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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›
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›
FRENCH FILM ICON BRIGITTE BARDOT SLAMS #METOO AS 'HYPOCRITICAL'
French film legend Brigitte Bardot attacked the MeToo movement Wednesday, claiming that actresses who complain of sexual harassment were just looking for publicity... 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›
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›
POPE FRANCIS PUTS FOCUS ON REFUGEES IN CHRISTMAS EVE MASS
Christmas is a time for turning the power of fear into the power of charity, he said... 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›
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›
CARDINAL BERNARD LAW, CENTRAL FIGURE IN AMERICAN CHURCH ABUSE SCANDAL, DEAD AT 86
Rather, Francis's telegram refers to Law's final position as archpriest of the St. Mary Major basilica in Rome... READ MORE›
CONTROVERSIAL CARDINAL LAW, DISGRACED FIGURE IN CHURCH ABUSE SCANDAL, DIES
Cardinal Bernard Law, the disgraced former archbishop of Boston whose failures to stop child molesters in the priesthood sparked what would become the wors... 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›
'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›
POPE FRANCIS CALLS FOR POLICE TO SHOW DRIVERS 'MERCY'
At a meeting with traffic police in Italy, Pope Francis urged them to show mercy towards those who break the rules of the road... READ MORE›
POLISH POPE DEVOTEES PETITION AGAINST FRENCH PLAN TO AXE CROSS
It is addressed to the European Parliament, the centre-right European People's Party and the European Court of Human Rights... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS ADMITS HE SOMETIMES FALLS ASLEEP WHILE PRAYING
Pope Francis has admitted that he sometimes nods off while praying... READ MORE›
PHILOSOPHICAL ABOUT EARTH AND SPACE, POPE'S ISS CALL ONE SMALL STEP FOR VATICAN-RUSSIAN TIES
Pope Francis took a small step toward improved Vatican-Russian relations Thursday when he chatted with Russian cosmonauts and praised their understanding o... 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›
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›
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›
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›
MOTHER TERESA DECLARED A SAINT BY POPE FRANCIS
After spending most of her lifetime caring for the destitute and homeless poor in Kolkata, Mother Teresa died in 1997... 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›
POPE FRANCIS PRESENTS TRUMP WITH A 'POLITICALLY LOADED GIFT'
Pope Francis presents Trump with a 'politically loaded gift' His encyclical on climate change... 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›
MOTHER TERESA DECLARED SAINT BY POPE FRANCIS AT VATICAN
Mother Teresa, revered for her work with the poor in India, has been proclaimed a saint by Pope Francis in a ceremony at the Vatican... READ MORE›
CATHOLIC CHURCH COULD PLAY LARGER ROLE IN A POST-FIDEL CASTRO CUBA
The relationship between Fidel Castro and the Cuban Catholic Church has been a roller-coaster ride... READ MORE›
CASTRO CREMATION BREAKS PATTERN OF COMMUNIST DICTATORS ON PERMANENT DISPLAY
Augusto Pinochet, Chile's army chief and Cuban leader Fidel Castro salute in 1971 during Castro's visit to Chile... 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 EXTENDS PRIESTS ABILITY TO FORGIVE ABORTION
Pope Francis did not single out any country, but he has expressed dismay over the harsh tone on immigration that Mr. Trump has taken... 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›
CARDINAL GEORGE PELL CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE SEXUAL-ASSAULT OFFENSES.
Cardinal George Pell is the highest-ranking Vatican official to ever be charged in the churchs long-running sexual abuse scandal... 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›
MOTHER TERESA, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH'S IMPERFECT SAINT
In 1928 Mother Teresa joined the Loreto order of nuns... 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›
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM'S 18-CARAT GOLD TOILET TO OPEN TO PUBLIC
Maurizio Cattelan's America Members of the public are being invited to spend a penny in a solid gold toilet at New York City's Guggenheim Museum... 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›
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›
A WOMAN AS POWERFUL AS HER VOICE
But beyond her notoriety, Auriel will be remembered as a strong-willed, witty woman by husband Barry Francis... 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›
MELANIA TRUMP IN BLACK AT THE VATICAN. WHY?
Melania Trump arrived at the Vatican on Wednesday morning the picture of modesty a knee-length black dress, arms covered and a black veil over her hair... READ MORE›
IN PORTUGAL POPE PROCLAIMS TWO FTIMA SIBLINGS SAINTS
John Paul visited Fatima three times and beatified the siblings in 2000... 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›
WORST OF CATHOLIC SEXUAL ABUSE SCANDAL STILL TO COME IN DEVELOPING WORLD
Worst of Catholic sexual abuse scandal still to come in developing world report... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS DENOUNCES GROWING 'DEMONIZATION' OF ENEMIES, OUTSIDERS
Three of the new cardinals are older than 80 and thus not eligible to vote in a conclave to elect Francis' successor... READ MORE›