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Religious beliefs give strength to the anti-abortion movement – but not all religions agree

The leaked draft of Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which has sent shock waves across the United States, indicates that a majority of Supreme Court justices will likely overturn the constitutional right to an abortion granted in Roe v. Wade. Employing unusually harsh language,…

The Conversation

DR Congo: Provincial elections a dress rehearsal for 2023 polls

Observers say the provincial elections were tainted by irregularities that could reoccur on a grander scale in 2023.

Al Jazeera

Protests at Catholic churches? Maybe

Little-known pro-choice group defends its plan to "interrupt Mass" while right-wing media charges "terrorism"

Salon

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The Catholic saint who dedicated his life to a leprosy colony in Hawaii – and became an inspiration for HIV/AIDS care

On Jan. 3, 1865, the Kingdom of Hawaii, then a sovereign state, enacted “An Act to Prevent the Spread of Leprosy.” Any person suspected of having the ancient disease – which is mentioned as far back as the Bible – would be inspected and, if deemed incurable, permanently exiled to…

The Conversation

Madonna asks Pope Francis for meeting after claiming to have been ‘ex-communicated 3 times’

Madonna has urged Pope Francis to sit down with her to discuss her ‘blasphemous’ actions

Evening Standard

Madonna sends bizarre message to the Pope insisting she's a 'good Catholic'

The pop icon messaged the Bishop of Rome on Twitter asking him if he could meet up with her, saying that she is a "good catholic" and that it is not fair that she has been excommunicated three times

Daily Mirror

‘I’m a good Catholic, I swear!’: Madonna asks Pope Francis to meet and discuss her ‘blasphemous’ behaviour

Singer’s 1989 ‘Like a Prayer’ music video was banned by the Vatican

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Marjorie Taylor Greene panned over ‘victory for God’ reaction to Roe v Wade news: ‘More like a victory for the Devil’

Georgia lawmaker recently said she quit the Catholic Church, claiming it was under ‘Satan’s control’

The Independent UK

MTG draws Christian blowback for "Satan"

"She needs to apologize to Catholics immediately," one faith leader said of the Republican. "She is a disgrace"

Salon

The decline of Catholicism in Latin America

Evangelical faiths, meanwhile, have grown in some countries in the region.

Axios

Marjorie Taylor Greene says she quit the Catholic Church ‘because they harbored monsters even in their own ranks’

The congresswoman claimed she was not speaking about lay Catholics, just the leaders

The Independent UK

Church of Scotland and Catholic Church in historic declaration of friendship

The declaration of friendship between the two churches will be presented to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland next month, and will seek to make amends.

Daily Record

MTG to Catholics: Satan runs your church

Marjorie Taylor Greene tells far-right Catholics their church is ruled by Satan — and they love her for it

Salon

The poignant stories we heard on a guided tour around one of the largest cemeteries in Wales

Cathays Cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries in England and Wales and has some remarkable history.

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Vatican Committee Visits Beirut to Complete Preparations for Pope's Visit

Pope Francis' visit to Lebanon on June 12-13 is of great importance to many Lebanese who see it as a gateway to hope after all the difficulties that the country has experienced since 2019. Preparations are underway for the Pontiff's visit, in coordination between Lebanese and Vatican officials. In mid-April,…

Reuters

Canada indigenous group meets pope, invite him to ancestral lands

Canada's Red River Métis indigenous people met Pope Francis on Thursday and accepted his apology for the Roman Catholic Church's role in Canada's residential schools, which sought to erase their cultures and where many children suffered abuse.

Axios

New Jersey Catholic diocese agrees to settle sex abuse lawsuits for $87.5 million

It's one of largest proposed settlements involving the Catholic Church in the U.S.

Axios

New Jersey Catholic diocese agrees to settle sexual abuse lawsuits for $87.5 million

It's one of largest proposed settlements involving the Catholic Church in the U.S.

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Irish Mirror

Beloved Irish radio presenter shocks fans by announcing he is becoming a priest

He said he is fully aware that he is studying for the priesthood at a very challenging time within the Catholic Church

The Conversation

Penance and plague: How the Black Death changed one of Christianity's most important rituals

The 14th century is known for catastrophe. By midcentury, the first wave of plague spread through a Europe already weakened by successive famines and the Hundred Years War between England and France. And crises just kept coming. After the first wave, which has come to be called the Black Death,…

The Conversation

Pope Francis apologized for the harm done to First Nations peoples, but what does a pope’s apology mean?

Pope Francis apologized on April 1, 2022, to First Nations, Inuit and Métis delegations, acknowledging the harm done by residential schools in Canada and marking a crucial step in the church admitting its role in the abuse of Indigenous communities and children. Yet this apology, as important as it is,…

Al Jazeera

‘Walking to justice’: Canada’s residential school survivors

Brandi Morin accompanied Indigenous survivors of Canada’s church-run residential schools as they went to the Vatican.

Al Jazeera

The pope apologised for residential school abuses. What next?

Indigenous leaders in Canada say Catholic Church must take concrete action to support survivors and prevent more harm.

Reuters

After Pope's apology, Canada's indigenous survivors want compensation, records

Pope Francis's long-awaited apology to Canada's indigenous community for more than a century of abusive residential schools, many of them run by the Catholic Church, should be followed by millions of dollars in compensation and the release of residential school records, survivors and indigenous leaders said.

The Conversation

Pope Francis's apology for residential schools doesn't acknowledge institutional responsibility

Pope Francis made a public statement today to the delegations of Indigenous people who met with him this week to discuss personal experiences in residential schools or their harmful legacies.

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