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Five Takeaways From the Vatican’s Explosive McCarrick Report
On Tuesday the Vatican released a massive report investigating how Theodore E. McCarrick, a disgraced former cardinal and archbishop of Washington, rose to the heights…
View More Five Takeaways From the Vatican’s Explosive McCarrick ReportOpinion | Theodore McCarrick’s Human Sacrifices
Since accusations of sexual misconduct with boys and young men culminated in the former archbishop Theodore McCarrick’s dramatic resignation as a cardinal in 2018 and…
View More Opinion | Theodore McCarrick’s Human SacrificesPope meets acquitted Australian cardinal Pell
VATICAN CITY (AFP) – Pope Francis met with Australian Cardinal George Pell on Monday (Oct 12) for the first time since he was jailed –…
View More Pope meets acquitted Australian cardinal PellBelleville, Ont., church offers livestreamed mass, drive-up confessions during COVID-19
Since the implementation of quarantine regulations in Canada, there haven’t been many aspects of life that remain unaffected. That includes going to church. Father Richard…
View More Belleville, Ont., church offers livestreamed mass, drive-up confessions during COVID-19Coronavirus: Catholic Church to continue to suspend masses indefinitely
SINGAPORE – Public mass for Catholics here will remain suspended in order to minimise the risk of coronavirus spread, said the Archbishop of Singapore William…
View More Coronavirus: Catholic Church to continue to suspend masses indefinitelyCardinal Pell's final appeal against child sex conviction opens
CANBERRA (AFP) – Lawyers for disgraced Cardinal George Pell claimed the senior cleric’s conviction for child sex abuse was based on “improbabilities”, as they launched…
View More Cardinal Pell's final appeal against child sex conviction opensGerman Catholic Church, Rich and Liberal, Debates Sex, Celibacy and Women’s Roles
BERLIN — The Roman Catholic Church in Germany has a split identity. At home, attendance is falling and many Germans say they regard the church’s…
View More German Catholic Church, Rich and Liberal, Debates Sex, Celibacy and Women’s RolesGroup calls for Canadian bishops to release names of clergy accused of abuse
A group of survivors of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church has called for Canadian bishops to follow in the footsteps of some American counterparts…
View More Group calls for Canadian bishops to release names of clergy accused of abuseChina ordains first bishop after Vatican deal
BEIJING (AFP) – China has ordained its first bishop since reaching an agreement with the Catholic Church intended to encourage a rapprochement between Beijing and…
View More China ordains first bishop after Vatican dealPope Replaces Chilean Cardinal Accused of Sexual Abuse Cover-Up
Pope Francis on Saturday replaced Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati, the embattled archbishop of Santiago, Chile, after he became embroiled in the country’s spiraling sex abuse and…
View More Pope Replaces Chilean Cardinal Accused of Sexual Abuse Cover-UpMore US Catholics are considering leaving the church over the sex abuse crisis, poll says
WASHINGTON (THE WASHINGTON POST) – The percent of US Catholics who say the clergy sex abuse crisis has them questioning whether to leave the faith…
View More More US Catholics are considering leaving the church over the sex abuse crisis, poll saysFrench cardinal Barbarin convicted over sex abuse cover-up
LYON, FRANCE (AFP) – The archbishop of Lyon, the most senior French Catholic cleric caught up in the paedophilia scandals that have rocked the church,…
View More French cardinal Barbarin convicted over sex abuse cover-upFootage emerges of police confronting disgraced Australian cardinal Pell over sexual abuse
SYDNEY (AFP) – The first video has emerged of police confronting disgraced Australian Cardinal George Pell in 2016 with allegations he sexually abused two choir…
View More Footage emerges of police confronting disgraced Australian cardinal Pell over sexual abuse