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Analysis: Justice by papal fiat points to serious lack of trust within the Church

October 15, 2018 Christopher R. Altieri 39

The Vatican announced on Saturday that Pope Francis has reduced two Chilean bishops to the lay state. One of the defrocked is an 85-year-old man reported now to be suffering senile dementia, Francisco José Cox […]

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Yesterday, on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Pope Francis baptized 32 children during Mass held in the Sistine Chapel (celebrated ad orientem at the chapel’s high altar, incidentally). One of the newly […]

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