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Pope Francis is pictured with Assembly of First Nations delegates during a meeting at the Vatican March 31, 2022. The delegate on the left is holding a "cradleboard," a baby carrier that the delegates asked the pope to keep overnight to remember the Indigenous children sent to residential schools. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

With 'cradleboard,' Indigenous ask pope to ponder fate of their children

Cindy Wooden|Mar 31, 2022|4 Min Read

Mitchell Case, historian and educator with the Métis Nation of Ontario, clasps the hand of Pixie Wells, president of Valley Métis Association of Métis Nation in British Columbia, as Canadian Indigenous delegates from the Métis National Council hold a press conference in Rome after meeting Pope Francis at the Vatican March 28, 2022. Also pictured is Archbishop Donald J. Bolen of Regina, Saskatchewan. The pope is holding three meetings to listen to the experiences of representatives of Canada's Indigenous communities, experiences that include being sent as children to residential schools operated by Catholic dioceses and religious orders. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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Healing and hope: Indigenous want truth about past, partnership for future

Cindy Wooden|Mar 31, 2022|5 Min Read

Canadian Indigenous delegates from the Métis National Council pose for a photo after an encounter with journalists after meeting Pope Francis at the Vatican March 28, 2022. The pope is holding three meetings to listen to the experiences of representatives of Canada's Indigenous communities, experiences that include being sent as children to residential schools operated by Catholic dioceses and religious orders. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Canadian Indigenous give pope moccasins, ask him to walk with them

Cindy Wooden|Mar 28, 2022|5 Min Read

Children's shoes line a memorial on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School June 6, 2021. More than two dozen Indigenous delegates, accompanied by a handful of Canadian bishops, plan to meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican March 28-April 1, and the residential school system is expected to figure prominently in discussions. (CNS photo/Jennifer Gauthier, Reuters)

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Papal meetings will address ‘legacy of suffering’ Indigenous face, Canadian bishops say

Elise Ann Allen|Mar 22, 2022|4 Min Read

A court in Oran, Salta, northern Argentina, during the trial against former Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta. On March 4, 2022, he was found guilty of abusing seminarians. (Twitter/Ministerio Publico Oran via Crux)

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Former Vatican bishop sentenced for sexual abuse in Argentina

Inés San Martín|Mar 4, 2022|2 Min Read

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Federal officials condemn Texas' investigations of child transgender therapies

Jonah McKeown|Mar 3, 2022|3 Min Read

The bell tower of a church is seen during sunset in the village of Montmaneu, Spain, Jan. 28, 2022. The Spanish bishops' conference, which initially left it to individual dioceses to conduct abuse investigations, announced Feb. 22 that it has hired a law firm to conduct a yearlong study of clerical sexual abuse. (CNS photo/Nacho Doce, Reuters)

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Spanish bishops commission investigation into church sex abuse

Junno Arocho Esteves|Feb 24, 2022|2 Min Read

Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta. (ACI Prensa via CNA)

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Bishop Zanchetta pleads not guilty at civil trial for sex abuse in Argentina

Inés San Martín|Feb 23, 2022|4 Min Read

Clerical sex abuse survivors and their supporters rally outside Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome in this Feb. 21, 2019, file photo. Rete L'Abuso, a support network for survivors of clerical sexual abuse, and several Italian associations have launched a new campaign calling for an independent investigation into sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in Italy. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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Italy: Groups call for independent investigation into clergy sex abuse

Junno Arocho Esteves|Feb 15, 2022|3 Min Read

Pope Benedict XVI listens to Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, on a flight to Portugal in this May 11, 2010, file photo. Father Lombardi said Pope Benedict has never attempted to hide what is true, no matter how painful recognizing reality would be. (CNS photo/Stefano Rellandini, Reuters)

Cardinal O'Malley: Retired pope's statement on abuse should galvanize all

Carol Glatz|Feb 8, 2022|4 Min Read

Robert McWilliams, 41, a former priest of the Diocese of Cleveland, is seen in this undated photo. He died around 3 a.m., Feb. 4, 2022, by apparent suicide. The former priest was sentenced to life in prison in Akron Federal Court the previous year after being convicted of several federal charges involving child pornography and the sexual exploitation of children. (CNS photo/courtesy Diocese of Cleveland)

Former priest serving life sentence for sexual exploitation dies in prison

Catholic News Service|Feb 8, 2022|2 Min Read

Pope Benedict XVI attends the opening of the Holy Door to inaugurate the Jubilee Year of Mercy, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in this Dec. 8, 2015, file photo. The retired pope released a statement Feb. 8 concerning the recent report on abuse in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, where he served as archbishop from 1977-1982. (CNS photo/Stefano Spaziani, pool)

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Benedict XVI asks abuse survivors for forgiveness as advisers defend handling of Munich cases

Catholic News Agency|Feb 8, 2022|8 Min Read

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