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Headlines for August 07, 2018

Ordered from most to least recent.

 Pope praises Chile’s bishops for ‘decisive’ efforts against abuse
 Vatican prelate sees ‘no grounds’ for using Veritatis Splendor to challenge Pope Francis’s teaching
 Indian bishop accused of having ‘wife,’ 18-year-old son
 Nicaraguan foreign minister visits Vatican, seeks removal of ‘unfair’ bishops from dialogue
 Chilean seminarians give haunting accounts of sexual abuse
 Pope offers prayers for Indonesian earthquake victims
 Cardinal Sodano sought to hide abuse documents, former Irish president says
 Coptic Orthodox patriarch: no social media for monks
 Philippine bishops support new national ID system but are wary of abuses
 Nicaraguan bishops, citing pilgrims’ safety, will not host pre-World Youth Day events
 Latin American bishops welcome Catechism death penalty revision with ‘joy in the Spirit’
 In China, bishop asks priest to remove cross and sign from new church
 Nuncio, Hiroshima Catholics recall atomic bomb anniversary at memorial Mass
 Pittsburgh bishop urges faithful to ‘stay close to God in prayer’ when grand jury report is released
 Fearing persecution, Afghan Christian refugees seek asylum in India
 Albany bishop calls for creation of lay commission to investigate bishops accused of abuse
 Russian Patriarch to meet with Patriarch of Constantinople: Ukraine tops agenda
 Postulator of Paul VI’s sainthood cause discusses late Pope’s legacy
 Franciscans reopen Holy Land museum
 US lay missionary physician is a reluctant hero in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains
 UN report: North Korea still pursuing nuclear, missile programs
 1 killed, 90 wounded by Israel in Hamas-led Gaza protests
 International Federation of Catholic Universities elects 1st woman president

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