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Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori celebrates a Mass with special intentions for survivors of abuse and for abuse prevention in the chapel of the headquarters of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington April 8, 2019. Looking on is Msgr. J. Brian Bransfield, general secretary of the conference. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Archbishop Lori: Church has many reasons to get right response to child sexual abuse

Christopher Gunty
April 9, 2019
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A week into National Child Abuse Protection Month, Archbishop William E. Lori visited the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops chapel to celebrate midday Mass for employees of the conference to reflect on the church’s work to develop policies and procedures to prevent child abuse by those within the church.

The Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, W.Va., is addressing a lawsuit filed by the state "with utmost seriousness," while "steadfastly affirming" the diocese's rigorous child protection standards, said the diocese's apostolic administrator, Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori. Archbishop Lori is pictured in an April 8, 2019, photo. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

West Virginia diocese responds to suit, ‘steadfastly’ affirms child protection policy

Colleen Rowan
April 9, 2019
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The Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston is addressing a lawsuit filed by the state “with utmost seriousness,” while “steadfastly affirming” the diocese’s rigorous child protection standards, said the diocese’s apostolic administrator, Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori.

U.S. Cardinal Edwin F. O'Brien, grand master of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, attends a press conference at the Vatican in this Nov. 7, 2018, file photo. Cardinal O'Brien celebrated his 80th birthday April 8 and is no longer eligible to participate in a conclave to elect a new pope. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Cardinal O’Brien turns 80; U.S. left with nine cardinal electors

Cindy Wooden
April 8, 2019
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U.S. Cardinal Edwin F. O’Brien, grand master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem and the former Archbishop of Baltimore, celebrated his 80th birthday April 8, meaning he is no longer eligible to enter a conclave to elect a new pope.

Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory speaks during a news conference in the pastoral center at the Archdiocese of Washington April 4, 2019, after Pope Francis named him to head the archdiocese. He had headed the Atlanta Archdiocese since 2005. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

After unrest and anger, new Washington archbishop wants to rebuild trust

Rhina Guidos
April 5, 2019
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Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, set to become the new head of the Archdiocese of Washington, promised to serve with truth, love and tenderness in a region where he acknowledged “unrest and anger,” after the downfall of former Washington Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick and the church’s current sex abuse scandal.

Robert Battista, a parishioner of St. Patrick in Havre de Grace, is an advocate for persecuted Christians in Pakistan. (Katie Sukeena/CR Staff)

Mission trip is faith-affirming for Havre de Grace parishioner

Katie Sukeena
April 5, 2019
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What began as a friendship on Facebook with a fellow Christian half a world away led to an eye-opening and faith-affirming mission trip to the Punjab region of Pakistan for one parishioner of St. Patrick in Havre de Grace.

A young woman leaves St. Mary's Cathedral after a Mass in Sydney Feb. 12, 2013. Australia's Catholic population fell by 2.7% between 2011 and 2016, but Catholics are more likely to have a higher education, according to an analysis of census data by the National Center for Pastoral Research. (CNS photo/Daniel Munoz, Reuters)

Australia sees drop in Catholic population of 2.7% between 2011-2016

Catholic News Service
April 4, 2019
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Australia’s Catholic population fell by 2.7% between 2011 and 2016, but Catholics are more likely to have a higher education, according to an analysis of census data by the National Center for Pastoral Research.

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