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Vatican abuse summit will underline need to end cover-ups, official says

Jan 10, 2019

The aim of Pope Francis' February meeting on abuse and safeguarding is to clarify and underline what must and must not be done with allegations and make sure no more cases are ever covered up, said Andrea Tornielli, editorial director for the Vatican Dicastery for Communication.

A now-closed Marsh Supermarket location in Lafayette, Indiana, is seen in 2007. (Wikimedia Commons/Huw Williams)

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by Michael Sean Winters

Jan 3, 2019

Michael Sean Winters rounds up political news and commentary: Grocery chain failure shorts workers; Arroyo names Viganò best person of 2018; Lin-Manuel Miranda returns to Puerto Rico.

Vietnam, Vatican agree to upgrade diplomatic relations in near future

by Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service

Dec 20, 2018

Delegations from the Vatican and from Vietnam reported continued progress in their discussions, including agreeing on "upgrading" relations with a permanent papal representative "in the near future."

Pope Benedict XVI in 2010 (CNS/Catholic Press Photo/Alessia Giuliani)

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by Michael Sean Winters

Dec 18, 2018

Michael Sean Winters rounds up political news and commentary: Penance for "little monsters"; taxes on nonprofit parking lots; Mulvaney's "odio a Puerto Rico"; Ratzinger on new evangelization

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Vatican abuse summit will underline need to end cover-ups, official says

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Vietnam, Vatican agree to upgrade diplomatic relations in near future

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Church did not foresee crimes by bishops, says canon law professor

Catholic donor denies he consulted on Viganò allegations against Pope Francis

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