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CHINAS CATHOLICS RUE CHURCHS SLIDE AS POWERS DEBATE CONTROL
The Vatican's desire to have Bishop Guo step aside in favor of Bishop Zhan also worries residents... READ MORE›
ASH WEDNESDAY TAKES PRECEDENCE ON VALENTINE'S DAY
AP -- The Roman Catholic bishop of Providence says Catholics who want to celebrate Valentine's Day had better reschedule... READ MORE›
POPE'S ADVISERS SAY HE GOT ABUSE VICTIM'S LETTER, DESPITE DENIAL
During the trip, Francis callously dismissed accusations against Barros as slander, seemingly unaware that victims had placed him at the scene of Karadima's crimes... READ MORE›
POPE CALLS WORLDWIDE DAY OF PRAYER AND FASTING FOR PEACE FEBRUARY 23
Francis said the prayers and fasting should be offered in a particular way for the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan... READ MORE›
POPE SENDS SEX ABUSE INVESTIGATOR TO CHILE
The Pope has been criticised since Bishop Barros was announced bishop of Osorno, in south-central Chile, in 2015 despite stiff opposition... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS WARNS OF THE DANGERS OF 'SATANIC' FAKE NEWS
He issued the unusual warning in a document issued in advance of the Catholic Church's World Day of Social Communications, which takes place on May 13... READ MORE›
POPE PARTIALLY APOLOGIZES TO CHILEAN ABUSE VICTIMS, BUT STILL BACKS CONTROVERSIAL BISHOP
Juan Carlos Cruz, a high-profile Barros accuser, later took to Twitter to voice his outrage over the pope's remarks... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS SORRY FOR UPSETTING ABUSE VICTIMS
Pope Francis has apologised for remarks he made last week in Chile defending a bishop accused of covering up sexual abuse... READ MORE›
NOW YOU CAN SIMPLY TOUCH YOUR CREDIT CARD TO DONATE.
With 120 parishes, the Catholic Church in Paris is one of the biggest diocese in Europe... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS ANGERS CHILE AFTER ACCUSING SEX ABUSE VICTIMS OF SLANDERING BISHOP
The day they bring me proof against Bishop Barros, I'll speak, he said... READ MORE›
MORE CHILE CHURCHES TORCHED AS VISITING POPE BEGS FORGIVENESS FOR 'IRREPARABLE HARM' FROM SEX ABUSE
In his first event of the day, Francis met privately with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and addressed lawmakers, judges and other authorities at La Moneda palace... 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›
3 CHURCHES FIREBOMBED DURING POPE'S VISIT TO CHILE
In his first event of the day, Francis met privately with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and addressed lawmakers, judges and other authorities at La Moneda palace... READ MORE›
A BLOT ON IRELANDS PAST, FACING DEMOLITION
Owned most recently by the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of Refuge, the Gloucester Street laundry usually had around 100 workers at any one time... READ MORE›
AIDE MISMANAGEMENT CLAIMS MEANT TO SMEAR HONDURAS CARDINAL
The Vatican on Friday confirmed that Francis has ordered an investigation into allegations of financial irregularities in the Tegucigalpa archdiocese... 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›
BERNARD LAW WAS THE FACE OF A DYSFUNCTIONAL CATHOLIC CHURCH
In New Jersey, former priest James Hanley became one of the state's more notorious predator priests... READ MORE›
CARDINAL BERNARD LAW, CENTRAL FIGURE IN BOSTON SEXUAL ABUSE SCANDAL, DIES AT 86
How the boston globe exposed the abuse scandal that rocked the catholic church... 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›
'LOUD FENCE' RIBBONS REMOVED FROM BALLARAT CATHEDRAL THREE DAYS AFTER ROYAL COMMISSION FINDINGS
He said abuse survivors had requested that the ribbons stay on the fence until the royal commission ended... READ MORE›
