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“To me, it’s a very sad story. The Pope is handling it, I guess, the best anyone can handle it,” President Donald Trump said in an interview with the Daily Caller. “How is he going to handle it?”

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila has called for an in-depth investigation into the sex abuse and cover-up of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, following the publication of explosive allegations by the former papal nuncio to the United States.

The archbishop of Oklahoma City has joined a growing wave of prelates calling for a full investigation into allegations that Pope Francis knowingly rehabilitated a serial sexually abusive U.S. cardinal.

Pope Francis is reportedly “embittered” by allegations that he knowingly promoted a serial sex-offending cardinal but has no plans to retire.

Cardinal Blase Cupich suggested that allegations that Pope Francis knowingly rehabilitated an abusive American cardinal proceed from racism in a television interview with NBC News Tuesday.

The Catholic bishops of Latin America have reacted strongly to allegations that Pope Francis knowingly rehabilitated a cardinal guilty of serial sex abuse, calling the accusations a “shameful” attack on the pope.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro told NBC’s Today on Tuesday that they have evidence in hand suggesting the Vatican knew of both the sexual abuses committed by priests in Pennsylvania and the ensuing cover-up by Church officials.

Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, has downplayed bombshell allegations that Pope Francis knowingly rehabilitated an abusive American cardinal, saying the pope has a “bigger agenda” to worry about, such as protecting the environment and migrants.

A monsignor who worked at the apostolic nunciature to the United States has corroborated an explosive report accusing Pope Francis of rehabilitating Cardinal Theodore McCarrick despite knowing of his record of homosexual abuse of priests and seminarians.

Cardinal Blase Cupich released a statement Sunday expressing astonishment over recent allegations that former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick was behind his appointment as archbishop of Chicago.

The bishop of Tulsa stated Sunday that allegations by the former papal nuncio to the United States that Pope Francis knew of Cardinal McCarrick’s sexual predation and yet reinstated him to a position of influence are a “good place” to start investigations into clerical sex abuse and cover-up.

Pope Francis deflected questions from reporters about his alleged lifting of sanctions imposed on Cardinal Theodore McCarrick for sexual abuse, telling reporters Saturday to read the accusations and make their own assessment of their credibility.

In a bombshell report, the Vatican’s former ambassador to the United States has accused Pope Francis of reinstating Cardinal Theodore McCarrick to a position of prominence despite knowing of McCarrick’s sexual abuse of priests, seminarians, and laypeople, including minors.

Pope Francis has rebuked the Irish people over a recent referendum legalizing abortion, suggesting that a widespread “throwaway culture” leads people to deprive the unborn of “the very right to life.”

Pope Francis once more condemned clerical sex abuse Saturday, as well as the “failure of ecclesiastical authorities” to adequately address what he called “repellent crimes.”

Many practicing Catholics prefer the immigration policies of Italian Minister Matteo Salvini to those of Pope Francis, according to a series of recent polls.

As a number of priests and bishops denounce the homosexual culture at the root of recent clerical sex scandals, Jesuit Father James Martin addressed the World Meeting of Families in Dublin on Thursday, urging greater “openness and respect” toward gays.

South African Cardinal Wilfrid Napier has decried media spins on the current clerical sex abuse crisis, declaring that the scandal is rooted in same-sex activity by predatory priests.

In a gesture destined to anger more than console, Pope Francis has issued a letter to “the people of God” acknowledging the recent sex abuse scandals but ignoring the root causes of the crisis as well as the concrete steps needed to overcome it.

“It is time to admit that there is a homosexual subculture within the hierarchy of the Catholic Church that is wreaking great devastation in the vineyard of the Lord,” writes Madison Bishop Robert C. Morlino on Saturday in a sharply worded letter to the faithful.

The Vatican released a statement expressing “shame and sorrow” Thursday about the hundreds of predator priests uncovered in Pennsylvania. This statement comes after two days of silence and offers no quote from Pope Francis.

The Vatican issued a statement Thursday in response to a Pennsylvania grand jury report on clerical sex abuse, expressing “shame” and “sorrow” over the report’s findings.

The Vatican on Thursday issued a statement expressing “shame and sorrow,” regarding Pennsylvania’s child sex abuse report involving hundreds of Roman Catholic priests. 

Pope Francis sent out a special message to the victims of the Genoa bridge collapse Wednesday, entrusting their sufferings to the Virgin Mary on a day the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of the Assumption.

The Italian bishops conference announced Tuesday that changes to the Lord’s Prayer proposed by Pope Francis will take effect in Italy this November.

At least 1,000 children were molested by Roman Catholic priests in Pennsylvania, as church officials took steps to cover it up, according to a grand jury report.

Pope Francis told a large crowd of young people Sunday that their baptism obliges them to become active agents of good and to oppose the reigning “culture of death.”

A massive straw pope has won the ninth annual All-Ireland Scarecrow Championship just weeks before the pontiff is slated to visit the Emerald Isle.

The bishop of Albany, NY, has criticized proposed clerical solutions to the recent revelations of sex abuse reaching as high as a U.S. cardinal, insisting that the laity must be in charge of investigations.

The Vatican waded into the raging debate on the use of online algorithms Saturday, warning the faithful that social media and online services can make use of their personal data for “manipulative purposes.”

China’s state newspaper Global Times published a feature Wednesday heralding in a new era in relations between Beijing and the Vatican, suggesting that Pope Francis, as a Jesuit who “believes he has a good understanding of Marxists,” presents a golden opportunity for China to coopt Catholicism in the country.

The bishop of Fort Worth, Texas, has called for further investigation and decisive action in the case of alleged serial homosexual abuser Theodore McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington, DC.

Pope Francis offered a prayer Sunday that programs “dedicated to development, nourishment, and solidarity” prevail over programs of “hate, armament, and war.”

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Washington, DC, Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick from the college of cardinals after a series of public accusations of sexual impropriety and abuse spanning decades.

Pope Francis delivered a message Friday to an international Catholic theological conference in which he congratulated organizers for keeping attention fixed on the environment and immigration, two issues the pope has held at the center of his pontificate.

Famiglia Cristiana, Italy’s top selling Catholic publication, has splashed a photo of Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on its cover this week, with the provocative caption “Get behind me, Salvini” — in Latin.