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Month: May 2021

Biden raises refugee admissions cap to 62,500

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Washington D.C., May 3, 2021 / 15:00 pm (CNA).
President Joe Biden on Monday raised the refugee admissions cap for the current fiscal year, more than quadrupling the current limit.In a White House statement on Monday after…

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Explainer: What changes to Vatican law did Pope Francis make last week (and what difference will they make)?

One modifies the General Regulations of the Roman Curia in an attempt to discourage and curtail corruption. The other allows Cardinals and Bishops to be tried for criminal offences by lower-level Vatican Courts.

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Pope approves canonizations, but doesn’t set date because of pandemic

The sainthood causes of seven men and women — including the hermit Blessed Charles de Foucauld and the Indian martyr Devasahayam Pillai — cleared their final hurdle May 3 during an “ordinary public consistory,” a meeting of the pope, cardinals and promoters of sainthood causes that formally ends the sainthood process.

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