'I'M GOING TO CANBERRA': FOR ABUSE SURVIVOR ROB WALSH, THE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE HASN'T ENDED
'I'm going to Canberra' For abuse survivor Rob Walsh, the fight for justice hasn't ended... READ MORE›
'CHANGES MUST BE MADE': SHOCKING AUSTRALIAN CHILD ABUSE INQUIRY ENDS
That was the stark warning of an exhaustive five-year investigation by an Australia Royal Commission into institutional child sex abuse that concluded Thursday... READ MORE›
ARCHBISHOP REJECTS CALL TO REPORT CONFESSIONS
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse had the power to look at any private, public or non-government body involved with children... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIAN CHILD ABUSE INQUIRY RECOMMENDS END TO MANDATORY CELIBACY FOR CLERGY
Prosecute clergy for failing to report abuse Recommendations include the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference request that the Vatican consider introducing voluntary celibacy for clergy... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE INQUIRY REPORTS 'CATASTROPHIC FAILURES OF LEADERSHIP'
It also claimed celibacy contributed to child abuse and that it should be made voluntary for clergy in the Catholic Church... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIAN ABUSE REPORT CALLS FOR END TO SANCTITY OF CONFESSION
The inquiry heard previously that the Australian Catholic Church paid A 276 million 212 million in compensation to thousands of child abuse victims since 1980... 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›
EX-PRIEST GETS LIFE IN PRISON FOR 1960 PARISHIONER SLAYING
The same jurors in Hidalgo County in South Texas found John Bernard Feit guilty of murder Thursday night... READ MORE›
AFTER 100 YEARS, SHRINE OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION IS FINISHED
The Roman Catholic Church teaches that the merits of Jesus kept Mary's soul immaculate... 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›
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IT'S BETTER TO BE AN ATHEIST THAN A BAD CHRISTIAN
Atheists cause less scandal then Christians who talk one way and act another, Pope Francis said... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS ASSURES ATHEISTS: YOU DONT HAVE TO BELIEVE IN GOD TO GO TO HEAVEN
Pope francis assures atheists you don't have to believe in god to go to heaven... READ MORE›
PRIEST TELLS ANTI-TRUMP PROTESTERS TO COMMIT SUICIDE
Philip Pizzo just hours after he celebrated Sunday Mass... 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›
PHILIPPINE CATHOLIC CHURCH ABUSERS RARELY PROSECUTED
Jaime Achacoso, a lawyer and expert on the Catholic Church's canon law, said priests found guilty of sexual misconduct had not been removed from ministry... READ MORE›
KEEP THE FAITH IN OUR TRYING TIMES
The pope usually conducts an Urbu et Orbi blessing -- Latin for To the City and the World -- just after the Easter Mass... READ MORE›
BRAZIL ROCKED BY ABORTION FOR 9-YEAR-OLD RAPE VICTIM
The young girl at the centre of the case escaped excommunication only because she is still a child in the eyes of Church authorities... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS SAYS BAN ON FEMALE PRIESTS IS LIKELY TO ENDURE
Francis has said before that the Catholic Church's ban on ordaining women as priests is a closed matter... 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›
'FALSE PROPHET': DUTERTE, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE FIGHT FOR THE SOUL OF THE PHILIPPINES
Relatives and friends of victims of extrajudicial killings leave Manila's Baclaran Church for a vigil Feb. 17, 2017... READ MORE›
THE WORLD SAW POPE FRANCIS BLESS A BOY WITH CEREBRAL PALSY. HERES WHAT WE DIDNT SEE.
