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September 25, 2018 – ‘We need to change’: Priest sex abuse scandals driving Catholics away, pope admits

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/09/25/pope-francis-priest-abuse-scandals-driving-catholics-away/1419926002/ The flames of fury over priest sex abuse scandals are eroding the faith of Catholics and chasing many from pews, Pope Francis admitted Tuesday – and the church needs “to change.” The pope’s frank comments, delivered before young people in Estonia on the final day of his pilgrimage to the Baltics, coincided with a stinging report of abuse of children…

September 24-26, 2018 – International Meeting of Experts held at Ave Maria School of Law, Naples, Florida
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September 24-26, 2018 – International Meeting of Experts held at Ave Maria School of Law, Naples, Florida

From 24-26 September 2018, ICOLF organized an International Meeting of Experts on “Sexually Aggressive Behavior toward Pre and Post Adolescent Males, Seminarians and Adults by Catholic Clergy: Prevention, Evaluation, and Responses.” The proceedings of the meeting will be published in book form in 2019. The abstracts will be available in the 2018 December issue of…

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September 21, 2018 – Indian Bishop Franco Mulakkal arrested for alleged rape of nun

https://www.globalsistersreport.org/news/indian-bishop-franco-mulakkal-arrested-alleged-rape-nun-55417?utm_source=Copy+of+SEPT_++23-+29_BREAKING+NEWS+%28CHANGE+SUBJECT%29&utm_campaign=cc_122017&utm_medium=email Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar was arrested by Kerala police Friday, accused of raping a nun multiple times between 2014 and 2016. He is the first Catholic bishop to be arrested in a sexual abuse case against a nun in India.

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September 20, 2018 – We Must Become Fire!

https://fatherlemieux.com/2018/09/20/we-must-become-fire/amp/?__twitter_impression=true We must be filled with the fire of Pentecost, boldly proclaiming Christ in the darkness of the secular world. And with awe and wonder we daily come before the Lord in prayer, meditating on his Word and receiving new life from him in the celebration of the Eucharist and in Eucharistic adoration, seeing reality…