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Pope Francis on Wednesday told a group of parents of LGBT children that God loves them as they are, and that the Church loves them because they are “children of God.”

Karna Lozoya, the host of a new podcast documenting the clerical sexual abuse crisis in the United States, has said the message those behind it want to send is that while important steps have been taken, it is far from over.

Prefecto de la Secretaría de Economía de la Santa Sede, y Auditor General: las dos autoridades trabajarán aún más estrechamente para una aplicación más eficaz de las normas de transparencia y competencia en los contratos públicos de la Santa Sede y el Vaticano.

A Memorandum of Understanding signed by the Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy and the Auditor General: the two offices will collaborate even more closely to better implement law regarding transparency and the granting of public contracts by the Holy See and the Vatican.

Knights of Holy Sepulchre contributed some $3.5 million to a special fund to support the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, especially its schools and charitable outreach.

It is important to have Christian media that provide quality coverage of the life of the church and that are capable of forming people's consciences, Pope Francis said.

The National Black Sisters' Conference issued a "clarion warning" to U.S. Catholics saying church members and leaders have not done enough to speak out against the sin of racism.

‘We have been subjected to criticism, derision and even death threats. We’d like nothing better than to return to our mission unhindered by the fear of millions of dollars in fines.’

Four out of the five Franciscan friars working in the war-torn Syrian city of Aleppo tested positive for COVID-19, with two of them dying from the disease.

This May 2016 photo provided by researcher Jane Greaves shows the planet Venus. A report released on Monday, Sept. 14, 2020 says astronomers have found a potential signal of life high in the atmosphere of our nearest neighboring planet.

Grupos de ayuda católicos de Estados Unidos expresan su desacuerdo por una decisión de la corte que plantea el fin del estatus de protección temporal (TPS), para los inmigrantes de algunos países, afirmando que esto llevará a la separación de miles de familias, informa la Catholic News Agency.

The V National Encuentro opened on Thursday evening in Grapevine, TX bringing thousands of US Hispanic/Latino Catholic leaders together. Dr Hoffsman Ospino, one of the Conference organizers, spoke with Vatican News about the 4-day conference.

"Faith is very much embedded into the culture of the community," Lamas said. "In Hispanic families, God and religious practices are lived out daily. It's part of who the individual is, not separate. I can see why the specifics are higher among Hispanic families, absolutely."

Bruce Springsteen is seen Sept. 10, 2020, on a Boston College YouTube video. The singer, songwriter and musician was initially scheduled to speak to first-year students in person, but instead addressed them via a Zoom webinar link from his home studio in Colts Neck, N.J.

"We pray humbly and constantly for the virtue of fortitude, a gift of the Holy Spirit that is rooted in trust," Archbishop García-Siller he said.

"It's not bad here so far, it's just a lot of steady rain here in Pensacola," said Bishop William A. Wack, who also described the skies outside as dark. "We're hoping for the best ... and we're all hunkering down and praying."

Sister Barbara Ann Hehr, formerly known as Sister Fredrick Ann Hehr, died on Sunday, May 10, 2020, at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian, Michigan. She was 86 years of age.

Toward the conclusion of the general audience, before greeting the Italian-speaking faithful, Pope Francis paused for a moment, to recall “Father Roberto Malgesini, a priest of the diocese of Como”.

"Living the truth in love, we should grow in every way into him who is the head, Christ, from whom the whole body ... with the proper functioning of each part, brings about the body's growth and builds itself up in love" (Eph 4:15-16).

Milly and Mike Pungercar, members of St. Alice Parish in Springfield, are among the approximately half-million Oregonians, or 10% of the state's population, who by Sept. 11 had received an evacuation order or warning amid raging wildfires.