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Pope Francis speaks during the European Union summit at the Vatican March 24 (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano via Reuters).
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Pope Francis sees hope for European Union, urges leaders to return to roots
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis said opportunity can come by restoring “the pillars” on which the union was first founded.
U.S. Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley, president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, is pictured during a seminar on safeguarding children at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome March 23. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) 
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Cardinal O’Malley: Evangelization will have ‘no effect’ if the church doesn’t protect children
Gerard O’Connell
“If the church is not committed to child protection, our efforts at evangelization will be to no effect.”
Pope Francis prays in front of a statue of Our Lady of Fatima during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican May 13. The statue, which was present for the May 13 feast of Our Lady of Fatima, is a copy of the original in Fatima, Portugal. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano, pool) 
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Pope Francis will canonize two of the children who saw Our Lady of Fatima
Gerard O’Connell
Jacinta and Francisco will be the youngest children ever to be recognized as saints by the church.
Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, president of the Center for Child Protection at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, speaks at a news conference officially launching the center Feb. 16, 2015 (CNS photo/Paul Haring). 
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How the church is combatting sexual abuse: an interview with Jesuit Hans Zollner
Gerard O’Connell
Father Zollner, one of the founding members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, speaks about the resignation of Marie Collins and efforts to prevent abuse worldwide.
Sister Simone Campbell in Philadelphia in June 2016 (CNS photo/Sarah Webb, CatholicPhilly.com).
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Sister Simone Campbell: Women can bring about a “contemplative renewal” in the church
Gerard O’Connell
Sister Simone participated in the Voices of Faith conference in the Vatican on International Women’s Day, March 8.
Pope Francis greets children outside Our Lady Queen of Angels School in the East Harlem area of New York Sept. 25, 2015 (CNS photo/Eric Thayer).
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“Pope Francis is popular but not a populist,” prominent Argentinean theologian says
Gerard O’Connell
Francis is popular because he speaks in a simple, straightforward way, and people say, “I understand this pope.”
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