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<img src="https://therecordnewspaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220323T1030-CURIA-REFORM-COLLINS-ABUSE-1524036.jpg" class="wp-post-image first-post-image" alt="Irish abuse survivor: Curia reform
undermines independence of commission" />

Irish abuse survivor: Curia reform
undermines independence of commission

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By Chai Brady DUBLIN — A survivor of clerical sexual abuse who quit the Vatican’s advisory group on abuse said she believes new reforms…

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‘young, hip and lay’ podcast has global reach" />

Jesuitical marks five years;
‘young, hip and lay’ podcast has global reach

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By Anna Capizzi Galvez WASHINGTON — A “young, hip and lay” podcast, Jesuitical, from America Media is celebrating five years. Co-hosted by Zac Davis…

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recommit church to pro-life initiatives" />

USCCB president, committee chairmen
recommit church to pro-life initiatives

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By Julie Asher WASHINGTON — As the nation awaits the U.S. Supreme Court’s most significant abortion ruling in decades, the president of the U.S….

<img src="https://therecordnewspaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220321T0900-POPE-CURIA-REFORM-1523844.jpg" class="wp-post-image first-post-image" alt="Opening Curia posts to laity, pope is
implementing Vatican II, experts say" />

Opening Curia posts to laity, pope is
implementing Vatican II, experts say

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By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — A Vatican office led by a cardinal or archbishop has no more authority than one led by a…

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with Indigenous at parish level" />

‘Listening circles’ promote encounters
with Indigenous at parish level

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By Michael Swan TORONTO — Beginning March 28, residential school survivors, Indigenous elders and youth will meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican as…

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U.S. focuses aid in Europe" />

As more than 3 million flee Ukraine,
U.S. focuses aid in Europe

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By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said March 17 that the U.S. is sending an additional $186 million in…