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Pell's lawyer apologises for describing abuse as 'vanilla sex'

robert richter qc has apologised for his “terrible choice” of words after describing the abuse for which cardinal pell was convicted as “van...

Big rise in public lynchings of Christians in India

violent attacks including public lynchings against christians in india are reportedly becoming increasingly common, with international ngos ...

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Morning Catholic must-reads: 28/02/19

new figures show there were 29 mob attacks on indian christians in january. pope francis will not visit uganda in july , president yoweri mu...

Disaster for Pell as his lawyer appears to concede his guilt

cardinal pell’s plans to appeal his conviction for rape have been thrown into confusion by an extraordinary statement from his own lawyer wh...

Duterte: Stop threatening priests or 'deal with me'

after calling the country's catholic bishops "useless fools" who should be "killed," philippine president rodrigo duterte has now warned any...

Catholic News Service

Morning Catholic must-reads: 27/02/19

a new survey suggests there is “a striking variance” between catholics attending ordinary and extraordinary form masses ( joseph shaw , stev...

Cardinal Pell no longer prefect of Vatican's economy secretariat

alessandro gisotti, interim holy see press office director, confirmed tuesday via twitter that cardinal george pell is no longer prefect of ...

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Pell to appeal guilty verdict

cardinal pell has lodged an appeal against his conviction for sexual offences, his lawyers have said. in a statement issued after a court li...

Court finds Cardinal Pell guilty of sexual offences

prosecutors have abandoned a planned second trial against australian cardinal george pell, who was convicted in december 2018 on five charge...

Morning Catholic must-reads: 26/02/19

chinese authorities have reportedly blocked an app popular with underground catholics . brazil's national security office has confirmed that...