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Francis is simply saying that although doctrine declares homosexuals are sinners, they are not committing a crime in the eyes of the enlightened.

Like many others around the world, I watched the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI live on the internet. Before the service began, an unexpected announcement came over the loudspeakers requesting that members of the assembled crowd refrain from raising any banners or flags. Nevertheless, toward the end of the…

Pope gives final blessing at service for Australia’s most senior Catholic, who was found guilty then acquitted of child abuse

The Australian cardinal who branded the papacy of Pope Francis as a “catastrophe” has been given a funeral in St Peter’s Basilica, with the pontiff imparting a final blessing for the once high-ranking Vatican prelate.

The Australian cardinal who decried the papacy of Pope Francis as a “catastrophe” is receiving tributes, including from the pontiff himself, at his funeral in St. Peter's Basilica

The most senior Australian member of the Catholic clergy will be farewelled in a mass at the same Vatican church where former pope Benedict's funeral was held.

Vatican City (AFP) - Just one week after the funeral of Benedict XVI, his closest aide released a much-trailed memoir Thursday, revealing details of tensions between the late pope emeritus and his more liberal successor Pope Francis.

Pell was the most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted of child sex abuse and spent 404 days in solitary confinement in his native Australia only to have his convictions overturned.

He saw the magnitude of the damage the Catholic Church had inflicted, and his retreat came nearest to acknowledging it.