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With 120 parishes, the Catholic Church in Paris is one of the biggest diocese in Europe... READ MORE›
AS POPE FRANCIS VISITS, CHILEANS QUESTION THEIR ALLEGIANCE TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
Just 36 percent of Chileans have confidence in the Catholic Church -- the lowest in all of Latin America -- according to the Chilean newspaper, La Tercera... READ MORE›
HIGH PRAISE: POT CHURCHES PROLIFERATE AS STATES EASE ACCESS TO MARIJUANA
Nationally, such churches have opened in Indiana, where marijuana remains illegal, and Michigan, where medical marijuana is allowed... READ MORE›
POPE OKS FIRST STEP TOWARD SAINTHOOD FOR 'ROSARY PRIEST'
The Vatican said Tuesday that Pope Francis had approved a decree asserting that Peyton lived a life of heroic Christian virtue... READ MORE›
SILENCED SWISS BELLS CAN RING AGAIN
A Swiss church can once again ring its bells throughout the night after a federal court overturned a legal decision to limit them to hourly peals... READ MORE›
AMERICAN EVANGELIST LEADS RARE EVENT IN COMMUNIST VIETNAM
We don't want to do anything that would embarrass the government or the people of Vietnam... READ MORE›
LOST IN TRANSLATION? POPE PONDERS AN UPDATE TO LORDS PRAYER
Pope Francis has generally shown a willingness to rethink liturgical translations... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS ADMITS HE SOMETIMES FALLS ASLEEP WHILE PRAYING
Pope Francis has admitted that he sometimes nods off while praying... READ MORE›
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A VATICAN SHOT ACROSS THE BOW FOR HARD-LINE U.S. CATHOLICS
American Catholic conservatives once unacquainted with being out of papal favor have stewed privately and expressed horror publicly on numerous right-wing Catholic blogs... READ MORE›
GEORGE PELL TOLD TO FACE COURT ON HISTORICAL SEXUAL ASSAULT CHARGES
Australia's most senior Catholic cleric, Cardinal George Pell, is charged with historical sexual assault offences... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS ENCOURAGES MOTHERS TO BREASTFEED IN SISTINE CHAPEL
Pope Francis has encouraged women attending a ceremony in the Sistine Chapel to feel free to breastfeed their children in the church... READ MORE›
ISLAM WILL BE LARGEST RELIGION IN THE WORLD BY 2070, SAYS REPORT
It also says that Muslims will make up 10 per cent of Europe's population... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS ALLOWS PRIESTS TO ABSOLVE 'GRAVE SIN' OF ABORTION
Post to Facebook Pope Francis allows priests to absolve 'grave sin' of abortion The pope also opposed the death penalty... READ MORE›
TRUDEAU INVITES POPE TO CANADA FOR APOLOGY TO NATIVES
READ MORE Canada accused of 'cultural genocide' Trudeau said he and the pope also discussed climate change... READ MORE›
UK ACCUSED OF DOING CHINA'S BIDDING AFTER POLICE RAID HOME OF TIANANMEN SQUARE SURVIVOR OVER PEACEFUL PROTEST
Dr Jiang, traumatised after witnessing seeing Chinese soldiers shoot fellow unarmed protesters at Tiananmen Square in 1989, was re-arrested in 1995 before fleeing China in 2003... READ MORE›
POPE AIDE GEORGE PELL CHARGED WITH CHILD SEX ABUSE
For years, Pell has faced allegations that he mishandled cases of clergy abuse when he was archbishop of Melbourne and, later, Sydney... READ MORE›
4 CARTOONS THAT SUM UP THE ABSURDITY OF SAUDI ARABIA LEADING A UN HUMAN RIGHTS PANEL
Cartoons taunting Saudi Arabia's membership of the United Nations human rights council have gone viral on social media after the kingdom executed 47 people in one day... READ MORE›
'LADY SOS': THE WOMAN SAVING SYRIAN REFUGEES AT SEA
Muslims and refugees are being scapegoated and alienated as attacks claimed by ISIL rise, Human Rights Watch says... READ MORE›
THE POPE'S 'BLIND SPOT' ON SEXUAL ABUSE
Charges of sexual assault against one of the Pope's top advisers, Cardinal George Pell, highlights what one observer calls Francis' blind spot on sexual abuse... READ MORE›
