Catholic Church

last week the australian bishop' conference and catholic religious australia adopted new standards to combat the sexual abuse of children an...

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the illinois senate has approved an expansive abortion bill that would declare abortion to be a “fundamental right” in the state and would r...

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cardinal george pell’s appeal will be heard tomorrow . cardinal john dew has suggested that priests should no longer be addressed as “father...

Luke Coppen

alessandro gisotti, interim director of the holy see press office: good evening. welcome, holy father. welcome. return flight: holy father, ...

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declaring their beatification sunday in romania, pope francis said seven martyred greek-catholic bishops gave their lives for fidelity to th...

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pope francis said sunday that his relationship with benedict xvi gives him strength and reminds him of the living tradition of the church. “...

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pope francis hailed “the sons and daughters of the greek-catholic church” for witnessing to the faith at yesterday’s regina caeli ( full tex...

Luke Coppen

at a marian shrine in the heart of transylvania, pope francis has called on romania's catholics to leave resentments behind and to embark on...

Junno Arocho Esteves

pope francis has placed the pontifical charitable umbrella organisation, caritas internationalis , under the control of the dicastery for pr...

Christopher R. Altieri

pope francis said friday that catholics and orthodox are bonded by a “shared inheritance” of suffering for christ from the apostles to moder...

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