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CATHOLIC NEWSWATCH & VIDEO: “Pope Francis Accepts Resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Appoints Him Interim DC leader” – CNA

October 12, 2018 Catholic News Wire - Faith Central - Steve Welsh Abuse Scandals, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Catholic, Catholic Church, Catholic Faith, Catholic Faith, Catholic News, Faithwatch, Headlines, Homosexuals, Human Rights, McCarrick Scandal, Pope Francis, Sex Abuse, Vatican

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“Pope Francis accepted the resignation of … Cardinal Donald Wuerl on Friday … asking [him] to continue … on an interim basis until a permanent successor is appointed. Wuerl, 77, originally submitted his resignation … when he turned 75 …. The pope … received a Sept. 21 request from Wuerl that his resignation be accepted. … Francis defended the cardinal from … widespread criticism he has faced …. since late June, when revelations about alleged sexual misconduct on the part of his predecessor, Archbishop Theodore McCarrick, raised questions about what Wuerl knew about McCarrick, and how he responded ….

“[In addition], the Aug. 14 … grand jury report detailing decades of abuse allegations in six Pennsylvania dioceses put under close scrutiny Wuerl’s record as Bishop of Pittsburgh … from 1988 to 2006. … rais[ing] concerns that Wuerl had allowed priests accused of abuse to remain in ministry ….”

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CATHOLIC NEWSWATCH: “New sexual abuse allegations leveled against Cardinal McCarrick” – CNA

July 22, 2018 Catholic News Wire - Faith Central - Steve Welsh Abuse Scandals, Catholic, Catholic News, Headlines, Homosexuals, McCarrick Scandal, Newswatch, Sex Abuse

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“… [It was] reported July 19 … [that a Virginia man] alleg[es in a police report that] … [now-Cardinal Theodore] McCarrick began sexually abusing him in 1969, when the priest was 39[, a friend of the family,] and the man, “James,” … was 11 …. [A month earlier,] the Archdiocese of New York announced … an investigation into a different allegation that McCarrick had sexually abused a teenager [finding] the claim ‘credible and substantiated.’ The Vatican … prohibited McCarrick, 88, from public ministry. … [M]edia reports have detailed additional allegations … that McCarrick sexually abused, assaulted, or coerced seminarians and young priests … as a bishop. The Diocese of Metuchen and Archdiocese of Newark disclosed … reports that McCarrick engaged in sexual misconduct with adults, and reached legal and financial settlements in two cases. The cardinal is prohibited from contact with minors in the Archdiocese of Washington …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Fortnight for Freedom” – USCCB

July 4, 2017 Catholic News Wire - Faith Central - Steve Welsh Catholic, Faith Links, Headlines, Human Rights, Politics, Public Policy

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“… We are called to follow Christ as missionary disciples by seeking the truth, serving others, and living our faith in all that we do. …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: St. Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs of Uganda

June 3, 2017 Catholic News Wire - Faith Central - Steve Welsh Catholic, Catholic Faith, Faith Links, Homosexuals, Human Rights, Sex Abuse

“St. Charles and many other martyrs for the faith died between November 15, 1885 – January 27, 1887 in Namugongo, Uganda. St. Charles and his companions were beatified in 1920 and canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1964. …

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#CATHOLIC NEWSLINK: “Archbishop Chaput urges #Trump order on religious freedom” – CNS/Catholic Philly

February 19, 2017 Catholic News Wire - Faith Central - Steve Welsh Catholic, Catholic News, Christian Persecution, Donald Trump, Human Rights, Politics, Public Policy

“Archbishop Charles Chaput and three other U.S. Catholic bishops urged support for an executive order on religious freedom from President Donald Trump in a statement they issued Feb. 16.”

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#CATHOLIC NEWSLINK: “House votes to allow states to deny funding to #PlannedParenthood” – CNA

February 19, 2017 Catholic News Wire - Faith Central - Steve Welsh Abortion, Catholic, Catholic News, Headlines, Human Rights, News Links, Politics, Public Policy, Respect Life

“The House voted Thursday to allow states to choose not to fund #PlannedParenthood and other #abortion providers with federal dollars, repealing an #Obama administration rule from December. …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Pope Francis: in healthcare, we are responsible to the most vulnerable” – CNA

February 12, 2017 Catholic News Wire - Faith Central - Steve Welsh Catholic, Catholic Faith, Euthanasia, Headlines, Human Rights, Respect Life

“When it comes to healthcare and using our resources wisely, we have a responsibility to protect and take care of the most vulnerable in society, especially the elderly, Pope Francis told members of the Italian bishops’ conference Friday. …”

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NEWSLINK: “US. abortion rate keeps declining – but what’s behind it?” – CNA

January 22, 2017 Catholic News Wire - Faith Central - Steve Welsh Abortion, Catholic, Catholic News, Headlines, Human Rights, News Links, Politics, Respect Life

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“… Pro-life leaders have welcomed the overall finding of a smaller #abortion rate, although they raised some questions about the accuracy of the report. …”

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NEWSLINK: “NO #abortion extremist #PaulEhrlich at the #Vatican”

January 20, 2017 Catholic News Wire - Faith Central - Steve Welsh Abortion, Catholic, Catholic News, Human Rights, Newswatch, Respect Life

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“The Vatican has invited Dr. Paul Ehrlich, the undisputed father of the modern, pro-abortion population control movement to present a paper at an upcoming Vatican-run conference. … The Stanford biologist champions sex-selective abortion as well as mass forced sterilization as legitimate methods to curb population growth. Ehrlich has also openly defended forced abortion for population control, writing that ‘compulsory population-control laws, even including laws requiring compulsory abortion, could be sustained under the existing Constitution if the population crisis became sufficiently severe to endanger the society.’ …”

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