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Pope names Oblate priest secretary of child protection commission
On: 6/22/2021, Cindy Wooden, , In: World
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has named Oblate Father Andrew Small secretary "pro tempore" of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors. Father Small, 53, had served two terms as national director for the Pontifical Mission Societies ...

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Pope names Oblate priest secretary of child protection commission
On: 6/22/2021, Cindy Wooden, , In: World
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has named Oblate Father Andrew Small secretary "pro tempore" of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors. Father Small, 53, had served two terms as national director for the Pontifical Mission Societies ...

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Rhoades: 'There's a great need to better understand Eucharist's centrality'
On: 6/21/2021, Gretchen R. Crowe, , In: Nation
HUNTINGTON, Ind. (CNS) -- In the months leading up to the U.S. bishops' spring general assembly held June 16-18, headlines in both secular and Catholic media focused primarily on one issue: the potential of a document on eucharistic consistency and what ...

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Bridgeport bishop announces catechism 'institute'
On: 6/21/2021, Rhina Guidos, , In: Nation
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The Connecticut bishop who is chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Subcommittee on the Catechism has proposed what he called a "catechism institute" that would "respond to new challenges in catechesis." While Bishop ...

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Pope names two U.S. cardinals, Altoona bishop to Vatican supreme court
On: 6/21/2021, , In: World
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has named U.S. Cardinals Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, and James M. Harvey, archpriest of Rome's Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, to be members of the Vatican's supreme court. The pope also nominated ...

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Pope welcomes prisoners to Vatican before they tour museums
On: 6/21/2021, , In: World
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Arriving at the Vatican early in morning, a dozen inmates from Rome's Rebibbia prison brought a basket of breads they had baked before the sun came up. They gave the basket to Pope Francis June 21 during a brief meeting in his ...

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Hosffman Ospino
Excitement about returning to some form of normalcy has ...
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Lucia A. Silecchia
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Pope names Oblate priest secretary of child protection commission

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has named Oblate Father Andrew Small secretary "pro tempore" of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors. Father Small, 53, had served two terms as national director for the Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States, and his successor there was named in April.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The Connecticut bishop who is chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Subcommittee on the Catechism has proposed what he called a "catechism institute" that would "respond to new challenges in catechesis."

Catholic Democrats in House say they work to advance respect for life

CLEVELAND (CNS) -- Shortly before the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced the bishops had approved moving forward in drafting a teaching document on the Eucharist, a group of Catholic Democratic members of the House of Representatives asked the bishops not to deny holy Communion to anyone over the issue of abortion.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has named U.S. Cardinals Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, and James M. Harvey, archpriest of Rome's Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, to be members of the Vatican's supreme court.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Arriving at the Vatican early in morning, a dozen inmates from Rome's Rebibbia prison brought a basket of breads they had baked before the sun came up. They gave the basket to Pope Francis June 21 during a brief meeting in his residence before they set off -- with the prison director, a few guards and two judges who oversee special release permits -- to visit the Vatican Museums.