CARDINAL GEORGE PELL'S LEGAL BILLS WON'T BE PAID BY SYDNEY ARCHDIOCESE, ARCHBISHOP SAYS
The Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney says it will not pay its former archbishop Cardinal George Pell's legal costs... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS DEMANDS UN RESPECT RIGHTS OF ENVIRONMENT OVER 'THIRST FOR POWER'
Pope Francis has once again reminded world leaders that alleviating poverty and preserving the environment are part of the same struggle, Greenpeace said in a statement... READ MORE›
POPE CONDEMNS RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION
Related Stories Pope Francis has denounced the brutal persecution of religious and ethnic minorities, in his traditional Christmas Day address... READ MORE›
Closing the address, he called on Jesus' strength to turn "arms into plowshares, destruction into creativity, hatred into love and tenderness." In Britain, the archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev... READ MORE›
YOUNG AMERICANS SHIFTING US TOWARDS BECOMING LESS RELIGIOUS NATION
Growing numbers of millennials who are unaffiliated or atheists are causing vast changes in the American religious landscape, report says... READ MORE›
LOOMING CRUCIFIXION SPARKS GLOBAL CALLS TO SPARE LIFE OF YOUNG SAUDI ALI MOHAMMED AL-NIMR
Many Western countries, including the United States and Australia, have diplomatic and trading ties with Saudi Arabia... READ MORE›
GOVERNMENT URGED TO REVEAL ITS ROLE IN GETTING SAUDI ARABIA A UN HUMAN RIGHTS ROLE
Exclusive UK Government urged to reveal its role in getting Saudi Arabia onto UN Human Rights Council... READ MORE›
IN THIS COUNTRY LITERALLY NO YOUNG CHRISTIANS BELIEVE THAT GOD CREATED THE EARTH
As of last year, about 75 percent of Iceland's inhabitants were registered members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS SAYS HES OVERLOOKED THE WORLDS MIDDLE CLASS
Asked about the cross, Pope Francis confirmed that the gift had surprised him... READ MORE›
POPE CALLS UNFETTERED CAPITALISM 'THE DUNG OF THE DEVIL'
He also called for an end to what he said was the genocide of Christians taking place in the Middle East and beyond... READ MORE›
POPE FLIES 3 MIGRANT FAMILIES TO VATICAN
High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi praised the pope's gesture, calling it a powerful demonstration of solidarity... READ MORE›
PALU JOURNAL A CITY TURNS TO FACE INDONESIAS MURDEROUS PAST
Mastura signed a local regulation officially recognizing human rights abuse victims in the city... READ MORE›
THIS RANT COMPARING IDS AND CHINA WAS TOO MUCH FOR EVEN THE QUESTION TIME AUDIENCE
I just wonder how the Conservative government can scrutinise China for their human rights violations when they are being investigated themselves he said... READ MORE›
PUTIN SIGNS LAW ALLOWING RUSSIA TO OVERTURN RULINGS OF INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS COURTS
MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing Russia's Constitutional Court to decide whether or not to implement rulings of international human rights courts... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIAN POLICE CHARGE VATICAN CARDINAL WITH SEX OFFENCES
Cardinal Pell, like any other defendant, has a right to due process... READ MORE›
WHY IS IT LEFT TO US NGOS TO EXPOSE AUSTRALIAN MINING'S WRONGDOING IN AFRICA?
The economy of Eritrea has experienced considerable growth in recent years, explains the website for Australian mining company Danakali... READ MORE›
FIVE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS BACKED BY THE U.S. WHOM YOU NEVER HEARD OF
More than 30 were killed, mostly at the hands of Bahraini security forces, and hundreds more were wounded, according to human rights groups... READ MORE›
SAUDI ARABIA CARRYING OUT 'UNPRECEDENTED WAVE' OF EXECUTIONS
There's a lot of speculation, says Adam Coogle, who monitors Saudi Arabia's use of the death penalty, for Human Rights Watch... READ MORE›