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Wisconsin teen Jayme Closs is seen in this U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation missing person poster. She had been missing for nearly three months after being kidnapped, but she escaped her abductor Jan. 10 in Gordon, Wis. (CNS photo/FBI handout via Reuters)

Catholic parish of teen who escaped abduction credits power of prayer

Carol Zimmermann
January 15, 2019
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“Our prayers have been answered and God is good,” parishioner JoAnn Trowbridge told the local NBC affiliate, WEAU, after Jan. 13 Mass at St. Peter. She also said she thinks their prayers may have been answered because “God got sick of us nagging him.”

This is a map of Pennsylvania showing the six Catholic dioceses covered by a grand jury report on an investigation of abuse claims made in those dioceses. The report covers a span of more than 70 years. (CNS/courtesy of USCCB)

Abuse report’s claim of cover-up, mishandling of cases called ‘misleading’

Julie Asher
January 14, 2019
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The conclusion reached by a Pennsylvania grand jury that six of the state’s Catholic dioceses acted “in virtual lockstep” to cover up abuse allegations and dismiss alleged victims over a 70-year period starting in 1947 is “inaccurate,” “unfair” and “misleading,” said a veteran journalist in an in-depth article for Commonweal magazine.

Tourists stand at Rome's Trevi Fountain Aug. 2, 2017. Beginning April 1, the city said coins that are tossed into the fountain will no longer be delivered to the Rome diocesan Caritas for funding homeless shelters, soup kitchens and parish-based services to families in difficulty. (CNS photo/Max Rossi, Reuters)

Update: Rome mayor says Caritas will still get Trevi Fountain coins

Catholic News Service
January 14, 2019
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After weeks of confusion and consternation, Rome’s mayor told the Vatican newspaper that Rome Caritas would benefit not only from the coins tourists throw in the Trevi Fountain, but from coins tossed in any of the city’s historic water features.

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