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God has entered the metaverse - and faith in the virtual world is flourishing
A pastor didn’t realise how much the metaverse would take off when he established VR Church in 2016. But partly due to COVID, attendance is soaring.
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Vatican defends Pope Benedict XVI's record on fighting clergy sexual abuse
The Vatican's comments followed the publication of an independent report that faulted Benedict's handling of four cases of abuse when he was archbishop of Munich in Germany.
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Spain: Left-wing parties call for inquiry commission into church sexual abuse allegations
The call by Podemos, ERC (The Republican Left of Catalonia), and EH Bildu (Euskal Herria Bildu) follows a 3-year newspaper investigation and similar inquiries in other European countries.
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Rebel attacks kill more than 20 DRC soldiers
Gentil Karabukala, civil society head of Kisigari near Nyesisi, said that 29 soldiers were killed in the attack.
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Young Poles turning away from the Church amid sex abuse scandals
The leader of Poland's Roman Catholics has admitted his church faces a devastating decline as young Poles turn away from the church in huge numbers.
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The lessons for Canada from the Pope’s apology in Bolivia
As Indigenous delegates push for a papal apology on residential schools, it’s not the first time the Pope has faced calls to apologize. Pope Francis travelled to Bolivia in 2015, where he asked for forgiveness for the church’s crimes...
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Sri Lanka: Trial resumes of 25 men over 2019 Easter bombings
The trial of 25 men accused of plotting the 2019 Easter bombings resumes in Sri Lanka.
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New law allowing assisted suicide comes into effect in Austria
Assisted suicide is legal in Switzerland and has been decriminalised in several European countries, including Spain, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
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Nova Scotia house from 1700s restored to its roots
It's a humble grey house in Belmont, N.S., one of the oldest private homes in Canada, but patient and attentive owners have restored this bit of Canadian history to much of its original state. (Jon Tattrie/CBC)
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South Africa bids farewell to anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu
Tutu’s death triggered grief among South Africans and the world leaders for a life spent fighting injustices.
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Catholic priest accused of impregnating girl at residential school
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. The descendants of a residential school survivor share their story of intergenerational trauma after learning their grandmother was impregnated by Father Albert Chamberland, the Catholic...
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Corporate structure may have protected Catholic assets from residential school survivor lawsuits
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. A CBC News investigation has found the complex corporate structure of a Catholic entity, known as the Oblates, might have protected its assets from lawsuits by residential school survivors.
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N.S. pastor unapologetic after gathering linked to COVID-19 outbreak, 3 deaths
A Nova Scotia pastor has been unapologetic after a gathering hosted by his church caused a COVID-19 outbreak that led to three deaths.
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Pope's apology long overdue, fell short, Tanya Talaga says
Author and journalist Tanya Talaga said Pope Francis's apology for 'deplorable' abuses at Canadian residential schools is an important moment but, ultimately, fell short partly because it came too late.
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Pope's visit should focus on listening, says Manitoba prof
Pope Francis and the Catholic Church in Canada have a lot of work to do, beyond an apology, to allow Indigenous people to find peace after the abuses at residential schools, says Niigaan Sinclair, an assistant professor at the University...
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Pope to visit Canada amid fury about Indigenous school abuse
The date for Pope Francis’s visit is not yet set and comes following calls for an apology about child abuse at church-run schools.
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Action is needed from Catholic church, not words, says residential school survivor
Cree writer Darrel McLeod and residential school survivor Liz Akiwenzie offer their thoughts on the meeting in Rome between a First Nations delegation and Pope Francis. The delegation was seeking an apology from the Pope to residential...
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Wilson-Raybould not asked about freeing Catholic Church from residential school compensation: source
Canada's first Indigenous justice minister, Jody Wilson-Raybould, was not consulted in 2015 when the federal government stopped pressing the Catholic Church to keep its agreement to compensate residential school survivors, a source has...
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How the Catholic Church spent money meant for residential school survivors
CBC News and the Globe and Mail have obtained files detailing how the Catholic Church spent some of the $79 million in compensation it agreed to pay residential school survivors in 2005. While some of the money meant for 'in kind...
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'An improtant step': Indigenous leaders react to historic papal apology
Former Assembly of First Nations national chief Phil Fontaine says Pope Francis's apology to Indigenous delegates is something to celebrate but more work is needed to push Canada down the path to reconciliation.
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'An important step': Indigenous leaders react to historic papal apology
Former Assembly of First Nations national chief Phil Fontaine says Pope Francis's apology to Indigenous delegates is something to celebrate but more work is needed to push Canada down the path to reconciliation.
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Watch: Moment La Palma church collapses after lava engulfs it
Watch: A church on the Spanish island of La Palma collapsed on Sunday after lava flowing from the Cumbre Vieja volcano engulfed it. Thousands of people have had to leave their homes.
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Sri Lanka Catholics protest against 2019 Easter bombings probe
Why Catholics in Sri Lanka are still demanding justice for the victims of the 2019 Easter Bombings.
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Catholics demand church apologize for role in residential school system
The recent discovery at a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C., has more Catholics demanding the church apologize for the harm done to Indigenous people.