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FILE - In this November 2014 file photo, Archbishop Anthony Apuron stands in front of the Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral Basilica in Hagatna, Guam. Guam's Catholic church announced Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018 that it will file for bankruptcy _ a move that lawyers say will allow the archdiocese to avoid trial in dozens of lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse by priests and move toward settlements. The U.S. territory, where almost everyone is Catholic, has been ripped apart by claims the archbishop and other priests abused children. Apuron has denied allegations he molested multiple altar boys. (AP Photo/Grace Garces Bordallo, File)

Guam Catholic Church to file bankruptcy amid abuse lawsuits

By CALEB JONES and GRACE GARCES BORDALLO - Associated Press

Pope Francis poses for a group photo with bishops and partecipants during the last day of the synod of bishops, at the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. (Fabio Frustaci/ANSA via AP)

Pope wraps up synod on youth claiming persecution over abuse

By NICOLE WINFIELD and LUCA MAZZANTI - Associated Press

Survivors of child sexual abuse await a news conference in the Pennsylvania Capitol, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018 in Harrisburg, Pa. Pennsylvania's Legislature plowed through its final scheduled voting day of 2018 on Wednesday with no resolution to legislation responding to a state grand jury report accusing hundreds of Roman Catholic priests of sexually abusing children over decades.(AP Photo/Marc Levy)

Church abuse bill in limbo after hitting wall in Senate

By MARC LEVY - Associated Press

Illustration on Pope Francis at a time of church crisis by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Pope Francis must acknowledge that he presides over Catholic Church in a time of unparalleled crisis

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

Pressure building on Vatican to give women vote at synod

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Pope Francis, center, arrives for a canonization ceremony in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018. Pope Francis canonizes two of the most important and contested figures of the 20th-century Catholic Church, declaring Pope Paul VI and the martyred Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero as models of saintliness for the faithful today. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

The Latest: New saint gives Salvadorans ‘happiest day’

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Pope Francis waves to faithful as he leaves St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018. Pope Francis has declared Pope Paul VI and slain Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero saints, reciting in Latin the rite of canonization at the start of Mass in St. Peter's Square. After hearing brief biographies of Paul, Romero and five other people canonized Sunday, Francis declared them saints and "decreed that they are to be venerated as such by the whole church." (Giuseppe Lami/ANSA via AP)

Oscar Romero, Pope Paul VI become saints

By Nicole Winfield and Marcos Aleman - Associated Press

A woman takes photos of tapestries of Roman Catholic Archbishop Oscar Romero, 3rd from left, and Pope Paul VI, 4th from left, hanging from a balcony of the facade of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018. Pope Francis will canonize two of the most important and contested figures of the 20th-century Catholic Church, declaring Pope Paul VI and the martyred Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero as models of saintliness for the faithful today. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope makes El Salvador’s Oscar Romero, Pope Paul VI saints

By NICOLE WINFIELD and MARCOS ALEMAN - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010 file photo, Archbishop Donald Wuerl prays as he celebrates Mass at the Cathedral of Saint Matthew the Apostle in Washington. Pope Francis has accepted Friday Oct. 12, 2108 the resignation of Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl after he became entangled in two major sexual abuse and cover-up scandals and lost the support of many in his flock. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Excerpts of Pope Francis’ letter to Cardinal Wuerl

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Police: Naked, high North Dakota man climbed into holy water

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Agata Diduszko-Zyglewska, left, and opposition lawmaker Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus,right, lift photos of young victims of abuse by priests during a meeting that demanded strict criminal punishment for pedophile priests at the parliament in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, Oct. 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Activists push for more clergy sex abuse charges in Poland

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

Pope Francis blesses the crowd as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Carlo Maria Vigano claim of Theodore McCarrick cover-up by Pope Francis ‘blasphemous,’ Vatican says

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Francis greets faithful at the end of his meeting with youths attending the Synod, at the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Vatican defends pope against ‘blasphemous’ cover-up claims

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Third accuser comes forward against Houston priest

By NOMAAN MERCHANT - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 29, 2017 file photo, clouds hang over St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican. Despite the dark cloud hanging over a synod of bishops which opens Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, organizers said Monday they thought the rebirth of the scandal could still give the Vatican an opportunity to show that the Catholic Church isn't just about sex abuse and cover-ups. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, file)

Cloud of sex abuse scandal hangs over Vatican youth meeting

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

FILE- In this Aug. 14, 2018 file photo, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. Even as top Pennsylvania officials assail the Catholic Church over its cover-up of clergy sexual abuse, a state agency is refusing to release a report on allegations of sexual abuse by a high-ranking state university administrator despite lingering questions about how the accusers’ complaints were handled. The office of Shapiro - acting as the higher-ed agency's lawyer - says the report on East Stroudsburg University Vice President Isaac Sanders remains subject to an 8-year-old confidentiality agreement and can’t be released. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Off limits: Report on state college abuse kept from public

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018, file photo, Pope Francis delivers his message during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. The former Vatican ambassador who accused three popes and their advisers of covering up for a disgraced American ex-cardinal has denounced Pope Francis' refusal to directly respond to his claims and challenged the Vatican to say what it knows about the scandal. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Sex abuse scandal: Pope Francis seeks prayers to fight ‘devil’

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Francis delivers his message during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018. Pope Francis on Wednesday urged Chinese Catholics to overcome past divisions and open a new phase of faith following a landmark agreement over bishop nominations aimed at ending decades of estrangement between the Vatican and Beijing that had split the church. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Accuser denounces Pope Francis’ silence over abuse cover-up claims

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Polish bishop apologizes to victims of clergy sex abuse

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The Latest: Pope asks for reconciliation in Chinese church

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