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July 28, 2018 – Comunicato della Sala Stampa della Santa Sede, 28.07.2018

http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2018/07/28/0548/01187.html Yesterday evening the Holy Father received the letter in which Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington (U.S.A.), presented his resignation as a member of the College of Cardinals. Pope Francis accepted his resignation from the cardinalate and has ordered his suspension from the exercise of any public ministry, together with the obligation to…

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July 27, 2018 – Statement of Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York

https://archny.org/cardinalmccarrick Statement of Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York The Archdiocese of New York, along with every other diocese in the country, has long encouraged those who as minors suffered sexual abuse by a priest to come forward with such reports.   As he himself announced earlier this morning, a report has come to…

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July 27, 2018 – Prayer And Fasting For Moral Leadership

Dear All, In view of the disclosures concerning the Barros related situation in Chile, the McCarrick affair in the USA, the Honduras scandal and other related stories regarding the sexual abuse, sexual misconduct and/or sexual harassment of children and young persons (seminarians) by bishops or their cover-up by the same, we have added a link…

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July 26, 2018 – AG Josh Shapiro asks Pope Francis for help in Pa. clergy sex abuse case

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/pope-francis-josh-shapiro-letter-pennsylvania-grand-jury-sex-abuse-investigation-attorney-general-20180726.html?mobi=true Amid a still-boiling legal battle over a secret grand jury report into alleged Catholic clergy sex abuse across Pennsylvania, Attorney General Josh Shapiro has appealed to Pope Francis to step in and persuade opponents to drop their bid to block the report’s release.   “Credible reports indicate that at least two leaders of the Catholic…