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French-born Archbishop Christophe Pierre expected to be named papal nuncio to the United States
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis has chosen one of the Holy See's most accomplished diplomats for this important post.
Blind people are seen at school in Lhasa, Tibet, in this Sept. 2, 2011, file photo. Sabriye Tenberken, a German who went fully blind at the age of 12, runs a school for the blind there (CNS photo/Wu Hong, EPA).
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Voices of Faith discussed the expanding role of women in the church at the Vatican.
Gerard O’Connell
“This conversation about women is not for women, it is for the church.”
Yemeni pro-government fighters guard outside a Missionaries of Charity elderly home March 4 after unidentified gunmen targeted the home in Aden, Yemen. Four Missionaries of Charity and 10 to 12 other people were killed in the attack. (CNS photo/EPA)
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Pope Francis says nuns killed in Yemen attack are victims of ‘the globalization of indifference.’
Gerard O’Connell
The pope prayed Mother Teresa would accompany into paradise these four “martyrs of charity.”
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Cardinal Pell concludes testimony to Australian commission on child sexual abuse
Gerard O’Connell
The cardinal said, in hindsight, “I would agree that I should have done more.”
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Cardinal Pell tells the Royal Commission that he was deceived by two bishops about abusive priests.
Gerard O’Connell
Cardinal Pell testified about an "extraordinary world of crimes and cover-ups," where many wanted to keep the status quo.
Upstaged? Droid characters from "Star Wars," BB-8, from left, R2-D2, and C-3PO speak at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
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A Best Picture Award for the Rest of Us
Jim McDermott
Why must genre films like “Star Wars,” “The Matrix” or “Blade Runner” always be discounted?
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