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Russian Orthodox Church fires Archpriest for 'obstruction' of icon transfer

Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, on Saturday dismissed his expert on art and restoration for obstructing the transfer of a historic 15th-century Trinity icon to the Church from a Moscow museum.

Reuters

Another deceased Jesuit priest accused of sex abuse in Bolivia as pedophilia scandal grows

A Spanish Jesuit priest who died in 2012 has been accused of sexually abusing a minor in Bolivia three decades ago, the latest in a string of pedophilia cases that have shaken the Catholic Church in the Andean country

The Independent UK

Cannes serves up a parade of ageing maestros and a Tarantino masterclass

The final stretch of the world’s premier film festival has seen Cannes roll out the red carpet for a cavalcade of veteran auteurs, including two-time Palme d’Or laureate Ken Loach, past winners Wim Wenders and Nanni Moretti, and fellow Italian Marco Bellocchio, whose magnificent “Kidnapped” joined the list of frontrunners…

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Rathmines priest calls on parishioners to object to 'disaster' bus gate

Fr Andrew O'Sullivan said his 200-year-old church could be made 'redundant' due to the proposed changes to traffic

Dublin Live

Mormon Church buys Wembley Amazon warehouse for £74 million via charitable company

The property was bought by a registered charity that manages the Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter Day Saints’ investments

Evening Standard

Church of Scotland to remain 'impartial' on Scottish independence

THE Church of Scotland has decided it would be “unwise” to take a corporate position on Scottish

The National (Scotland)

Bolivia's Catholic Church says it was 'deaf' to sexual abuse victims

Roman Catholic Church leaders in Bolivia said on Wednesday the institution had been "deaf" to sexual abuse in Church-run schools and said they were taking action after a series of accusations in recent weeks led to protests and a legal investigation.

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New manga Witch of Thistle Castle is "Harry Potter meets Charmed"

The series is part of Titan's growing manga imprint

GamesRadar

Hundreds more Illinois Catholic clerics abused children than had been reported, AG report says

CHICAGO — Hundreds more Catholic clerics abused children in Illinois than were previously reported by church leaders, according to a scathing 700-page report released Tuesday by the Illinois Attorney General’s office following a roughly four-year investigation.

Chicago Tribune

Catholic Church locks horns with LDF over wild gaur issue

As the groundswell of anger over the death of three persons by a raging wild gaur continue to rock the high-range settlements of Central Travancore, the issue on Sunday took a political turn with a war of words between the Catholic church and Forest Minister A.K. Saseendran.

The Hindu

King ‘inspired’ by church’s care for poor and refugees

A letter from the King was read out at the Church of Scotland’s general assembly gathering.

The Independent UK

Wedding turns a damp squib in Kerala; bridegroom to move contempt plea against Knanaya Catholic Church

All the excitement over the wedding of Justin John with Vijimol Shaji, which was expected to mark the end of endogamy practised by the Knanaya Catholics, fizzled out with the function in Kasaragod on May 18 turning into a damp squib in the absence of consent from the Knanaya Church.

The Hindu

German victims cycle to Rome to press pope on church abuse

A group of German victims of abuse on Wednesday called on Pope Francis to step up efforts against "sexual and spiritual abuse" by clergy, after completing a 900-km (560 miles) bicycle trek from Munich to the Vatican.

Reuters

PwC scandal shows consultants, like church officials, are best kept out of state affairs

Australia’s Treasurer Jim Chalmers called it “an appalling breach of trust”. But the scandal involving the local arm of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the world’s second-largest professional services firm, is much worse than that.

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Bart Simpson voice actor Nancy Cartwright calls Scientology award ‘the most beautiful acknowledgement’

Cartwright is among the controversial religion’s high-profile members

Reuters

Putin gave Orthodox Church famed icon because of its importance to believers: Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to hand over the historic 15th-century Trinity icon from a museum to the Russian Orthodox Church because of its importance to believers, the Kremlin's spokesman said on Tuesday.The Church, whose conservatism Putin has espoused as part of his vision for Russia's national identity, is…

The Week

QR codes could reveal sex-offending French priests

Priests in France will be required to carry QR codes that can reveal if they are facing a sexual abuse charge.

France 24

French Catholic Church to provide clergy with scannable IDs to battle sexual abuse

Rattled by repeated cases of sexual abuse over the years, the French Catholic Church will soon provide digital ID cards with scannable QR codes that will offer colour-coded background information – ranging from green to orange to red – on bishops, priests and deacons. But the new measure is raising…

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Priests meet apostolic nuncio in Delhi

A four-member team from the presbyteral council of the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church met Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, head of the Vatican diplomatic mission in India, on Thursday in New Delhi.

The Hindu

Manipur violence hits BJP-Church ties in Kerala

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may have waited for decades to strike a right chord with the influential Catholic Church in Kerala. The initial excitement over this putative relationship, which touched a crescendo recently with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairing a meeting with top bishops, however, appears to be…

The Independent UK

Lord Sentamu rejects review findings that he did not act on abuse allegation

A leading bishop said the Church of England ‘should be ashamed’ that it had let down a vulnerable child in its care.

Reuters

Sexual abusers are disgusting 'enemies' but still should be loved, pope says

Sexual abusers are disgusting "enemies" who deserve to be condemned and punished - but also deserve Christian love and pastoral care because they too are children of God, Pope Francis said.

The Guardian - UK

Shell shareholders should oust chair, says influential adviser

Pirc and Church of England back calls for investors to vote against Sir Andrew Mackenzie at AGM

The Hindu

Results of meetings in Rome in due course, says Cardinal

Cardinal George Alencherry, Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church, who led members of the permanent Synod for meetings in Rome, has said that the results of the meetings will be known in due course of time.

Belfast Live

Bishop of Derry in tribute to Omagh priest who famously befriended Protestant clergyman

Fr Kevin Mullan, originally from Omagh, died on Friday

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