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Pope Francis is pictured with officers of the Canadian bishops' conference during a meeting at the Vatican Dec. 9, 2021. The bishops said a delegation of Indigenous people plan to visit the pope next spring and hope the pope can visit Canada after that. Among those pictured are Bishop William Terrence McGrattan of Calgary, Alberta, vice president of the conference, and Bishop Raymond Poisson of Saint-Jérôme and of Mont-Laurier, Quebec, president. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

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Pope to meet Canadian Indigenous leaders in the spring, bishop says

Catholic News Service|Dec 14, 2021|2 Min Read

Pope Francis is pictured with the officers of the French bishops' conference during a meeting at the Vatican Dec. 13, 2021. The bishops said the pope encouraged them to continue responding together to a recent independent report on sexual abuse in the church in France. Pictured from left are: Bishop Olivier Leborgne of Arras, vice president of the conference; Archbishop Éric de Moulins-Beaufort of Reims, president; Bishop Dominique Blanchet of Créteil, vice president; and Father Hugues de Woillemont, secretary general. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

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French bishops discuss abuse report, archbishop's resignation with pope

Catholic News Service|Dec 14, 2021|2 Min Read

Flags fly at half-staff at the Sk'elep School of Excellence June 6, 2021, near the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia. The remains of 215 children, some as young as 3 years old, were recovered at the residential school in May. A delegation of Indigenous leaders, accompanied by several bishops, was scheduled to meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican to speak about how they and their people have been treated by Catholics in Canada. (CNS photo/Jennifer Gauthier, Reuters)

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Canadian bishops, Indigenous leaders postpone Vatican meeting

Michael Swan|Dec 7, 2021|3 Min Read

The dome of St. Peter's Basilica is pictured at the Vatican July 12, 2019. Pope Francis has given formal approval to a series of updates and modifications that have been made over the years to the norms regarding clerical sexual abuse and other crimes reserved to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope approves updates to norms for dealing with 'grave crimes'

Carol Glatz|Dec 7, 2021|3 Min Read

A statues of a cherub is displayed at a souvenir shop in front of the main entrance to the church of the Benedictine Abbey of Einsiedeln in Switzerland March 20, 2010. That year, officials in at the abbey confirmed allegations of child abuse of former pupils at the abbey's school, dating to the 1970s. (CNS photo/Christian Hartmann, Reuters)

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Swiss bishops order study on past sexual abuse

Junno Arocho Esteves|Dec 7, 2021|3 Min Read

Cree Chief Wilton Littlechild, Justice Murray Sinclair and Commissioner Marie Wilson unveil the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's final report in Ottawa, Ontario, Dec. 15, 2015. One of the Calls to Action in the report was a papal apology -- in Canada -- for church leaders' past treatment of Indigenous Canadians. (CNS photo/Chris Wattie, Reuters)

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First Nations delegation tells of hopes for upcoming meeting with pope

Michael Swan|Dec 3, 2021|4 Min Read

Archbishop Franco Coppola, the apostolic nuncio to Mexico, speaks during a visit to Aguililla April 23, 2021. (CNS photo/Alan Ortega, Reuters)

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What's the story behind the nuncio to Mexico's mysterious transfer?

Inés San Martín|Nov 29, 2021|5 Min Read

A priest distributes Communion during the opening Mass of the Sixth Ecclesial Assembly of Latin America and the Caribbean at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City Nov. 21, 2021. (Emilio Espejel/CNS)

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Unique LatAm summit identifies abuse victims as pastoral priority

Inés San Martín|Nov 29, 2021|9 Min Read

Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, a leading expert on child protection, speaks during a symposium at Fordham University in New York City in this March 26, 2019, file photo. Father Zollner said the church needs to better instruct priests on helping abuse victims who come forward in confession and on their obligations if an abuser confesses. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

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Confession can be place where church fights abuse, Jesuit says

Cindy Wooden|Nov 16, 2021|4 Min Read

Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger of Albany, N.Y., second from left, listens to a speaker during a "Movement to Restore Trust" symposium at Canisius College Dec. 7, 2019, in Buffalo, N.Y. To the bishop's right is clergy sexual abuse survivor Michael Whelan. In addition to heading the Albany Diocese, (CNS/Movement to Restore Trust via Crux)

New report on abuse shows ‘need for continued commitment and diligence’

John Lavenburg|Nov 10, 2021|6 Min Read

Father Robert McWilliams, 41, a priest of the Diocese of Cleveland, is seen in this undated photo. The former priest was sentenced to life in prison in Akron Federal Court Nov. 9, 2021, after being convicted of several federal charges involving child pornography and the sexual exploitation of children. (CNS photo/courtesy Diocese of Cleveland)

Cleveland priest sent to prison for life for sexually exploiting children

Catholic News Service|Nov 10, 2021|2 Min Read

Pope Francis and four French bishops gather for silent prayer for victims of abuses committed by members of the clergy, prior to the pope's general audience at the Vatican Oct. 6, 2021. The bishops were visiting Rome following a report on sexual abuse in France that estimates more than 200,000 children were abused by priests since 1950, and more than 100,000 others were abused by lay employees of church institutions. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

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French Catholic bishops announce ‘vast program of renewal’ after abuse report

Courtney Mares|Nov 8, 2021|3 Min Read

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