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School partially funded by Hungarian govt opens in Irbil
A new primary school financed in part by the Hungarian government, the Hungarian Catholic Church and the Chaldean Catholic Church was opened in the Iraqi Kurdish capital of Irbil on Monday.
Hungarian and Iraqi Kurdish...
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One of pope's conservative critics, US Cardinal Burke, at Italian Senate
One of Pope Francis' leading critics says he was "deeply shaken" by accusations against the pontiff of a sex abuse cover-up and wants them investigated, but is still pressing Francis to respond to an earlier set of questions about his...
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New cardinals react as they are greeted by friends and family
Pope Francis gave the Catholic Church 14 new cardinals on Thursday, with many of the choices reflecting his determination that the church be known for tireless attention to those on society's margins.
He also turned his...
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Pope Francis visits Latvia's most important Catholic shrine at Aglona
Pope Francis praised Latvians on Monday for persevering through the horrors of Soviet and Nazi occupation, persecution and exile, and urged them to keep their Christian faith alive as subsequent generations confront new oppressions today.
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Pope comments on Ireland faith and church abuse
Pope Francis on Sunday thanked the Irish people for their faith.
Francis said despite the scandals that shook the Catholic community in the country, the people of Ireland kept their faith strong.
Speaking to...
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Hundreds march to protest Catholic abuse in Ireland during pope's visit
The Executive Director of Amnesty International Ireland on Sunday called on Pope Francis to acknowledge Vatican's responsibility "for a policy and a process of directly, willfully, determinedly covering up" crimes committed by the clergy...
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Thousands march peacefully against Ortega in Nicaragua
A group of several thousand people took to the streets in Nicaragua's capital on Saturday to show their discontent with the government of President Daniel Ortega.
Holding Nicaraguan flags, the demonstrators said the Lord's...
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Catholics mark what they believe is baptism of Jesus Christ
Catholics gathered near the banks of the Jordan river on Friday to mark the baptism of Jesus Christ.
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Vatican knew of Argentine bishop misconduct
The Vatican received information in 2015 and 2017 that an Argentine bishop close to Pope Francis had taken naked selfies, exhibited "obscene" behaviour and had been accused of sexual misconduct with seminarians, his former vicar general...
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U.S. filmmaker Michael Moore attends Pope's weekly audience
U.S. FILMMAKER MICHAEL MOORE ATTENDS POPE'S WEEKLY AUDIENCE
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Pope Francis names top sex abuse investigator for upcoming summit
Pope Francis named the Vatican's top sex abuse investigator and a close U.S. ally to an organising committee for a February abuse prevention summit that has grown even more high stakes after the Holy See blocked U.S. bishops from taking...
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Alleged victims call for change to Italy-Vatican pact
As Pope Francis opened a landmark summit of bishops on sex abuse at the Vatican, an Italian victim of clergy sexual abuse said Thursday his country should renegotiate a 90-year-old treaty with the Vatican that he claimed lets offending...
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Morocco prepares for visit by Pope Francis
Pope Francis is forging ahead with promoting moderate Islam during a weekend trip to Morocco, seeking to build on warming ties with the Sunni world while also ministering to a tiny Catholic community and offering solidarity with migrants.
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Abuse survivors on toppling of Polish priest statue
A survivor of clergy sex abuse said that pulling down the statue of an alleged abusive priest in Poland was an important and symbolic act which represented the will of all abuse survivors.
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Christians and Muslims in Rabat look ahead to Pope visit
The Cathedral Saint Pierre of Rabat is full. The mass being led by Rabat Archbishop Cristobal Lopez Romero, is the last one to take place at the Cathedral before Pope Francis arrives in the Kingdom of Morocco on Sunday.
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Analyst on Pope's acceptance of resignation of Cardinal Wuerl
Pope Francis accepted the resignation Friday of Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl after he became entangled in two major sexual abuse and cover-up scandals and lost the support of many in his flock.
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Brisbane archbishop: We pray for those abused
The Archbishop of Brisbane Mark Coleridge on Tuesday said that Australian bishops had been shocked at the conviction of Cardinal George Pell on charges of child sex abuse.
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Archbishop hears survivors accounts of clerical abuse
Survivors from global organisation Ending Clergy Abuse told their personal stories of clergy abuse to a prominent German cardinal on Friday as a summit held by the Pope continues in the Vatican.
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Sex abuse survivors speak ahead of Catholic summit
The organizers of Pope Francis' summit on preventing clergy sex abuse will meet this week with a dozen abuse victims who have travelled to Rome to protest the Catholic Church's response to the crisis and demand an end to decades of...
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Philippine priests, Catholic bishops under threat
Three priests say they, along with some church leaders in the largely Roman Catholic Philippines who are critical of the president's bloody crackdown against illegal drugs, have received death threats from unknown people.
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Pope defends decision to keep French cardinal
Pope Francis spoke of the horrors of the migration crisis in the Mediterranean on Sunday as he returned from a visit to Rabbat.