Criticism of the diocese led to the 2019 resignation of Bishop Richard Malone, who had been leader of the Catholic Church in Maine before transferring to Buffalo.
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Pope Francis meets transgender guests of Rome church
The Blessed Immaculate Virgin community in the Torvaianica neighborhood on Rome’s outskirts opened its doors to transgender people during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Pope apologizes for ‘catastrophic’ school policy in Canada
The long-awaited apology opened Pope Francis’ weeklong ‘penitential pilgrimage’ to Canada.
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Indigenous Canadians wary, hopeful as pope prepares apology
Pope Francis will visit Monday to apologize for abuses in a system designed to sever Native children from their tribal, family and religious bonds.
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Cardinal Hummes, close friend of Pope Francis, dies at 87
The Brazilian Catholic cardinal inspired the pontiff to pick his name after the 2013 conclave,
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If canonized, Detroit priest Father Solanus Casey would be a rarity among saints: American
While there are more than 10,000 saints in the Roman Catholic Church, fewer than a dozen are from the United States.
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Pope told Biden he should ‘keep receiving Communion,’ president says
Some U.S. bishops have suggested that the president be denied the Catholic sacrament because of his support for abortion rights and same-sex marriage.
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Ex-Cardinal McCarrick, 91, pleads not guilty in Massachusetts sex assault
An activist says former U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s court appearance in a sex abuse case marks a new phase in the global struggle to hold clerics accountable.
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Ex-Cardinal McCarrick charged with sexually assaulting teen
He faces three counts of indecent assault and battery on the boy, including at a wedding reception in Massachusetts in 1974.
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Cardinal in Vatican fraud trial: My conscience is ‘tranquil’
Defendants are alleged to have cost the Holy See tens of millions of dollars in donated funds through poor investments, dealings with shady money managers and purported favors to friends and family.