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Disastrous Effects Of Climate Change Are Happening Now, Report Says

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Vatican's Meeting Of Bishops Is Overshadowed By Abuse Allegations

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As clerical sex abuse scandals buffet the Catholic Church, a three-week assembly of bishops is under way in Rome on how to make the Church relevant for young people. But the assembly, known as a synod, will likely be dominated by what many analysts call Catholicism's worst crisis since the reformation.

Roughly 250 priests, bishops, cardinals and some younger laypersons are participating in the synod.

In the opening mass, pope Francis urged them "to dream and to hope."

GOP's Kavanaugh Victory Is A Midterm Motivator, Lotter Says

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Ski Resort Hosts North American Wife Carrying Championship

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News Brief: Supreme Court, Pompeo Trip, Missing Saudi Journalist

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The three-month confirmation fight is over, and Brett Kavanaugh is the newest associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Yesterday he was in his chambers preparing for oral arguments before this newly constituted court.

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