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Pope Francis greets children in offertory procession at Holy Thursday chrism Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at Vatican.
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis on Holy Thursday spoke about the ldquo tiredness rdquo or quot weariness quot that Catholic priests experience in their daily ministry often in very difficult and dangerous situations and offered advice on how they should deal with it He did so in an incisive and profound homily
St Mary's Roman Catholic Church (Photo via Wikipedia)
Dispatches
Jim McDermott
Each of the churches in question was once the home of a pedophile priest.
A crown sits atop King Richard III's coffin March 22 in Leicester Cathedral in Leicester, England. (CNS photo/Andy Rain, EPA)
Dispatches
David Stewart
It rsquo s meant to be over by nbsp noon nbsp on April 1 so they say It doesn rsquo t work after midday and you rsquo re not allowed to come out with any April Fools gags after then although it rsquo s not clear what purgatorial penance might await a malefactor mdash perpetual exposure to extreme
Chileans protest Bishop Juan Barros in Osorno, Chile, March 21, as the newly appointed bishop celebrates his first Mass there.
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
Critics charge Barros had been involved in the cover-up of the abuse of minors.
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
The church operates the world's largest non-governmental school system.
Dispatches
Judith ValenteGiovanna Breu
On the day before he departed Rome to attend events at Loyola University in Chicago Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi wrote from his Twitter account ldquo Departing for the country of Dickinson Poe Whitman Melville Hemingway Kerouac F O rsquo Connor Salinger Roth Bellow Updike rdquo In 140 c