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Pope says he's worried about homosexuality in the priesthood

Catholic teaching considers homosexual activity sinful, and that everyone, except married heterosexual couples, should abstain from sex.

December 02, 2018 10:31 AM EST

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Pope accepts Washington cardinal's resignation amid scandal

Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl.

October 12, 2018 07:22 AM EDT

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Pope Francis acknowledges abuse scandals outrage, drive people away

He said the church must change its ways if it wants to keep future generations.

September 25, 2018 07:07 AM EDT

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Holy stardust: Vatican hosts conference for meteorite care

The Vatican Observatory was founded in 1891.

September 10, 2018 09:09 AM EDT

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Catholic board seeks parishioner-led abuse investigation

Some survivors of clergy sex abuse said the call was a disingenuous attempt to get around a true independent investigation.

August 28, 2018 07:52 PM EDT

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Pope: Parents of gay kids shouldn't condemn them

'This child has the right to a family. And the family not throwing him out,' Pope Francis said Sunday.

August 26, 2018 10:39 PM EDT

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Letter: Vatican knew about disgraced archbishop's behavior

The letter accuses Pope Francis of knowing about Theodore McCarrick's behavior in 2013 but rehabilitating him.

August 26, 2018 02:22 PM EDT

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Pope hears the wounds of Ireland's abused, and vows to speak

Francis arrived Sunday in Knock, the Marian shrine in northwestern Ireland.

August 26, 2018 07:22 AM EDT

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Pope visits Ireland amid new global outrage over sex abuse

Ireland, considered "ground zero of the Catholic Church's sex abuse crisis," has had one of the worst records of abuse in the world.

August 25, 2018 08:52 AM EDT

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Pope changes death penalty teaching, now 'inadmissible'

The new policy states the penalty is "inadmissible" because it "attacks" the inherent dignity of all humans.

August 02, 2018 07:57 AM EDT

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