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Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life, is pictured during a July 24 interview in his Vatican office. Cardinal Farrell said that in the six years he worked with Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington, he never heard allegations of sexual abuse or harassment. Cardinal McCarrick was ordered to withdraw from public ministry in June after an allegation was deemed credible. (CNS photo/Robert Duncan)

Cardinal Farrell expresses shock over Cardinal McCarrick abuse case

Cindy Wooden
July 24, 2018
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“I was shocked, overwhelmed; I never heard any of this before in the six years I was there with him,” Cardinal Farrell told Catholic News Service July 24.

Migrants, intercepted aboard a makeshift boat in the Mediterranean Sea, are seen after arriving on a rescue boat July 22 at the Spanish port of Algeciras. (CNS photo/Jon Nazca, Reuters)

Pope calls for respect for migrants amid rising number of deaths at sea

Junno Arocho Esteves
July 23, 2018
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With the rising death toll of migrants and refugees attempting the treacherous voyage across the Mediterranean Sea, Pope Francis urged world leaders to act to prevent further tragedy.

Archbishop William E. Lori has published a reflection on the 50th anniversary of Pope Paul VI’s landmark encyclical, “Humanae Vitae” (“Of Human Life”).

Archbishop: 50th anniversary of ‘Humanae Vitae’ celebrates human dignity

Christopher Gunty
July 22, 2018
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The 50th anniversary of Pope Paul VI’s landmark encyclical, “Humanae Vitae” (“Of Human Life”), is an occasion “to celebrate and revisit our human dignity, our human nature,” said Archbishop William E. Lori.

The internationally acclaimed Irish dance troupe Riverdance will be among those performing for Pope Francis during his Aug. 25-26 trip to Ireland for World Meeting of Families in Dublin, organizers announced July 19. (CNS photo/Jack-Hartin, courtesy Riverdance)

Riverdance to perform for Pope Francis during World Meeting of Families

Michael Kelly
July 20, 2018
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The internationally acclaimed Irish dance troupe Riverdance will be among those performing for Pope Francis at the August World Meeting of Families in Dublin, organizers said July 19.

Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington, celebrates Mass for the Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matara at Holy Comforter-St. Cyprian Catholic Church in Washington Nov. 1. During Mass several of the sisters professed their vows. National Vocations Awareness Week is Nov. 5-11. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

New revelation surfaces about Cardinal McCarrick; editorials take church to task

Mark Pattison
July 20, 2018
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Editorials in national Catholic publications have taken the U.S. Catholic Church to task for its failure to root out all forms of clergy sexual abuse in the light of allegations made by former seminarians against Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington.

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