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Vatican confirms ongoing inquiry into Sistine Chapel Choir finances

The choir's manager and director are accused of money laundering, fraud and embezzlement

Junno Arocho Esteves

Pope accepts resignation of US bishop accused of sexual harassment

The Pope has appointed the Archbishop of Baltimore to investigate allegations against Bishop Michael Bransfield

Catholic News Service

Patriarchs at war

we are facing the biggest split in christendom for 1,000 years – and western christians have barely noticed it. that, at least, is the view ...

The Catholic Herald

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✣ highlights from the week online when religion haunts a news story at get religion, a blog on religion and the news, terry mattingly explai...

In brief

washington, dc cardinal urged to resign by deacon who assists him at mass cardinal donald wuerl has been publicly rebuked by one of his asso...

Adoremus: ‘It was electrifying’

the national eucharistic congress in liverpool left catholics feeling renewed "i hope it won’t be another 110 years before the next one.” so...

Abuse crisis: Earthly justice

if the church won’t hold bishops accountable, then should the courts? less than a month into the mccarrick scandal, interest in the former a...

Michael Warren Davis

Finland: Small is beautiful

a tiny but devout catholic community celebrates a rare ordination the ordination of finland’s ninth native catholic priest since the reforma...

Kenya: The Catholic alternative

why some of kenya’s muslim pupils are switching schools earlier this summer kenya’s state secondary schools experienced a wave of unrest, wi...

Francis Njuguna

Will voters forgive Boris?

when anthony eden became prime minister in 1955 – having effectively been kept out of the job by churchill overstaying his tenure – he was t...