A court in the eastern Indian city of Ranchi sent a Missionaries of Charity nun to 14 days of judicial custody July 5 after she was arrested on charges of child trafficking.

I believe in the forgiveness of sins.

The juvenile was charged with arson in the first degree, according to a June 20 news release from the Stearns County Sheriff's Office, he was 13 at the time of the offense.

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It is the first time that a Vatican official has been condemned for such a crime.

Church and political leaders alike expressed alarm over a growing culture of impunity. President Rodrigo Duterte’s frequent tirades against the Catholic Church in the Philippines are believed to have emboldened killers in the recent attacks against priests.