The event follows news that more than 1,000 were molested by priests in Pennsylvania, as well as the resignation of former Cardinal Theodore McGarrick of Washington.
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Pope apologizes for ‘crimes’ against Irish women, babies
Somber protesters recite the names of 796 babies and young children who died at a Catholic-run orphanage.
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Families’ lawsuit challenges Maine law against public funding for religious schools
The federal lawsuit seeks to overturn the decades-old law barring tuition reimbursements for sectarian schools.
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Saudis prepare for Muslim pilgrimage
More than 2 million faithful are ready to take part in the hajj.
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More churches using portable card readers for donations
They respond to the trend of fewer people carrying cash.
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Heavenly cookies await at St. Peter’s Italian Bazaar
For 93 years, church parishioners have been baking and selling the soft, anise-flavored treats.
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Augusta school officials open to including religious holidays in calendar
The Board of Education’s policy committee is drafting a formal proposal to do so after a meeting that was attended by about 70 people.
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U.S. religious orders back women deacons
But opponents see it as a slippery slope toward ordaining women to the priesthood.
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Pope changes death penalty teaching, now ‘inadmissible’
Previously the the Catholic Church didn’t exclude the possibility of capital punishment but only as the last recourse against an ‘unjust aggressor.’
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Pope strips U.S. cardinal of title after sexual abuse claims
Prelate Theodore McCarrick offered his resignation from the College of Cardinals after a spate of allegations that he for years abused boys and had sexual misconduct with adult seminarians.