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Francis urges priests and bishops to maintain ‘evangelical closeness’ to their flocks

A daily guide to what’s happening in the Catholic Church

Pope Francis spoke to faculty, staff and alumni of the Pontifical Spanish College of St Joseph in Rome

Pope Francis’s comments show that ‘he’s got a spirit that’s open to God’

The statistics were released during the opening of a hearing of Australia’s Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

The Pontiff told participants at a Vatican event on religious life that the loss of clergy is weakening the Church

The Liberation Theologian said the Pope wants to fulfil a request made by Brazil’s bishops

The Pope said there is a ‘spirit of clericalism’ in those priests who ‘feel superior and distance themselves from the people’