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    Once more, Pope Francis loudly and publicly takes on the mob

    On the 27th anniversary of the death of Italian "kid-judge" Rosario Livatino, killed by the mafia at the age of 38 in 1990, Pope Francis met for the first time ever with the Italian Parliamentary Antimafia Commission at the Vatican where he presented a three level program to fight mafia and corruption in Italy and in the world.

Papal visit to Colombia

Pope Francis is on the road again this week, traveling to Colombia Sept. 6-11 on a trip that shapes up as a high-wire act both diplomatically and politically. He’ll be trying to lend his moral support to a peace process designed to end the world’s longest-running civil conflict, during a time span that also includes the 16thanniversary of 9/11. Crux’s Inés San Martín will be on the papal plane with Francis along the way, providing full coverage.

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  • In Vatican trial, question remains: Whose reputations are on the line?

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    • September 19, 2017

    As the latest major Vatican criminal trial resumed on Tuesday, judges seemed to challenge claims by the main defendant that spending $500,000 from funds belonging to a papally-sponsored children’s hospital to remodel the private apartment of a Vatican cardinal was entirely routine and above-board. As the trial plays out, the reputations of both that cardinal and Pope Francis’s broader financial reform appear at stake.

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    • September 19, 2017

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    By Inés San Martín
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    • September 20, 2017

    Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, said the words of Padre Pio – trust, pray, do not worry, do not be afraid – are almost a summary of the constant calm assurances of Jesus that we hear in the Gospel. The saints relics were in New York last weekend, before being taken to Milwaukee, Chicago, St. Louis, Atlanta, and other locations over the next two months.

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    • September 19, 2017

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