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Chilean clerical sex abuse survivors Juan Carlos Cruz, James Hamilton and Jose Andres Murillo in Rome, May 2. The three met Pope Francis individually at the Vatican April 27-29. The Vatican announced on May 22 that a second group of abuse victims will visit the pope in June (CNS photo/Paul Haring).
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Pope Francis to host meeting with Chilean priests abused by Father Karadima
Gerard O’Connell
The encounters will take place from June 1-3 at Santa Marta, the Vatican guesthouse where Francis lives.
In this image made from video, Archbishop Philip Wilson, center, heads to Newcastle Local Court, north of Sydney, Australia Tuesday, May 22, 2018. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation via AP)
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Australian archbishop faces prison time for failure to report child sex abuse
Gerard O’Connell
Philip Wilson was found guilty of failing to inform police about allegations of the sexual abuse of minors by a priest in the 1970s.
Pope Francis walks past cardinals as he leaves a consistory in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican June 28, 2017. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
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Pope Francis has made 14 new cardinals. Here’s what you need to know.
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis is trying to ensure that those who elect his successor are humble men committed to “a church of the poor and for the poor.”
Pope Francis arrives in procession to celebrate Mass marking the feast of Pentecost in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican May 20. The pope at his "Regina Coeli" announced that he will create 14 new cardinals June 29. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
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Pope Francis announces that he will create 14 new cardinals in June
Gerard O’Connell
Eleven of the new cardinals are under the age of 80 and so have the right to vote in the next conclave.
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Pope Francis will canonize Oscar Romero and Paul VI in Rome in October
Gerard O’Connell
Both men were close to each other in life, and both are much revered by Pope Francis.
Pope Francis arrives in procession with other bishops during Mass at the Maquehue Airport near Temuco, Chile, Jan. 17. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
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In private letter, Pope Francis told Chilean bishops their church’s “sin became the center of attention”
Gerard O’Connell
In the 10-page text, Francis presented a searing diagnosis of what had transformed this once prophetic and esteemed church in Latin America to one of the least respected.
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