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‘Magical’ communities and luscious greenery: Meet the residents of the UK’s happiest towns
1 week, 2 days ago

‘Magical’ communities and luscious greenery: Meet the residents of the UK’s happiest towns

The Independent  

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Joint guidelines for pastoral care of faithful from Catholic, Jacobite Churches presented
1 week, 2 days ago

Joint guidelines for pastoral care of faithful from Catholic, Jacobite Churches presented

The Hindu  

Joint guidelines to provide pastoral care for the faithful of the Catholic Church and the Jacobite Church at hospitals and higher education centres were presented at a theological dialogue commission meeting held in Kottayam on Friday. The aim is to ensure sacraments like anointment of the sick, confession, and holy communion for patients from the priests of their respective Churches. …

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Catholic church calls on president of El Salvador not to lift ban on gold mining
3 weeks ago

Catholic church calls on president of El Salvador not to lift ban on gold mining

Associated Press  

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The Roman Catholic Church called on the president of El Salvador Sunday not to lift the country’s ban on gold mining. Archbishop José Luis Escobar Alas asked President Nayib Bukele not to reverse the ban, which has been in place since 2017. On Wednesday, Bukele called the 7-year-old ban on metals mining “absurd,” and claimed …

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Vatican commission finds Catholic Church must do better job on compensating abuse victims
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Vatican commission finds Catholic Church must do better job on compensating abuse victims

ABC  

The Catholic Church must do a better job of handling compensation for the victims of clergy sexual abuse, the Vatican's child protection commission said in its first annual report on Tuesday The church has been shaken by scandals across the world for decades, involving paedophile priests and the cover-up of their crimes. Colombian Bishop and commission secretary Luis Manuel Ali …

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Catholic Church reform process disappoints hopes of more equity for women
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Catholic Church reform process disappoints hopes of more equity for women

LA Times  

A years-long process to reform the Catholic Church closed Saturday with recommendations that fell short of hopes that women would be given more equity. Francis said he would continue to listen to the bishops’ counsel, adding that “this is not a classic way of endlessly delaying decisions.” The Vatican’s top doctrinal officer, Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez, told an assembly of …

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Belgian PM blasts Pope Francis for Catholic Church's sex abuse cover-up legacy in blistering welcome
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Belgian PM blasts Pope Francis for Catholic Church's sex abuse cover-up legacy in blistering welcome

The Independent  

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Judge rejects effort by Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson to get records from Catholic church
5 months, 1 week ago

Judge rejects effort by Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson to get records from Catholic church

Associated Press  

SEATTLE — A Washington state judge said Friday that Attorney General Bob Ferguson is not entitled to enforce a subpoena seeking decades of records from the Seattle Archdiocese, despite his assertion that the records are needed to learn whether the Catholic church used charitable trust funds to cover up sexual abuse by priests. Nevertheless, Seattle Archbishop Paul D. Etienne said …

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Vatican makes fresh overture to China, reaffirms that Catholic Church is no threat to sovereignty
7 months ago

Vatican makes fresh overture to China, reaffirms that Catholic Church is no threat to sovereignty

Associated Press  

ROME — The Vatican made another big overture to China on Tuesday, reaffirming the Catholic Church poses no threat to Beijing’s sovereignty and admitting that Western missionaries had made “errors” in past centuries in their zeal to convert the Chinese faithful. The Vatican hosted the head of China’s bishops conference for an unprecedented, high-level commemoration of a landmark 1924 meeting …

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Catholic church is stonewalling sex abuse investigation, Washington attorney general says
7 months, 1 week ago

Catholic church is stonewalling sex abuse investigation, Washington attorney general says

Associated Press  

SEATTLE — The Catholic church is refusing to cooperate with a Washington state investigation into whether it unlawfully used charitable trust funds to cover up sexual abuse by priests, Attorney General Bob Ferguson said Thursday, asking a court to force the Seattle Archdiocese to turn over decades of records. Ferguson said the archdiocese ignored a second subpoena issued this spring …

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'A step back in time': America's Catholic Church sees an immense shift toward the old ways
7 months, 3 weeks ago

'A step back in time': America's Catholic Church sees an immense shift toward the old ways

The Independent  

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‘A step back in time': America’s Catholic Church sees an immense shift toward the old ways
7 months, 3 weeks ago

‘A step back in time': America’s Catholic Church sees an immense shift toward the old ways

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — It was the music that changed first. “I don’t want my daughter to be Catholic,” said Christine Hammond, whose family left the parish when the new outlook spilled into the church’s school and her daughter’s classroom. “They wouldn’t feel comfortable.” Students leave after attending a Catholic Mass at Benedictine College, Dec. 3, 2023, in Atchison, Kan. What …

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As Sri Lanka marks five years since horrific Easter bombings, UN calls for justice for victims
8 months ago

As Sri Lanka marks five years since horrific Easter bombings, UN calls for justice for victims

Firstpost  

Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church has claimed that military intelligence personnel collaborated with the Islamists who carried out the assault, which aided the political ambitions of retired army general Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was running on security. Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, the leader of Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church, said that Rajapaksa had consistently safeguarded individuals responsible for the bombings since his win The …

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High Court battle set to begin over liability of Catholic Church for 1971 child sexual abuse in regional Victoria
9 months, 1 week ago

High Court battle set to begin over liability of Catholic Church for 1971 child sexual abuse in regional Victoria

ABC  

In short: The High Court will hear a challenge to the Catholic Church's liability over the abuse of a five-year-old boy by an assistant priest in regional Victoria in 1971. The High Court will hear a challenge to the Catholic Church's liability over the abuse of a five-year-old boy by an assistant priest in regional Victoria in 1971. Lower courts …

