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POPE ADMITS 'GRAVE ERROR,' APOLOGIZES FOR NOT BELIEVING CHILEAN SEX ABUSE VICTIMS
But Barros, once Karadima's protege, still continued to have the support of the Catholic Church... READ MORE›
HOW PEOPLE MARKED THE FIRST DAY OF THE EASTER HOLIDAY IN AUSTRALIA AND AROUND THE WORLD
Good Friday is one of the most important days in the Christian calendar, and church leaders have both urged followers to look to young people... READ MORE›
FOR ONE CATHOLIC PARISH IN CHINA, DIVISION AND CONFUSION AS HISTORIC DEAL LOOMS
She said that some devout Catholics across China were prepared to cut ties with the Vatican over a deal... READ MORE›
'HELL DOES NOT EXIST': NO, POPE FRANCIS DIDN'T SAY THAT, VATICAN SAYS
ET March 29, 2018 CLOSE The Vatican is pushing back on an interview in which Pope Francis was quoted saying hell doesnt exist. Nathan Rousseau Smith explains... READ MORE›
TRUDEAU DISAPPOINTED BY POPE'S DECISION NOT TO APOLOGIZE FOR RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS
Obviously I'm disappointed with the Catholic Church's decision not to apologize for their role in residential schools, said Trudeau... READ MORE›
YOUNG CATHOLICS TELL POPE FRANCIS THE CHURCH IS INDIFFERENT AND JUDGMENTAL
The report also called on the church to accept that technology is a way of life for young people... READ MORE›
ON PALM SUNDAY, POPE URGES YOUTH TO RAISE THEIR VOICES AMID 'TEMPTATION TO SILENCE' THEM
There are many ways to silence young people and make them invisible... READ MORE›
NEW CATHOLIC BISHOP SUPPORTS IMMIGRANTS, GUN CONTROL
There are an estimated 750,000 Catholics in the diocese, which covers Clark, Nye, Lincoln and Esmeralda counties, the Las Vegas Sun reported ... READ MORE›
IN VATICAN MAGAZINE EXPOS NUNS REVEAL THEIR ECONOMIC EXPLOITATION
The article confirmed that while women have been clamoring to have a greater role in the decision making of the male-centric Catholic Church, the road is still steep... READ MORE›
DEMAND FOR EXORCISMS IS UP THREEFOLD IN ITALY, SO VATICAN IS HOLDING CONFERENCE
One of the organizers of the Sicily gathering, Friar Beningo Palilla, told Vatican Radio there are some 500,000 cases requiring exorcism in Italy each year... READ MORE›
IRELAND TELLS STATE-RUN SCHOOLS STOP STEERING PUPILS TO RELIGION CLASS
But despite also being government-funded, almost all primary schools in Ireland are religious, with the vast majority run by the Roman Catholic Church... READ MORE›
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›
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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›
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›
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›
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›
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: 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›
'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›
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›
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›
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›
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›