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In this 2009 file photo, Bishop Michael J. Bransfield, then head of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, W.Va., is seen at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. The attorney general of West Virginia has filed a civil suit against the Wheeling-Charleston Diocese and Bishop Bransfield, claiming the diocese in past years "employed priests and laity who have sexually abused children." (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

West Virginia’s attorney general files suit against diocese, bishop

Catholic News Service
March 21, 2019
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The Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston “strongly and unconditionally” rejects the state attorney general’s assertion that “the diocese is not wholly committed to the protection of children.”

Mei Wen of Perth, Australia, touches an area of the Holy Stairs where Jesus is believed to have fallen, during restoration work at the Pontifical Sanctuary of the Holy Stairs in Rome March 15, 2019. Wen is one of the major donors who contributed to the restoration of the sanctuary. Pilgrims will have the opportunity to climb the bare marble stairs for at least a month after an April 11 unveiling of the renovated sanctuary. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Worn marble steps of Holy Stairs to be uncovered for public to climb

Carol Glatz
March 19, 2019
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For the first time in 300 years, the marble steps of the Holy Stairs will be free from the thick wooden panels installed in 1723 to protect the stairs and left uncovered for the public.

A young person prays Jan. 5 during SEEK2019 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. The Jan. 3-7 conference drew more than 17,000 young adult Catholics from around the world. (CNS photo/courtesy Fellowship of Catholic University Students)

Missionaries share faith from Annapolis to Emmitsburg to Towson

Emily Rosenthal Alster
March 19, 2019
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FOCUS missionaries are having an impact in the faith lives of young adults at three universities within the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

Pope Francis meets with French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin of Lyon at the Vatican March 18, 2019. Cardinal Barbarin said he was meeting with the pope to hand in his resignation after being convicted of covering up sexual abuse committed by a priest. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

French cardinal, convicted of abuse cover-up, meets pope

Catholic News Service
March 19, 2019
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French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin of Lyon said Pope Francis would not accept his resignation following his conviction for covering up clerical sexual abuse, so he has decided to step aside temporarily for the good of the archdiocese.

Pope Francis leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 17, 2019. The pope led the crowd in silent prayer for the victims of the attacks on the New Zealand mosques. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope leads pilgrims in prayer for victims of mosque attack

Junno Arocho Esteves
March 18, 2019
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Pope Francis called on Christians to unite in prayer for the victims of two mosque attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand, that left 50 people dead and dozens wounded in one of the worst mass shootings in the country’s history.

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