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Nicaragua’s crackdown on Catholic Church spreads fear among the faithful, there and in exile
10 months, 1 week ago

Nicaragua’s crackdown on Catholic Church spreads fear among the faithful, there and in exile

Associated Press  

MIAMI — Nineteen priests kicked out of the country, dozens of incidents of harassment and church desecrations, rural areas lacking worship and social services: the situation for Catholic clergy and faithful in Nicaragua is only worsening in 2024, according to exiled priests, laypeople in the Central American country and human rights advocates. But those protests triggered an escalating and systematic …

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Pope approves 'blessings' for same-sex couples but maintains strict ban on gay marriage
1 year ago

Pope approves 'blessings' for same-sex couples but maintains strict ban on gay marriage

India TV News  

Pope Francis formally approved letting Catholic priests bless same-sex couples, the Vatican announced on Monday, a radical shift in policy that aimed at making the church more inclusive while maintaining its strict ban on gay marriage. “It is one thing to formally approve same-gender blessings, which he had already pastorally permitted, but to say that people should not be subjected …

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Mormon leaders accused of 'covering up' a decades-long 'epidemic' of sexual abuse and INCEST that rivals scandals in Catholic church: Victims say perpetrators are protected - but the abused are forced
1 year, 1 month ago

Mormon leaders accused of 'covering up' a decades-long 'epidemic' of sexual abuse and INCEST that rivals scandals in Catholic church: Victims say perpetrators are protected - but the abused are forced

Daily Mail  

Mormon leaders are 'covering up' an 'epidemic' of sexual abuse that rivals scandals exposed within the Catholic church, victims have alleged to DailyMail.com. Katie Medley, 35, has blasted the Mormon church for failing to take action against a doctor and ecclesiastical leader who allegedly sexually abused her and around 200 other women Jared and Ashley Jones have filed a bombshell …

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Spain’s report on Catholic Church sex abuse estimates victims could number in hundreds of thousands
1 year, 1 month ago

Spain’s report on Catholic Church sex abuse estimates victims could number in hundreds of thousands

Associated Press  

MADRID — Spain’s first official probe of sex abuse by clergy members or other people connected to the Catholic Church in the country included a survey that indicated that the number of victims could run into hundreds of thousands. The survey was part of a damning report by the office of Spain’s ombudsman, or “defensor del pueblo,” following an 18-month …

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Spain’s report on Catholic Church sex abuse estimates victims could number in hundreds of thousands
1 year, 1 month ago

Spain’s report on Catholic Church sex abuse estimates victims could number in hundreds of thousands

LA Times  

Spanish ombudsman Ángel Gabilondo delivers a report on abuse in the Catholic Church to President of the Congress Francina Armengol in Madrid on Friday. Spain’s first official investigation of sex abuse by clergy members or other people connected to the Catholic Church in the country included a survey that indicated the number of victims could run into hundreds of thousands. …

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Nicaragua releases 12 Catholic priests and sends them to Rome
1 year, 2 months ago

Nicaragua releases 12 Catholic priests and sends them to Rome

Al Jazeera  

The priests were arrested as part of an ongoing crackdown on the Catholic Church following mass anti-government protests in 2018. Nicaragua’s government has released a dozen Catholic priests jailed on a variety of charges and sent them to Rome, following negotiations with the Vatican. A government statement released late on Wednesday said the 12 were flown to Rome in the …

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O.C. bishop dies: Tod David Brown settled church sex abuse suit, apologized to victims
1 year, 2 months ago

O.C. bishop dies: Tod David Brown settled church sex abuse suit, apologized to victims

LA Times  

Bishop Emeritus Tod David Brown, who became known for settling one of the largest sexual abuse cases brought against the Catholic Church, has died, the Diocese of Orange announced. According to the OC Catholic, Brown was responsible for putting in place protections including requiring “stringent and comprehensive” background checks for all clergy and establishing an office in the diocese dedicated …

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Over 1,000 cases of sexual abuse in Swiss Catholic Church since mid-20th century
1 year, 3 months ago

Over 1,000 cases of sexual abuse in Swiss Catholic Church since mid-20th century

The Hindu  

A sweeping, year-long study of sex abuse by Catholic priests and others in Switzerland published on September 12 has turned up more than 1,000 cases since the mid-20th century, as the Swiss church becomes the latest in Europe to reckon with the abuse scandal. The report, commissioned by the Swiss Conference of Bishops and led by two University of Zurich …

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The Catholic Church defended human rights during Chile’s dictatorship. An archive tells the story
1 year, 3 months ago

The Catholic Church defended human rights during Chile’s dictatorship. An archive tells the story

The Independent  

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The Virgen de Guadalupe is a symbol of Mexican resistance
1 year, 3 months ago

The Virgen de Guadalupe is a symbol of Mexican resistance

LA Times  

I saw something on the internet the other day, something that got my mind going. In 1859, when Mexico’s first Indigenous president, Benito Juarez, implemented separation of church and state, he left the Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Dec. 12, intact as a religious holiday. “¡Viva México, hijos de la chingada!” goes a popular cry, and it’s a declaration …

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Nicaragua seizes Catholic university accused of being ‘centre of terrorism’
1 year, 4 months ago

Nicaragua seizes Catholic university accused of being ‘centre of terrorism’

Al Jazeera  

Critics have accused the government of President Daniel Ortega of continuing its attacks on education and religion. The Nicaraguan government has seized a prominent Jesuit-run university in the capital Managua, in President Daniel Ortega’s latest effort to lash out against the Catholic Church. Nicaragua’s legislature followed that move with reforms to limit the independence of universities and cut government funding …

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