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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›
CARDINAL PELL FACES COURT OVER SEX CHARGES
The most senior Roman Catholic official to face historical sex charges appeared in court in his native Australia on Wednesday. Vatican Treasurer Cardinal George Pell, 76,... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA'S HIGHEST-RANKING CATHOLIC IN COURT TO FACE SEX CHARGES
This is where the actual Catholic Church has to go through renewal, Cameron said... 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›
CONFIDANT OF POPE FRANCIS CONDEMNS US RELIGIOUS RIGHT
The political alliance between Catholics and American Protestants that is at the heart of Spadaro's article emerged in the late 20th century... READ MORE›
360 VIDEO: DISCOVER ONE OF THE CLEANEST CLEANROOMS IN EUROPE
According to the study, the world population will continue to grow at an average of 83 million people a year, despite an expected fall in fertility... READ MORE›
WHY THERE ARE MORE MEN THAN WOMEN
World Population Day 2017 Why There Are More Men Than Women... 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›
AUSTRALIAN POLICE CHARGE VATICAN CARDINAL WITH SEX OFFENCES
Cardinal Pell, like any other defendant, has a right to due process... READ MORE›
FROM PRIEST TO PRINCE: GEORGE PELL'S CAREER IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
Take a look at Cardinal George Pell's career in the Catholic Church... READ MORE›
'I'M TREATED AS IF I'M A CRIMINAL MASTERMIND... I'M INNOCENT OF ALL CHARGES' - PAT HICKEY SPEAKS OUT
For years, Cardinal Pell has faced claims that he mishandled cases of clergy abuse when he was archbishop of Melbourne and later, Sydney... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIAN POLICE CHARGE VATICAN CARDINAL WITH SEX OFFENSES
The Catholic Church in Australia, which issues statements on Pell's behalf, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the charges... 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›
WORLD POPULATION TO HIT 9.8 BILLION IN 2050
About 83 million people a year are added to the world population and the trend is expected to continue despite falling fertility rates since the 1960s... READ MORE›
BY 2024, INDIA TO OVERTAKE CHINA AS MOST POPULOUS NATION IN THE WORLD
The report, titled The World Population Prospects The 2017 Revision, said fertility has been declining in nearly all regions in recent years... READ MORE›
UN SAYS WORLD POPULATION WILL REACH 9.8 BILLION IN 2050
The report, titled The World Population Prospects The 2017 Revision, said fertility has been declining in nearly all regions in recent years... READ MORE›
WORLD POPULATION TO HIT 8BN IN 2023, SAYS NEW UN SURVEY
By contrast, all European countries now languish with fertility rates below replacement level, meaning that populations will inexorably decline without large-scale immigration... 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›
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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›
STEVE BANNON CARRIES BATTLES TO ANOTHER INFLUENTIAL HUB
Mr. Bannon publicly articulated his worldview in remarks a few months after his meeting with Cardinal Burke, at a Vatican conference organized by Mr. Harnwell's institute... READ MORE›
TRUDEAU ASKS POPE FRANCIS TO APOLOGISE FOR SCHOOLS
In 2008, former prime minister Stephen Harper issued an apology on behalf of Canadians, calling it a sad chapter in our history ... 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›
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›
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›
TRUDEAU ASKS POPE FOR AN APOLOGY OVER CHURCH'S ROLE IN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS
Afterward, Trudeau introduced his wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, to the Pope along with officials from the PMO... READ MORE›
POPE SAYS CHRISTIANS SHOULD APOLOGIZE TO GAY PEOPLE
Repeating the teaching of the Catechism of the Catholic Church about respecting and not discriminating against gays, Pope Francis said that one could condemn certain behavior... 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›
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›
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›
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, POPE FRANCIS - FOR GOD'S SAKE DON'T RETIRE
Will the catholic church ever earn women's forgiveness?... READ MORE›
IT'S 'TERRIBLE' KIDS TAUGHT THEY CAN CHOOSE GENDER
VATICAN CITY AP -- Pope Francis has lamented that children, as he puts it, are being taught at school that gender can be a choice... READ MORE›
IN DEFENSE OF TRUMP SOME POINT WRONGLY TO VATICAN WALLS
In Defense of Trump Some Point Wrongly to Vatican Walls... 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›
POPE FRANCIS URGING LESS JUDGMENT SIGNALS PATH FOR DIVORCED ON COMMUNION
Conservative Catholics, who have already expressed concern that Francis could destabilize the church and undermine doctrine, were far less impressed... 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›
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›
HOW EUROPE IS SLOWLY DYING DESPITE AN INCREASING WORLD POPULATION
Europe's population is overall increasing by a very small amount... READ MORE›
GLOBAL POPULATION SET TO HIT 9.7 BILLION PEOPLE BY 2050 DESPITE FALL IN FERTILITY
Continued population growth until 2050 is almost inevitable, even if the decline of fertility accelerates, says the report, World Population Prospects the 2015 revision... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS BEGINS EGYPT TRIP TO SHOW UNITY WITH EMBATTLED CHRISTIANS
Pope John Paul II visited Egypt in February 2000... 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›
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›
POPE FRANCIS SAYS PANEL WILL STUDY WHETHER WOMEN MAY SERVE AS DEACONS
Some Catholic women cite research showing that women served as deacons in the church's early history... READ MORE›
BERNIE SANDERS SAYS HE MET POPE FRANCIS
Sanders landed in Rome on Friday morning, and traveled to the Vatican in a motorcade... 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›
POPES DOCUMENT COULD PROFOUNDLY AFFECT FAMILIES
But Francis is also deeply pragmatic, particularly regarding internal church politics... 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›