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Archbishop Óscar Romero stands outside the chapel of the Hospital de la Divina Providencia in San Salvador on Nov. 20, 1979.

A 'Voice For The Voiceless': Sainthood For El Salvador's Archbishop Óscar Romero

11:30am October 12, 2018

by Danny Hajek

Romero was an outspoken champion of the poor who pleaded for social justice during a time of widespread violence. On Sunday, Romero will be canonized as a saint at the Vatican.

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Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of the archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Donald Wuerl. The two met in 2015 during the pope's visit to Washington, D.C.

Pope Accepts Resignation Of D.C. Archbishop Donald Wuerl Amid Sex Abuse Crisis

11:05am October 12, 2018

by Bill Chappell

Two months ago, a Pennsylvania grand jury detailed how Wuerl learned of credible abuse allegations against priests under his supervision — and still gave the men new parish assignments.

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Pope Francis Accepts Cardinal Wuerl's Resignation

10:09am October 12, 2018

Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, D.C., stood accused of being complicit in covering up years of sexual abuse by priests. NPR talks to Joshua McElwee of the National Catholic Reporter.

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News Brief: Hurricane Michael, Kentucky House Race, New Saint

10:09am October 12, 2018

Post Michael, what does Mexico Beach, Fla., look like now? As midterms draw near, we examine Kentucky's 6th congressional district. Sunday, Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero becomes a saint.

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Archbishop William Lori announced a new program to issue parishioner ID cards outside a Baltimore church on Wednesday.

To Help Immigrants Feel Safer Around Police, Some Churches Start Issuing IDs

4:31pm October 11, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

"No one in our city should live in fear," said Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh. The Catholic archdiocese program is modeled on one in Dallas, which aims to alleviate immigrants' fears of police stops.

Pope Francis leaves the Paul VI hall at the end of his meeting with youths attending the synod at the Vatican on Saturday. The three-week meeting will likely be dominated by what many analysts call Catholicism's worst crisis since reformation.

Vatican's Meeting Of Bishops Is Overshadowed By Abuse Allegations

5:45pm October 08, 2018

As the Catholic Church deals with new sex-abuse revelations, the pope opened a three-week gathering of bishops in Rome Saturday on how to make the Church relevant for young people.

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A semi-desert steppe after a storm, between Trelew and Las Chapas, Patagonia, Argentina.

'False Calm' Acts As A Record Of Real Life In Patagonia

7:01am October 08, 2018

by lily meyer

Argentine writer María Sonia Cristoff wants to be honest: She won't shape her subjects' narratives or take control another person's story. This is both the book's great strength and great weakness.

Faith-based groups from both sides of the political spectrum are working to inspire voters for the midterms. A man listens as Black Voters Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown speaks at a church as part of The South Rising Tour, aimed at getting more voters to

Faith Groups Get Out The Vote For The Midterm Elections

6:32am October 08, 2018

by Jerome Socolovsky

President Trump has asked his evangelical supporters to help stop Democrats from taking control of Congress, but religious progressives are also getting people to the polls.

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Pope Francis waves prior to reciting the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican.

Pope Francis' Popularity Falls Sharply Among U.S. Catholics

7:40pm October 02, 2018

by Tom Gjelten

Six of 10 U.S. Catholics say Pope Francis is doing only a "fair" or even a "poor" job handling the clergy abuse crisis. He is now only as popular as his predecessor, Pope Benedict.

Pope Francis has removed Fernando Karadima from the priesthood, seven years after the Vatican found that Karadima had sexually abused minors in Chile.

Pope Francis Defrocks Priest Fernando Karadima, A Notorious Abuser In Chile

3:25pm September 28, 2018

by Bill Chappell

Karadima has been the face of the church's sex abuse scandal in Chile. In 2011, a Vatican tribunal found him guilty of sexually abusing dozens of minors.