VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has officially expelled two Chilean bishops from the clerical state. Both men were accused of sexual abuse of minors. The decision was issued without the possibility to appeal, the Vatican announced on Saturday.
VATICAN CITY – “Jesus is radical,” Pope Francis said in his homily at the canonization of Pope Paul VI, Oscar Romero and five other new saints.
SEATTLE – The week before Pope Francis’ September 22 visit to Lithuania, members of the local Lithuanian-American community gathered here for the rare occasion of attending Mass in their native language.
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has called for all the presidents of the Catholic bishops’ conferences of the world to meet at the Vatican in February to discuss the issue of sexual abuse of minors.
VATICAN CITY – Cardinal Daniel DiNardo has called a September 13 meeting between Pope Francis and leaders from the church in United States “lengthy and fruitful.”