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Maryland probe finds 158 abusive priests, over 600 victims

An investigation by Maryland’s attorney general has identified 158 Roman Catholic priests in the Archdiocese of Baltimore accused of sexually and physically abusing more than 600 victims over the past 80 years

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El Salvador court frees Army officer behind Jesuit massacre

A Salvadoran court released a retired high-ranking Army officer convicted of ordering the massacre of six Roman Catholic priests belonging to the Jesuit order during the brutal peak of the country's civil war decades ago, his lawyer said on Monday.

Reuters

Pope hosts lunch for Rome's poor and homeless

Pope Francis hosted a lunch for 1,300 poor and homeless people on Sunday, the day the Roman Catholic Church marks the World Day of the Poor.

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Inside nine abandoned buildings left decaying in Greater Manchester and beyond

Many of these forgotten places contain furniture, belongings and more that have been left to rot

Manchester Evening News

Catholic priest kidnapped in northern Nigeria, diocese says

A Nigerian priest was kidnapped from his home in northern Kaduna state, the local Roman Catholic diocese said in a statement on Tuesday, in the first such reported abduction of a clergyman in the state since July.

Reuters

Pope says women's rights fight is 'continuous struggle', condemns mutilation

Pope Francis said on Sunday the fight for women's rights was a "continuous struggle", and condemned male chauvinism as deadly for humanity and female genital mutilation as a crime that must be stopped.

Reuters

Pope visit a dream come true for woman whose father helped build Bahrain church

When Pope Francis visits Bahrain this week, it will be a dream come true for many Christians in the Gulf Arab country, but especially for Najla Uchi, whose father helped build the first Roman Catholic church in the island state.

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Stricter clergy oversight part of Buffalo diocese settlement

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo has agreed to strengthen its oversight of priests accused of sexual misconduct to settle a 2020 lawsuit brought by New York’s attorney general

The Independent UK

Vatican confirms renewal of contested accord with China on bishops' appointments

The Vatican on Saturday said that it and China had renewed a secret and contested agreement on the appointment of Roman Catholic bishops in the communist country.

Reuters

Santa Fe Archdiocese files plan for $121M abuse settlement

In New Mexico, one of the oldest Roman Catholic dioceses in the U.S. has filed its bankruptcy reorganization plan to compensate nearly 400 clergy abuse survivors with more than $121 million

The Independent UK

Pupils from Dumfriesshire's Roman Catholic schools make pilgrimage to Carfin Grotto

The site is the only one in Scotland to host the touring blessed relics of Saint Saint Bernadette

Daily Record

Breakaway church gives gay ex-monk what Vatican would deny him: a holy wedding

Anselm Bilgri, a former monk and prior at one of Germany's most famous monasteries, had to leave the Roman Catholic Church to wed his long-term male partner. Now he hopes their wedding within a breakaway church will normalise such unions.

Reuters

Mexican church pre-Hispanic paintings suggest negotiation

Indigenous symbols found painted next to Roman Catholic motifs at a 1550s-era convent near Mexico City suggest Spanish priests negotiated with Indigenous leaders in the first years after the 1521 conquest

The Independent UK

Biden says even Catholics don’t support Lindsay Graham’s proposed nationwide abortion ban

‘I happen to be a practising Roman Catholic. My church doesn’t even make that argument now,’ president says of abortion bans

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Defying Vatican, Flemish bishops allow blessing same-sex unions

Flemish Roman Catholic bishops on Tuesday issued a document effectively allowing the blessing of same-sex unions, in direct defiance of a ruling against such practices by the Vatican's doctrinal office.

Belfast Live

A look back on the Queen’s historic visit to Enniskillen in 2012

It was the first time that the Queen had entered a Roman Catholic Church

Reason

First Amendment Protects Catholic Archidocese's Pressuring Catholic School to Fire Same-Sex-Married Teacher

From a two-Justice opinion in the Indiana Supreme Court case Payne-Elliott v. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis, Inc., written by Justice Geoffrey Slaughter and joined by Justice Mark Massa. Justices Christopher Goff and Derek Molter concurred in the judgment (without a separate opinion), and Chief Justice Loretta Rush didn't participate,…

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Some Dutch churches to skip Mass due to energy costs, priest shortage

Rocketing energy bills and a shortage of priests have driven a Dutch Roman Catholic Diocese to cut down on religious services in some churches.

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Indiana court sides with Catholic diocese in teacher firing

The Indiana Supreme Court has ruled that religious freedom rights protect the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis from being sued by a teacher who was fired from his job at a Catholic high school for being in a same-sex marriage

Liverpool Echo

Merseyside village almost 1,000 years old and doesn't have any street lights

It is believed to be one of the oldest existing Roman Catholic villages in the country

Reuters

With new cardinals, pope puts stamp on Church future

Pope Francis on Saturday inducted 20 cardinals from around the world, choosing men who mostly agree with his vision of a more progressive and inclusive Church and influencing their choice of his eventual successor.

Reuters

Analysis-Question of who might succeed Pope Francis to loom over cardinals' gathering

Roman Catholic cardinals from around the world gather for events at the Vatican starting this weekend that could amount to a dress rehearsal for an eventual conclave to choose a successor to Pope Francis after he dies or resigns.

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Bling-Loving Boxer Tyson Fury Makes Generous Bid On Gold Crucifix And Chain

Andreo snapped up the crucifix in Birmingham’s iconic Jewelry Quarter because his grandmother was a devout Roman Catholic.

The Independent UK

Pope voices worry over bishop's detention in Nicaragua

Pope Francis has expressed worry about the situation in Nicaragua following the detention of a Roman Catholic bishop and several priests

The Independent UK

Nicaraguan police arrest bishop, other priests in raid

Nicaraguan police have raided the residence of a Roman Catholic bishop, apparently detaining him and several other people holed up inside for two weeks

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