VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis will set up a panel of legal experts to help him in deciding whether to remove a religious superior or bishop from office for failing to protect minors and vulnerable adults from sex abuse. Vatican offices will continue to investigate claims of negligence on the part of bishops, ordinaries or religious superiors under their jurisdiction. But the pope – who makes the final decision about a bishop's removal from office – will now be assisted by a papally appointed "college of jurists," according to procedures that take effect Sept. 5.

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ST. LOUIS – When Catholic communicators were urged to rein in their social media use during a June 3 keynote [...]

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Sixteen months after entering Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis filed a plan for reorganization May 26 as part of the bankruptcy process.

VATICAN CITY – The former secretary to a saint and the oldest member of the College of Cardinals died May [...]

VATICAN CITY – Help wipe out bullying and aggression by being better listeners and offering concrete gestures of tolerance and [...]