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- McCarrick becomes most senior cleric to be defrocked over abuse scandals
  
  In a widely expected yet still dramatic move, the Vatican announced Tuesday that Pope Francis has approved the removal of ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick from the clerical state, colloquially known as...
- Editor of Vatican women’s magazine aims to shatter silence on abused nuns
  
  Italian Lucetta Scaraffia is a bit of a troublemaker in the Vatican these days. She discusses women in the Church.
- Pastoral take on abuse features sin and forgiveness, Vatican comms czar says
  
  Andrea Tornielli, the Vatican's new editorial director, says the pope's summit on clerical sexual abuse is not a meeting of experts or technicians, but of pastors.
- Welcome Christ present in migrants and refugees, pope urges
  
  Even if Christians struggle to recognize him with his "torn clothes (and) dirty feet," Jesus is present in the migrants and refugees who seek safety and a dignified life in a new land, Pope...
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- Theodore McCarrick Dismissed From the Clerical State
  
  By Edward Pentin | As had been widely expected, the Vatican today announced it had removed Theodore Edgar McCarrick from the clerical state. In a short statement, the Vatican said at the end of a...
- Velatio Nuptialis is a Forgotten Marriage Ritual, The Lost World of Christendom, and More Links!
  
  By Tito Edwards | The Velatio Nuptialis: An Ancient (& Forgotten) Part of the Latin Marriage Rite ☩ Gregory DiPippo of New Liturgical Movement +1 The Lost World of Christendom...
- Cardinal Sarah to Publish Book on Today’s ‘Spiritual, Moral and Political Crisis’
  
  By Edward Pentin | Cardinal Robert Sarah is to publish a new book, this time on the “profound spiritual, moral and political crisis in the contemporary world.” The book, the last volume of three...
- Does the New Catholic-Muslim Declaration Deviate From Catholic Teaching?
  
  By Edward Pentin | VATICAN CITY — A joint Catholic-Muslim declaration signed by Pope Francis in Abu Dhabi earlier this month was praised for trying to push back a drift toward a “clash of...

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