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Pope moves to oppose the death penalty
Pope Francis has changed the teachings of the Catholic faith to officially oppose the death penalty in all circumstances, the Vatican has said. The Catechism of the Church, a codified doctrine which sums up teachings, had previously stated that the death penalty could be used in some cases. It now says it is "inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person".
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Pope Francis Says Sex Abuse Crisis Has Driven Young Catholics Away From The Church
Pope Francis on Tuesday acknowledged that young people are being driven away from the Roman Catholic Church because of the way it has handled the problem of clerical sexual abuse. Speaking to a room of young people during his trip to Estonia, Francis said the church needs to change its ways in order to regain the trust of future generations, The Associated Press reported.
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Pope defrocks Chile priest at center of global abuse scandal
Pope Francis has defrocked the Chilean priest at the center of the global sex abuse scandal rocking his papacy, invoking his "supreme" authority to stiffen a sentence originally handed down by the Vatican in 2011. In a statement Friday, the Vatican said Francis had laicized the 88-year-old Rev. Fernando Karadima, who was originally sanctioned to a lifetime of "penance and prayer" for having sexually abused minors.
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Pope compares abortion to hiring a hit man to solve problems
Pope Francis compared abortion to a mafia-style killing Wednesday, saying it's the equivalent of hiring a hit man to "take out a human life to solve a problem." Francis made the comments, among his strongest yet against abortion, during his weekly Wednesday audience dedicated to the commandment exhorting the faithful not to kill.
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Vatican official: There is a clear link between Amazon synod, missionary month
According to the president of the Pontifical Mission Societies, there is a clear link between next October’s focus on missionary work and the synod on the Amazon that makes the convergence of the two events fortuitous.
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Gay people should not join Catholic clergy, Pope Francis says
Pope Francis is “concerned” about what he describes as the “serious issue” of homosexuality, saying in an interview published on Saturday that being gay is a “fashion” to which the clergy is susceptible. “The issue of homosexuality is a very serious issue that must be adequately discerned from the beginning with the candidates,” the pontiff said with regards to would-be priests. “In our societies it even seems that homosexuality is fashionable and that mentality, in some way...
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Pope urges people to live simpler lives
Pope Francis has called on people in developed countries to live a simpler and less materialistic life. He also condemned the huge divide between the world's rich and poor, saying Jesus's birth in poverty in a stable should make everyone reflect on the meaning of life. He spoke out while leading a service in St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican for the traditional Christmas Eve Mass.
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Sister Wendy Beckett, nun who became a much-loved champion of fine art through her popular television programmes – obituary
Sister Wendy Beckett, who has died aged 88, was the Roman Catholic nun who acquired unexpected fame late in life after she presented a succession of popular fine art television programmes.
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The Vatican moves quickly toward punishing ex-cardinal McCarrick for sexual abuse
The secretive canonical process, in which bishops determine the fate of the disgraced church leader, is underway in the Vatican.
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Life under ISIS led these Muslims to Christianity
Four years have passed since the Islamic State group's fighters were run out of Kobani, a strategic city on the Syrian-Turkish border, but the militants' violent and extreme interpretation of Islam has left some questioning their faith. A new church is attracting converts. It is the first local Christian place of worship for decades.
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Rich and Poor
Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position. But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since they will pass away like a wild flower. For the sun rises wit…
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Detroit-area Catholics permitted to eat muskrat
The permission dates to missionary history in the 1700s allowing Catholics to eat muskrat ‘on days of abstinence’
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Pope Francis decried as heretic by conservatives
Conservatives are demanding Catholic bishops to denounce the Pope with fresh accusations of 'heresy'.
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Polish activist detained for 'offending religious beliefs' over LGBTQ Virgin Mary
An activist in Poland has been detained after police found posters depicting the Virgin Mary with a halo consisting of the colours of the LGBTQ flag. The activist, Elżbieta Podleśna, confirmed on Facebook in the early hours of Monday morning that she had been arrested, and her phone confiscated.
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The girls of Bessborough
For decades thousands of Irish mothers were confined in homes and had their babies taken from them. Will the full truth ever be revealed? By Deirdre Finnerty.
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Most Canadians think Catholic Church has handled sexual abuse scandal poorly: poll
Almost eight in 10 Canadians say the Catholic Church has done a poor job of handling clerical sexual abuse and more than half of practising Catholics agree, a new poll says. The Angus Reid survey questioned 1,611 Canadians about how the decade of abuse allegations has affected their beliefs and opinions on the church.
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Abused nuns reveal stories of rape, forced abortions
Another scandal is engulfing the Catholic Church. At a time when the Vatican has taken its most concrete steps to address a long ordeal with sex abuse and coverups, a growing chorus of nuns is speaking out about the suffering they have endured at the hands of the priesthood, including rape, forced abortion, emotional abuse and labor exploitation. Special correspondent Christopher Livesay reports.
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Jesuit school refuses to fire teacher in same-sex marriage over archdiocese's order
Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School announced they had a "sincere and significant disagreement" with the Archdiocese of Indianapolis over a teacher in a same-sex marriage.
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How Catholic clergy ruled alongside the 'gay mafia', despots, and rent boys in Latin America
While all eyes are on the Catholic Church for its handling of child sexual abuse among clergy, the Latin American clergy ran fiefdoms alongside the continent's autocrats for decades.
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Priests accused of abusing deaf Argentine students on trial
MENDOZA, Argentina (AP) — Downcast and sitting in a wheelchair as his historic trial began Monday in Argentina, the Rev. Nicola Corradi didn't look like the man former students at an institute for...
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