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An injured man receives treatment inside a field hospital in Douma, Syria, after April 3 airstrikes(CNS photo/Mohammed Badra, EPA).
Politics & Society Vatican Dispatch
April 05, 2017
Italian media report that a nerve gas was used in yesterday’s attack by the forces of the Assad regime against the rebels in this area.
People carry crosses with names of victims of gun violence during a Dec. 31 march in downtown Chicago. Hundreds of people joined the march to remember those who died by gun violence in 2016 (CNS photo/Karen Callaway, Catholic New World).
Faith Vatican Dispatch
April 04, 2017
The cardinal considered it “highly significant” that Francis’ letter is dated April 4—the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Francis Sullivan and Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley attend a seminar on safeguarding children at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome March 23 (CNS photo/Paul Haring).
Faith Vatican Dispatch
March 31, 2017
“Church leaders in Australia took a long time to sit down with victims. Some still don’t.”
Pope Francis adjusts the hoodie of a baby during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on March 29. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Faith Vatican Dispatch
March 30, 2017
A deeper dive on 'Amoris Laetitia' is planned for the World Meeting of Families, to be held in Dublin in August 2018.
Faith Vatican Dispatch
March 25, 2017
Pope Francis, in Milan on March 25, sought to strengthen their faith and to address the dissatisfaction among young people and families due to economic difficulties, which creates fertile soil for populist movements.
Pope Francis speaks during the European Union summit at the Vatican March 24 (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano via Reuters).
Faith Vatican Dispatch
March 24, 2017
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) 
Faith Vatican Dispatch
March 23, 2017
“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) 
Faith Vatican Dispatch
March 23, 2017
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). 
Faith Vatican Dispatch
March 21, 2017
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).
Faith Vatican Dispatch
March 14, 2017
Sister Simone participated in the Voices of Faith conference in the Vatican on International Women’s Day, March 8.