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Pope Francis poses Nov. 16, 2019, with members and consultants of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life in the apostolic palace of the Vatican. The dicastery was holding its first plenary assembly since its creation in 2016. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

More must be done to include women in church bodies, pope says

Carol Glatz
November 18, 2019
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The church, as a mother, wishes for “harmony among all her children and does not engage in favoritism or partiality,” the pope said.

Pope Francis blesses a sick child as he leads a special audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Dec. 15 for patients and workers of Rome's Bambino Gesu children's hospital. (CNS photo/Max Rossi, Reuters)

Pope blesses hands of doctors, nurses at pediatric hospital

Junno Arocho Esteves
November 18, 2019
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The pained faces of children with serious medical conditions and the suffering of their families should inspire doctors and nurses to serve with passion and enthusiasm, Pope Francis said.

Archbishop Charles Scicluna, adjunct secretary of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, speaks Nov. 13, 2019, at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., about the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church. (CNS photo/Matt Cashore, courtesy University of Notre Dame)

Vatican’s top investigator on abuse crisis addresses Notre Dame forum

Ann Carey
November 17, 2019
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U.S. Catholics “have to be prepared for another wave of traumatic narrative” regarding the clergy sex abuse crisis, Archbishop Charles Scicluna said Nov. 13 at the University of Notre Dame.

A bird flies through smog in New Delhi, India, Nov. 13, 2019. Pope Francis told participants at a Vatican City conference on criminal justice Nov. 15, that there are plans to include a definition of ecological and other "psycho-social phenomenon" hate sins in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. (CNS photo/Anushree Fadnavis, Reuters)

Catechism will be updated to include ecological sins, pope says

Junno Arocho Esteves
November 16, 2019
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Following through on a proposal made at the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon, Pope Francis said there are plans to include a definition of ecological sins in the church’s official teaching.

Archbishop Lori to Distribute 1,000 New Winter Coats to Baltimore Children

Archdiocese of Baltimore
November 15, 2019
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For Immediate Release Friday, November 15, 2019 BALTIMORE, MD- On Tuesday, November 19th, Archbishop William E. Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore, along with local members of the Knights of Columbus will hand out 1,000 new winter coats to Baltimore children in need. The coats will be distributed at St. Ignatius Catholic Church, located at 740 N. […]

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