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Pope Francis may just hit it off with new EU leader

- Crux in Argentina
- Jul 22, 2019
Argentine priest says Benedict wanted Bergoglio as Secretary of State

Pope Benedict XVI reportedly wanted Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, the future Pope Francis, to be his Secretary of State to help him clean up the Catholic Church’s central government, known as the “Roman Curia.”
- Church in the Americas
- Jul 22, 2019
Brazilian bishop accused of cover-up as police investigate new abuse allegations

Police in Brazil are investigating three Catholic priests accused of abusing several altar boys and seminarians. The former bishop of their diocese, who resigned in May, is also under investigation for having allegedly extorted money from them in exchange for his silence.
- Church in Africa, Interviews
- Jul 22, 2019
CAR bishop holds the line against a "philosophy of vengeance"

The president of the Central African Republic's Catholic bishops said the country's civil war is a political conflict, not a religious one.
- Crux in Argentina
- Jul 21, 2019
Future pope once called host-turned-to-blood a 'mark of the Lord'

Analysis of fragments of a Eucharistic host that had turned into a blood-like liquid in 1992 found the substance belonged to a heart muscle called the myocardium – more specifically, the left ventricle that pumps oxygenated blood from the lungs to the body.
- News Analysis
- Jul 21, 2019
Pope Francis may just hit it off with new EU leader

When it comes to the issues, there are several reasons to believe new EU leader Ursula von der Leyen will see Pope Francis as an ally.

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