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Vatican orders investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against retired Broome bishop Christopher Saunders

Documents obtained by the ABC reveal the Vatican has commenced an investigation into retired Broome bishop Christopher Saunders, who has been accused of sexual misconduct but never charged with any related offence.

ABC News

Irishman removed from Vatican by police after shouting abuse at Pope Francis during audience

The Pontiff was in the middle of his weekly general audience when he was interrupted by the maskless man

Irish Mirror

Liberal cardinal calls for revised Catholic teaching on gays

A prominent liberal cardinal who leads a body representing European bishops has called for "fundamental revision" in Catholic teaching on homosexuality, and said it is wrong to fire Church workers for being gay.

Reuters

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Vatican, Italy bishop slam "profane" Sanremo performance

The Vatican and an Italian Catholic bishop have protested a performance at Italy’s Sanremo music festival that featured a “profane” faux baptism on stage, lamenting in particular that it was broadcast on Italian public television

The Independent UK

Italy court definitively annuls warrant for Vatican suspect

An Italian appeals court has definitively annulled the arrest warrant for the prime suspect in the Vatican’s big fraud and embezzlement trial

The Independent UK

Thomas J. Netto appointed Archbishop of Thiruvananthapuram Latin Archdiocese

He succeeds Soosa Pakiam M. who had relinquished official responsibilities after he turned 75 in March last year but continued to remain in overall charge while awaiting fresh arrangements by the Vatican

The Hindu

Italy military chaplain hits back at vaccine-mandate critic

Italy’s Catholic military chaplain has pushed back strongly against calls by a former Vatican ambassador for the armed forces to resist COVID-19 vaccine mandates

The Independent UK

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Shouting man interrupts papal audience, taken away by police

A man interrupted Pope Francis' general audience at the Vatican on Wednesday, shouting "This is not the Church of God!" in English and waving a medical mask he had removed from his face before being taken away by police, a Reuters witness said.

Reuters

Pope blesses those everyone loves to hate - tax collectors

Pope Francis on Monday encouraged the people everyone loves to hate - tax collectors - telling them that while they will never win popularity contests, they were vital for the functioning of a fair society.

Reuters

Pope Benedict faulted over sex abuse claims: New report is just one chapter in his – and Catholic Church’s – fraught record

An in-depth report released last week alleges that former Pope Benedict XVI allowed four abusive priests in Munich to remain in ministry. The pope, then known as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, led the German archdiocese from 1977 to 1982.

The Conversation

Vatican selling London property at heart of fraud trial

The Vatican has signed a contract to sell a luxury London building that is at the heart of a fraud and embezzlement trial under way in the Vatican’s criminal tribunal

The Independent UK

Vatican has signed contract to sell London building at core of corruption trial

The Vatican has signed a contract to sell a luxury building in London which is at the heart of an ongoing corruption trial, the Holy See's economy minister said on Friday.

Reuters

Pope: Covid fake news is human rights violation

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis said on Friday that spreading fake news and disinformation on Covid-19 and vaccines, including by Catholic media, is a violation of human rights.

Bangkok Post

With 'Over My Dead Body: Fox Lake,' author Matt Baglio digs up the truth

For his 2009 book "The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist," author Matt Baglio explored an exorcism class at a Vatican-sponsored university in Rome.

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Critics of former pope are scapegoating him over abuse, Vatican says

The Vatican on Wednesday hit back at critics of former Pope Benedict, under scrutiny over his handling of sex abuse in Germany decades ago, accusing them of seeking a scapegoat over what should be a "collective examination" of the Church's past.

The Independent UK

Vatican defends Benedict after report faults abuse record

The Vatican is strongly defending Pope Benedict XVI’s record in fighting clergy sexual abuse after an independent report faulted his handling of four cases of abuse when he was archbishop of Munich, Germany

Reuters

Support your children if they are gay, pope tells parents

Pope Francis said on Wednesday that parents of gay children should not condemn them but offer them support.

Reuters

Cardinal skips Vatican trial to boycott talk of rumoured liaison with woman

A cardinal who is a defendant in a Vatican corruption trial stayed away on Tuesday because he did not want to be in the room when lawyers spoke of rumours that he had an intimate relationship with a woman, which he has denied.

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The Independent UK

Vatican cardinal complains prosecutors asked about sex life

The lone cardinal indicted in the Vatican’s big fraud and embezzlement trial is complaining that the pope’s prosecutors offended his dignity by suggesting he was having sex with a co-defendant

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Document found in Paris details aftermath of Soviet invasion of Manchuria

A document has been found in Paris describing the circumstances under the Soviet occupation of Manchuria (see below) following Japan's defeat in World War II.

Reuters

Pope confers lay ministries on women, formalising recognition of roles

Pope Francis on Sunday for the first time conferred the lay Roman Catholic ministries of lector and catechist on women, roles that previously many had carried out without institutional recognition.

Reuters

Vatican fraud trial to resume with boost for prosecution

The Vatican's landmark fraud and embezzlement trial resumes after a long break on Tuesday with the beleaguered prosecution buoyed by two favourable decisions in related cases by Swiss and Italian courts.

The Guardian - US

‘Cinema is my religion and the Castro is our Vatican’: shakeup at landmark San Francisco venue stuns locals

The city’s biggest arthouse cinema may become a live entertainment venue just shy of its 100th birthday

Reuters

Conservatives defend ex pope after report but experts see legacy dented

Conservatives on Friday defended former Pope Benedict against charges of mishandling sexual abuse cases decades ago, but victim groups and experts said the findings of a German report had tarnished the legacy of one of Catholicism's most renowned theologians.

The Independent UK

Pope vows justice for abuse victims after Ratzinger faulted

Pope Francis has vowed to provide justice to victims of clergy sexual abuse a day after an independent audit faulted his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, for having botched four cases

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