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Catholic World News

CDF swamped with new abuse cases

December 20, 2019

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CWN Editor's Note: The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), which handles sex-abuse complaints against Catholic clergy, has been overwhelmed by an unprecedented number of new cases this year, AP reports. More than 1,000 new cases have been brought before the CDF; many coming from countries that have not previously made such reports.

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Saturday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria, Priest; Opt Mem of St. Elizabeth of Portugal (USA)

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Today is the Optional Memorial of St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria (1502-1539), who was the founder of the Clerks Regular of St. Paul, later called the Barnabites from the name of their principal church in Rome. He also founded a congregation of nuns, the Angelic Sisters of Saint Paul. St. Anthony was a great…

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