Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 06 May 2019 09:17:14 +0000
Pope Francis is ministering to Bulgaria’s young Catholics, travelling to the Catholic stronghold of Rakovsky for a First Communion Mass.
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VATICAN CITY – The head of the international umbrella group of nuns says religious sisters are increasingly speaking out about sexual and other forms of abuse by clergy and says their superiors must be better trained to understand the problem and respond.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 01 May 2019 11:56:03 +0000
VATICAN CITY – The Vatican is hosting a conference on the resurgence of nationalism around the world, warning of the dangers of economic protectionism, xenophobic anti-migrant rhetoric and weak international institutions to the democratic world order.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 12:26:47 +0000
The Vatican announced a new editorial leadership team for its women’s magazine Tuesday, following the clamorous exit of its previous editor.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 08:48:39 +0000
Pope Francis is ushering in the most solemn period in the Catholic liturgical calendar by celebrating a Holy Thursday Mass.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 16:20:47 +0000
SANTIAGO, Chile – The Legion of Christ religious order says the Vatican has banned an Irish priest from public duties for 10 years for sexually abusing a minor in Chile.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2019 07:52:49 +0000
TOKYO, Japan – The Catholic Church in Japan said Tuesday it will launch an internal probe into claims of sexual abuse against children by its clergy, after a wave of paedophilia revelations worldwide.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:09:48 +0000
VATICAN CITY — International lawyers researching the criminalization of homosexuality met Friday with the Vatican secretary of state and urged the Holy See to publicly oppose such laws and “conversion” therapies for gays.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 11:39:21 +0000
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said Tuesday that women have “legitimate claims” to seek more justice and equality in the Catholic Church, but stopped short of endorsing more sweeping calls from his own bishops to recognize the “urgency of an inevitable change” to give them leadership roles.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 11:17:56 +0000
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has issued sweeping new sex abuse legislation for Vatican personnel and Holy See diplomats overseas, requiring the immediate reporting of abuse allegations to Vatican prosecutors, a policy shift aimed at being a model for the Catholic Church worldwide.
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