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Pope meets with leaders of besieged US Catholic Church By Daniel Burke and Delia Gallagher, CNN Updated 10:57 AM EDT, Thu September 13, 2018 Pope meets with leaders of besieged US Catholic Church By Daniel Burke and Delia Gallagher, CNN Updated 10:57 AM EDT, Thu September 13, 2018 article video Rome (CNN) Besieged by an escalating clergy sexual abuse crisis, Pope Francis met Thursday at the Vatican with Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, and Cardinal Sean O'Malley, the pope's top adviser on clergy sex abuse. "We are grateful to the Holy Father for receiving us in audience," DiNardo said in a statement after the meeting. "We shared with Pope Francis our situation in the United States -- how the Body of Christ is lacerated by the evil of sexual abuse. He listened very deeply from the heart. It was a lengthy, fruitful, and good exchange. The Pope meets a US delegation, led by Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, second from right. T...

Breaking: Ekiti Assembly passes N10bn supplementary budget By Rotimi Ojomoyela The Ekiti state house of Assembly has approved the 10 billion naira supplementary budget request by Governor Ayodele Fayose. At the sitting which commenced at 12pm, attended by 14 lawmakers and presided over by Speaker, Hon. Kola Oluwawole, the bill went through first, second readings and committee review before its passage within the hour. However journalists were chased out of the hallowed chamber before the commencement of the proceedings. The appropriation bill forwarded to the House of Assembly yesterday by Governor Fsyose had generated furore, with the Governor-elect, Dr Kayode Fayemi threatening severe consequences for whoever took part in what he described as the fraudulent action.