Catholicism
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John Prior obituary
My brother John Prior, who has died aged 75, trained as a Roman Catholic priest in the UK before spending most…
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New Zealand’s Catholic church admits 14% of clergy have been accused of abuse since 1950
Figures represent first time abuse allegations against the church in New Zealand have been collated in one pla…
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‘Momentum for peace’: Pope Francis urged to visit North Korea by Moon Jae-in
South Korean president meets pontiff and gives him a cross made of barbed wire taken from demilitarised zone T…
- Afghanistan, Angela Merkel, Catholicism, Christianity, Europe, Pope Francis, Religion, Russia, South and Central Asia, Spain, The papacy, Vladimir Putin, World news
Pope inadvertently quotes Vladimir Putin in Afghanistan comment
Francis ‘moved’ by Angela Merkel’s words on western intervention – in fact said by Russian presidentPope Franc…
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‘A ticking time bomb’: Timor-Leste begins to reckon with alleged Catholic church sex abuse
The trial of defrocked priest Richard Daschbach, charged with sexual abuse of 14 girls, is dividing the small,…
- Asia Pacific, Catholicism, China, Christianity, Coronavirus, Hong Kong, Italy, Pope Francis, South Korea, UK news
Coronavirus global report: Christmas curtailed as UK arrivals face tougher measures
Pope addresses fewer than 200 people in St Peter’s; China and US take action against UK amid concerns about ne…
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China dismisses Pope Francis’s comments about persecution of Uighurs
Beijing says pontiff’s remarks have ‘no factual basis’ despite evidence a million of the Muslim minority group…
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Pope says for first time that China’s Uighurs are ‘persecuted’
Francis mentions plight of Muslim minority in China, alongside Rohingya and Yazidi, in new bookPope Francis ha…
- Catholicism, Dalits, Human rights, India, Indigenous peoples, Law, South and Central Asia, World news
India’s arrest of an 83-year-old priest on terrorism charges is an insult to justice | Mari Marcel Thekaekara
Father Stan Swamy, who was helping indigenous people fight mining corporates, is far from a violent MaoistA fr…
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Mike Pompeo to criticise Vatican’s renewal of China deal during visit
Pope Francis reportedly declining to meet US secretary of state who says the Catholic church too soft on Beiji…
- Asia Pacific, Catholicism, Christianity, Coronavirus outbreak, Infectious diseases, Iran, Islam, Malaysia, Middle East and North Africa, Pope Francis, Religion, UK news, World news
Iranian police disperse crowds from shrines after Covid-19 closures
Religious authorities around the world limit contact and close places of worshipCoronavirus – latest updatesSe…
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Pope Francis calls for a ‘world without nuclear weapons’ during Nagasaki visit
Pontiff urges disarmament as he tours Japan’s atomic bomb sites and meets survivors of the 1945 attacksPope Fr…
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Thailand welcomes Pope Francis – in pictures
Pope Francis arrives in Bangkok to boost morale of tiny minority of Catholics and speak about human traffickin…
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New Zealand Catholic bishop resigns over sexual allegation
Palmerston North’s Bishop Charles Drennan quits after woman complained of ‘unacceptable behaviour of a sexual …
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The Catholic rebels resisting the Philippines’ deadly war on drugs
President Rodrigo Duterte’s violent crackdown has left 20,000 dead, and in a devout country, he has repeatedly…