In May, all 31 active Chilean bishops joined in a mass resignation; in June, Pope Francis accepted the resignations of four bishops. The Pontiff has now accepted the resignations of Bishop Carlos Pellegrín, 60, and Bishop Cristián Contreras, 71.

The Figli di Santa Maria Immacolata (Sons of Holy Mary Immaculate) were founded by Venerable Giuseppe Frassinetti (1804-1868).

The World Conference on Xenophobia, Racism and Populist Nationalism in the Context of Global Migration was organized by the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and the World Council of Churches, in collaboration with the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.

The European Court of Human Rights issued a unanimous decision in the case.

Pope Francis also discussed subsidiarity and solidarity in his address to members of the Italian Association for Injured Workers.

The Pope preached that the “doctors of the law” “have an attitude that only the hypocrites use often: they are scandalized ... Now everyone has the right to enter into the church, even the divorced, everyone. But where are we? The scandal of the hypocrites ... And the Church, when it journeys through history, is persecuted by hypocrites: hypocrites within and without.”

On September 19, police in the southwestern Indian state of Kerala questioned Bishop Franco Mulakkal for seven hours.

Since February, “the state has enforced a dramatic tightening of controls over religious matters,” the Protestant pastors said. “A fresh wave of attacks on religious gatherings, places of worship, and individuals has since erupted.”

Pope Francis begins a 4-day apostolic journey to Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia on September 22.