https://catholicreview.org/in-france-pope-to-highlight-life-unity-vatican-confirms-hell-meet-with-abuse-victims/ (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV will make a four-day apostolic journey to France Sept. 25-28, with a program that stretches from the Élysée Palace and UNESCO in Paris to the Marian shrine of Lourdes and a final stop in Metz, and it will include a private meeting with victims of abuse in the Church, the Vatican has confirmed. The Holy See Press Office released the detaile

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The Archdiocese of San Francisco and lawyers for the survivors said the money would settle about 530 claims from people who said they were sexually abused by clergy members. By Soumya Karlamangla Reporting from San Francisco June 29, 2026Updated 3:30 p.m. ET The Archdiocese of San Francisco has agreed to a $395 million settlement with survivors of clergy sexual abuse, the archdiocese and lawyers for the victims said on Monday. The settlement addresses about 530 claims brought