Kristin Keating shares a moment with son Michael, 10, as his twin brother, Chris, plays with their dog Shiloh at their home 50 miles west of Philadelphia... READ MORE›
CATHOLIC BISHOPS APOLOGISE FOR ROLE IN RWANDA GENOCIDE
The Catholic Church in Rwanda has apologised for its role in the 1994 genocide, saying it regrets the actions of those who participated in the massacres... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS: MARRIED MEN COULD BE ORDAINED TO EASE PRIEST SHORTAGES
Pope Francis has said the Catholic church may consider ordaining married men who could potentially then work in remote areas faced with a shortage of priests... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS WASHES THE FEET OF MUSLIM MIGRANTS, SAYS WE ARE 'CHILDREN OF THE SAME GOD'
And one by one, Pope Francis knelt down before these migrants on Holy Thursday and washed their feet... READ MORE›
CATHOLIC CHURCH APOLOGISES FOR ROLE IN 'FORCED ADOPTIONS' OVER 30-YEAR PERIOD
Adoption reached a peak in 1968, when more than 16,000 babies born to unmarried mothers were handed over to new families... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS ADMITS HE SOMETIMES FALLS ASLEEP WHILE PRAYING
Pope Francis has admitted that he sometimes nods off while praying... READ MORE›
DUTERTE'S WAR ON DRUGS A 'REIGN OF TERROR', CHURCH SAYS
The Philippines' Catholic Church has blasted President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs for creating a reign of terror ... READ MORE›
C OF E ARCHBISHOPS CALL ON CHRISTIANS TO REPENT FOR REFORMATION SPLIT
Five hundred years after the Reformation, the religious revolution that swept across Europe, the leaders of the Church of England... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS: CHRISTMAS 'HOSTAGE TO MATERIALISM'
During a high-security Christmas Mass at the Vatican, the head of the Roman Catholic Church also denounced the continuing suffering of children... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS SAYS CHURCH SHOULD APOLOGIZE TO GAYS
Pope Francis said on Sunday that Christians and the Roman Catholic Church should seek forgiveness from gays for the way they had treated them... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS TO OFFER REFUGEES A HOME IN VATICAN DURING LESBOS TRIP
The pope spent the morning meeting hundreds of migrants and refugees in a notorious detention centre on the island... READ MORE›
CARDINAL CORMAC MURPHY-O'CONNOR DIES AT 85
Retired leader of Roman Catholic church in England and Wales was appointed cardinal by pope in 2001... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS WASHES FEET OF REFUGEES FOR EASTER WEEK
The traditional Easter Week foot-washing ceremony by the pontiff is meant as a Catholic gesture of service... READ MORE›
IN SECULAR FRANCE, CATHOLIC CONSERVATISM MAKES A COMEBACK
They may have studied in a Catholic school, they marry in churches, and they baptize their children... READ MORE›
CATHOLIC CHURCH PAID $213MN TO SEX ABUSE VICTIMS IN AUSTRALIA SINCE 1980
Catholic Church paid 213mn to sex abuse victims in Australia since 1980... READ MORE›
JESUS' TOMB REOPENED IN JERUSALEM AMID FEARS OF 'CATASTROPHIC' COLLAPSE (PHOTOS)
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is located in East Jerusalem, which has been occupied by Israel since 1967... READ MORE›
POPE'S CLEMENCY FOR PEDOPHILE PRIESTS UNDER SCRUTINY FOLLOWING LATEST SCANDAL
In sharp contrast, Pope Benedict XVI launched a major campaign to stamp out pedophilia in the Catholic church during his brief tenure as Pope between 2005 and 2013... READ MORE›
'NEVER BE ASHAMED': POPE FORCEFULLY DEFENDS IMMIGRANTS IN PHILADELPHIA
"I repeat, do not be ashamed of what is part of you, your life blood," Francis said ..... READ MORE›
PEOPLE ARE GETTING HOT OVER POPE FRANCIS' ABORTION ANNOUNCEMENT
His Holiness Pope Francis released an apostolic letter on Monday allowing all Catholic priests to forgive women who have had abortions... READ MORE›
VATICAN'S NEW GUIDELINES MAINTAIN BAN ON GAY PRIESTS
As Pope Francis approaches the fourth anniversary of being elected head of the Roman Catholic Church, he remains an exceedingly popular Catholic leader... READ MORE›