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Francis fills two episcopal vacancies in Chile left by sex abuse scandal

Feb 6, 2020

Pope Francis on Wednesday appointed bishops to the dioceses of Osorno and San Bartolomé de Chillán, both of which had... Read more

Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta.

Archbishop Scicluna leaves hospital, continues abuse investigation in Chile

Feb 23, 2018

By Elise Harris

After a gallbladder surgery left him in the hospital for three days, Archbishop Charles Scicluna has been discharged, and will... Read more

Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta.

Archbishop Scicluna hospitalized in Chile amid abuse investigation

Feb 21, 2018

By Elise Harris

Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta, who is currently in Chile investigating allegations of abuse cover-up by a local bishop, was... Read more

Archbishop Chomali of Conception meets with Pope Francis.

Archbishop Chomali: Pope Francis was confident in appointing Chilean bishop

Mar 27, 2015

Both the Archbishop of Concepcion and the apostolic nuncio to Chile have maintained that Pope Francis understood all the facts... Read more

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Alessandro Allori, “The Presentation of Mary,” 1598.

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Archbishop Philip Anyolo of the Nairobi Archdiocese in Kenya.

Nairobi archbishop declines Kenyan president’s donations to Catholic parish

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