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After recently being named in a class-action sex abuse lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Quebec, Cardinal Gérald Lacroix has denied allegations against him but has announced his decision to step aside until the matter is clarified.
Two of the three priests in active ministry in the Diocese of Gaylord who were named in a recent report on clergy sex abuse have been restricted from presiding at any public celebration of Mass after a diocesan review of the allegations against them.
In Chicago, Pope Francis’s representative to the Holy Land said that it’s “necessary now” for Israel and Hamas to agree to a ceasefire as the first step to an eventual two-state solution to achieve peace in the Middle East.
Over the past week several significant developments for the Catholic Church in China have occurred, including a new bishop appointment and the establishment of a new diocese for the first time since Mao’s Communist revolution.
"The publication of this document, between the two sessions of the synod, was seen by most people as if it was the fruit of the synod, when it had nothing to do with the synod," said Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo.