate in the Nov. 2012 consistory in St. Peter's Basilica.

Old establishment cardinals hope for quick conclave

Mar 4, 2013

By Andrea Gagliarducci

While the cardinals created by Benedict XVI arrive in Rome and get acquainted with the pre-conclave operations, cardinals from the... Read more

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Archbishop Marek Jędraszewski of Krakow announced on April 14, 2024, the decision to begin the process of beatification and canonization of Helena Agnieszka Kmiec, a young lay missionary murdered in Bolivia in 2017.

Cause for canonization opened for young Polish lay missionary killed in Bolivia

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Scotland pauses sex-change and puberty-blocker drugs for children

Father Marko Rupnik.

Ex-Jesuit, alleged abuser Rupnik listed as consultant in 2024 Pontifical Yearbook

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Planned Parenthood reports record number of abortions in latest annual report

Cardinal Wilton Gregory speaks at an interview in Rome on April 11, 2024.

Cardinal Gregory recalls time when Black Catholics could not study in U.S. seminaries

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee speaks during the signing of the ELVIS Act to Protect Voice & Likeness in Age of AI event at Robert’s Western World on March 21, 2024, in Nashville, Tennessee.

Tennessee names first English-language Bible translation in U.S. as official state book

A member of New South Wales Forensic Police is seen at Christ the Good Shepherd Church in the Sydney suburb of Wakeley, Australia, on April 16, 2024. Hundreds clashed with police in western Sydney on April 15 after Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was stabbed at the altar. New South Wales police have declared the attack a terror event. Police apprehended a 16-year-old in connection with the attack.

‘I forgive whoever has done this’: Australian bishop who survived stabbing speaks out

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Michigan priest resigns amid dispute over school appearance by ‘openly gay’ author 

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House Republicans call for NCAA ban on biological men in women’s sports

A bishop and a priest exchange the sign of peace during Mass.

Rite of peace is not just a greeting or friendly gesture, nun explains

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