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News from the Vatican
- Vatican signs potentially historic deal with China on bishops
  
  The Vatican announced on Saturday that a deal has been reached with China over the appointment of bishops.
- Colombian prelate opened door to first McCarrick complaint
  
  An otherwise unknown figure in the Catholic Church, the late Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo Higuera has recently been identified as the one who opened the opened the door for the first complaints made...
- God looks for disciples among the dregs of society, pope says
  
  God went looking for and chose so many Christians and saints from the dregs of society, inviting some of the worst sinners to be his disciples, Pope Francis said in a morning homily.
Catholic News Service
- God is patient, even with failures, pope tells young Lithuanians
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VILNIUS, Lithuania (CNS) -- Meeting young Lithuanians in Vilnius, Pope Francis said he wanted a relaxed conversation, like they were sitting in a pub...
- Update: Vatican signs provisional agreement with China on naming bishops
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Reuters By Cindy Wooden VILNIUS, Lithuania (CNS) -- For the first time in decades, all of the Catholic bishops in China are in full communion with the pope, the Vatican announced...
- Find strength in tolerance, solidarity, pope tells Lithuanians
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VILNIUS, Lithuania (CNS) -- In Lithuania, a nation that experienced invasions, atrocities and persecution, Pope Francis began his visit with a plea to...
National Catholic Register
- “Whoever Receives One Child Such as This in My Name, Receives Me”
  
  By John Grondelski | Children will play a prominent role in the Gospels of the next three Sundays (and trust in the next five). This week, Jesus uses children as the example of what receiving one in...
- Journeying From Grief to Grace: How a Retreat Program Helps Sex-Abuse Victims Heal
  
  By Judy Roberts | Two experiences of sexual abuse, one by a priest, left Marty Meyer like many victims of trauma: outwardly normal, but inwardly distant from people, especially men. After trying...
- Healing Abuse Victims Is Key: Priest Says Spiritual Start Paves the Way Forward
  
  By Judy Roberts | Father Dominic Allain, a London-based priest of the Archdiocese of Southwark, England, is the international pastoral director of “Grief to Grace” Ministries, a retreat program for...