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Whether Christians should prioritize care for migrants as much as for fellow citizens has been debated for centuries

Vice President JD Vance and several bishops of the U.S. Roman Catholic Church are having a war of words over the Trump administration’s flurry of executive orders and highly publicized immigration raids. The bishops argue that these policies tend to empower gangs and traffickers while harming vulnerable families; Vance has…

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Pope Francis' approval of blessings for LGBTQ+ couples is a historic gesture, according to a Catholic theologian

Pope Francis’ Dec. 18, 2023, announcement that Catholic priests may bless LGBTQ+ couples and others in “irregular” situations marks a definitive shift in the Roman Catholic Church’s posture toward many types of loving relationships. It may also mark a definitive turning point within the Roman Catholic Church.

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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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Will the Church finally rethink contraception?

Could the Roman Catholic Church be ready to reconsider its prohibition of the use of contraception? The fact that prominent Catholic conservatives have felt the need to speak out against such a possibility gives some grounds for thinking that, within the Church itself, and under the protection of Pope Francis,…

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Popes are for life, resignations should not become a fashion, Francis says

Pope Francis has said that pontiffs resigning instead of ruling for life should not become a "fashion" in the Roman Catholic Church and happen only in truly exceptional circumstances.

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Pope says Church conservatives exploited death of ex-pope Benedict

Pope Francis has said some in the conservative wing of the Roman Catholic Church had exploited the death of the former pope, Benedict, in an unethical way for their own gains.

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How a retired LA television executive became publisher of the National Catholic Reporter

LOS ANGELES — In his first column as publisher of the National Catholic Reporter, former television executive and journalist Joe Ferullo declared that the Roman Catholic Church is at a crossroads, pulled between two radically different visions for its future.

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Poland’s Catholic premier sparks outrage with death penalty support

Poland's conservative prime minister has surprisingly spoken in favor of the death penalty and admitted he doesn't share the view of the Roman Catholic Church on the matter

The Independent UK

Poland's conservative premier in favor of death penalty

Poland's conservative prime minister has surprisingly spoken in favor of the death penalty and admitted he doesn't share the view of the Roman Catholic Church on the matter

The Independent UK

Death of former Pope Benedict overshadows New Year at Vatican

Pope Francis marked the Roman Catholic Church's traditional World Day of Peace on Sunday but the start of the new year at the Vatican was overshadowed by the death of his predecessor, Benedict.

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Catholic worshippers across the UK to pray for Pope Benedict XVI

Church leaders have urged worshippers to keep the former pope in their prayers when they attend church services on Sunday.

The Independent UK

Benedict XVI, pope whose resignation shook Catholics, dies

Benedict XVI, who shocked the world’s 1.2 billion followers of the Roman Catholic Church when he became the first pope to resign in almost six centuries, has died. He was 95.

Tribune News Service

King Charles expresses ‘deep sadness’ after death of former Pope Benedict

Charles has led tributes in the UK after Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI died aged 95.

Evening Standard

King expresses ‘deep sadness’ after death of former Pope Benedict

Charles has led tributes in the UK after Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI died aged 95.

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Pope Benedict death: King Charles sends message of condolence to Pope Francis

The monarch remembered his 2009 visit to the Vatican

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Benedict's lasting mark on papacy will be his resignation

Although Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI had a long and illustrious career as one of the Roman Catholic Church’s pre-eminent theologians, he will forever be known as the first pope in 600 years to resign

The Independent UK

Tributes paid to ‘great theologian’ Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI after his death

The head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales led tributes on Saturday.

Reuters

Former Pope Benedict, his papacy and retirement

Following are some of the major events of the ministry and retirement of former Pope Benedict who died on Saturday:

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Two popes in the Vatican - sometimes more crowd than company

When Pope Benedict shocked the Roman Catholic Church in 2013 by announcing he would resign instead of ruling for life, he promised to stay in the Vatican "hidden from the world".

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Pope Benedict XVI, a misunderstood man of God

The German theologian and philosopher Joseph Ratzinger, who was head of the Roman Catholic Church for eight years as Pope Benedict XVI, has died at the age of 95. Benedict resigned as pontiff in 2013 citing declining physical and mental health. He had been seriously ill for some time.

Reuters

Former pope Benedict, his papacy and retirement

Former pope Benedict, who Pope Francis said on Wednesday was "very sick", resigned in 2013, the first pontiff in 600 years to take such a step rather than rule for life.

Reuters

Pope sacks leadership of worldwide Catholic charity, names commissioner

Pope Francis on Tuesday fired the entire leadership of the Roman Catholic Church's worldwide charity arm following accusations of bullying and humiliation of employees, and appointed a commissioner to run it.

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.

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

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.

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