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Recent News Headlines : Angus Stewart
POPE FACES CREDIBILITY THREAT AS CARDINAL GOES BEFORE AUSTRALIA COURT ON SEX ABUSE CHARGES
Pope Francis' former finance minister was charged in June with sexually abusing multiple people in his Australian home state of Victoria... 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›
AP EXCLUSIVE: DESPITE DENIAL, POPE GOT ABUSE VICTIMS LETTER
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 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 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›
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›
POPE'S VISIT TO PERU AND CHILE CASTS HARSH LIGHT ON HANDLING OF SEXUAL ABUSE CASES
Victims' groups in Chile and Peru have invited prominent campaigners against child abuse within the Catholic Church to join them during the pontiff's visit... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Angus Stewart
'SHOCKING' SCALE OF CATHOLIC CHURCH SEX CRIMES REVEALED
The commission, Australia's highest level of inquiry, reported 4,444 alleged incidents of sexual abuse by Catholic priests between 1980 and 2015... 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›
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›
'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›
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›
CATHOLIC BISHOPS NOT OBLIGED TO REPORT CLERICAL CHILD ABUSE, VATICAN SAYS
Vatican guide says 'not necessarily' bishop's duty to report suspects to police despite Pope Francis's vows to redress Catholic church's legacy of child abuse... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS CREATES COMMISSION TO STUDY FEMALE DEACONS
Pope Francis has created a commission to study the historical role of female deacons in the Catholic Church, the Vatican's press office said Monday... 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›
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›
VOICE IS SOUGHT AT THE VATICAN ON REMARRIAGE
Homosexuality is regarded by the church as intrinsically disordered, a view that has left gay Catholics often sidelined, and gay couples feeling unacknowledged... 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›
JUDGE IN SPAIN CHARGES 10 PRIESTS WITH CHILD SEX ABUSE
Related Stories A judge in the southern Spanish city of Granada has charged 10 Roman Catholic priests and two Catholic lay workers with child sex abuse... READ MORE›
JOZEF WESOLOWSKI EX-ARCHBISHOP ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ABUSE DIES AT 67
Mr. Wesolowski died in his Vatican City residence where he had lived since September after he was placed under house arrest... 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›
POPE FRANCIS VOWS CLERGY IN SEX ABUSE CASES WILL FACE JUSTICE
Charles Chaput, the archbishop of Philadelphia, and bishop Fitzgerald, head of the Philadelphia diocese's office for the protection of minors, also attended... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS PROCLAIMS 'ZERO TOLERANCE' TO CHILD MOLESTERS
The letter focused on scourge of child sexual abuse within the Church... 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›
A FIRST: CARDINAL PELL APPEARS IN AUSTRALIAN COURT ON SEXUAL CHARGES
Cardinal Pell Appears in Australian Court on Sexual Charges... READ MORE›
CATHOLIC CHURCH LOSING GROUND IN LATIN AMERICA
Report Catholic Church losing ground in Latin America... READ MORE›
AS POPE VISIT NEARS, U.S. CATHOLIC CHURCH FACES FINANCIAL STRAIN
As pope visit nears u.s. catholic church faces financial strain... READ MORE›
CATHOLIC CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA LINKS CELIBACY TO CHILD ABUSE
Head of Catholic Church rsquo's advisory group says celibacy vow is risky and may pose ldquo unbearable strain rdquo on priests... READ MORE›
SWISS BISHOPS CREATE EUR462K FUND TO PAY VICTIMS OF CATHOLIC CLERICS' SEX ABUSE
According to SBK statistics, some 204 perpetrators, all church members, were involved in these sexual assaults... READ MORE›
BISHOPS WHO FAIL TO REPORT ABUSE COULD BE REMOVED
Pope Francis says bishops who fail to report cases of sexual abuse of children and vulnerable adults could be removed from office... READ MORE›
CUBA'S SANTERA-A FAITHFUL EXPERIENCE POPE FRANCIS'S VISIT THROUGH DIFFERENT PRISM
Throughout history, the Catholic church has had a somewhat awkward relationship with such syncretic religions... READ MORE›
JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES CHURCH HID CHILD ABUSE CASES FOR DECADES, AUSTRALIAN INQUIRY TOLD
The U.S.-based Jehovah's Witnesses number about 8 million worldwide and are known for their foreign ministries as well as their door-to-door campaigns... READ MORE›
INTENSE JOCKEYING ON GAY ISSUES PRECEDES NEXT WEEK'S CATHOLIC SYNOD MEETING
One of the groups hoping to see its view on the matter triumph at the synod is the Filial Appeal... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIAN CARDINAL: CHURCH 'MUCKED UP' ON SEX ABUSE
George Pell, the Vatican's finance minister, faces grilling via videolink from Australian child sex abuse inquiry... 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›
CHILE TV AIRS VIDEO OF POPE DEFENDING BISHOP WHO ALLEGEDLY COVERED UP PEDOPHILE PRIEST'S ABUSES
A Chilean television station has aired a video that shows Pope Francis defending a Santiago bishop whose opponents allege has covered up sexual abuse by a... 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›