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LDS missionaries can now call home weekly. Some parents worry new policy is too lax.

Vatican defrocks former US cardinal McCarrick over sex abuse

Photos of the Week

Mormon temple changes are a step forward for women

Mormon missionaries can now phone home once a week

What Catholics and Southern Baptists can learn from each other about sex abuse crisis

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    • LDS missionaries can now call home weekly. Some parents worry new policy is too lax.

      February 16, 2019

      Vatican defrocks former US cardinal McCarrick over sex abuse

      February 16, 2019

      Photos of the Week

      February 15, 2019

      Mormon missionaries can now phone home once a week

      February 15, 2019

      For Southern Baptists, sex abuse prevention is a local matter

      February 15, 2019

      Bombshell book alleges a Vatican gay subculture, hypocrisy

      February 15, 2019
  • Opinion
    • Mormon temple changes are a step forward for women

      February 15, 2019

      What Catholics and Southern Baptists can learn from each other about sex abuse crisis

      February 15, 2019

      Witchcraft becomes a political stance — and a booming business

      February 14, 2019

      A year after Parkland, we are all numb

      February 14, 2019

      Meet Sadaf Jaffer, America’s first female Muslim mayor

      February 14, 2019

      Absent an imam, Domineque Ray’s execution by Alabama disenfranchises Muslims

      February 13, 2019
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Vatican defrocks former US cardinal McCarrick over sex abuse

February 16, 2019 9:14 am
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has defrocked former U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick after Vatican officials found him guilty of soliciting for sex while hearing confession and sexual crimes against minors and adults, the Holy See said Saturday. McCarrick, 88, is the highest-ranking...

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