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Msgr. Carlo Alberto Capella, left, a former Vatican diplomat who served in Washington, talks to his lawyer during his sentencing in a Vatican court in this June 23, 2018, file photo.

Priest convicted of distributing, possessing child pornography said to still work at Vatican

Msgr. Carlo Alberto Capella, a former Vatican diplomat who was convicted of distributing and possessing child pornography, continues to work at the Vatican Secretariat of State as one of several clerks, a report says.
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People in masks with face shields and blue gowns

Providing care, prayer during COVID-19

NEW YORK (CNS) -- In early March, I sat with two other New York City emergency medicine colleagues as part of an interfaith sharing at Fordham University, "Where Faith and Medicine Intersect."
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The Pope during morning Mass at the Vatican

Christianity is a relationship, pope says

Christians must follow the Ten Commandments, of course, but Christianity is not about following rules, it is about having a relationship with Jesus, Pope Francis said.
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Postulator: No evidence St. John Paul covered up abuse

The postulator and the commission involved in investigating the life of Pope John Paul II for sainthood cause found no evidence that the pope knowingly neglected or covered up abuse scandals, the postulator said.
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Amazon priest sees Zoom wakes as way to comfort suffering

When a family friend died in Spain, which was on lockdown because of COVID-19, Spanish Father Luis Miguel Modino celebrated the wake and connected family members using Zoom.
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Virus stopped couple’s dream wedding, but ceremony still ‘special’

When Matthew and Bethany Vogel got engaged in January 2019, they had no way to foresee the virus that would upend events worldwide in spring 2020, including their wedding.
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Accompanying others extends to immigration, says attorney

Immigration "is not political -- or it should not be political. This has nothing to do with party affiliation," according to a Catholic immigration attorney who works in El Paso, Texas.
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