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Pope allows women to vote at bishops meeting for first time

Pope Francis, in a historic move that could lead to more inclusiveness in decision-making in the Roman Catholic Church, will allow women to vote for the first time at a global meeting of bishops in October.

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The Pope’s Exorcist: how the film compares to the real church's approach to exorcism

When official trailers were released, the International Association of Exorcists branded The Pope’s Exorcist: “unreliable … splatter cinema”.

The Conversation

Hong Kong bishop invites head of China's state-backed church

Hong Kong’s Roman Catholic bishop has invited a leader of the Communist Party-controlled group for Catholics in mainland China to visit his city

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Judge's donations cloud rulings in Catholic bankruptcy case

An Associated Press investigation finds a federal judge donated tens of thousands of dollars to New Orleans’ Roman Catholic archdiocese and consistently ruled in favor of the church amid a contentious bankruptcy involving nearly 500 clergy sex abuse victims

The Independent UK

Philly archdiocese accused of covering up sex abuse complaints against priest who allegedly found a new victim in Nashville

PHILADELPHIA — The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia is facing new accusations that it covered-up sexual misconduct, this time involving a former priest who allegedly forced himself on multiple women and told them the unwanted encounters were “special trials” ordained by God.

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Hong Kong bishop hopes for closer ties with Beijing diocese

Hong Kong’s Roman Catholic bishop says he hopes the dioceses of Hong Kong and Beijing will have more exchanges and cooperation

The Independent UK

Defrocked Catholic cardinal, 92, is charged with sexually assaulting Wisconsin teen over 45 years ago

The defrocked Roman Catholic cardinal who became the face of the church’s clergy sex abuse crisis has been charged in Wisconsin with sexually assaulting an 18-year-old man in 1977

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Ex-Cardinal McCarrick charged in Wisconsin with sex abuse

The defrocked Roman Catholic cardinal who became the face of the church’s clergy sex abuse crisis has been charged in Wisconsin with sexually assaulting an 18-year-old man more than 45 years ago

The Independent UK

Hong Kong bishop visits Beijing on historic trip

Hong Kong’s Roman Catholic bishop arrived in Beijing on Monday, marking the first visit to the Chinese capital by the city’s bishop in nearly three decades, despite signs of Sino-Vatican strains

The Independent UK

Pope confirms plans to go to Mongolia in September

Pope Francis confirmed on Friday that in September he plans to go to Mongolia, a country that has fewer than 1,500 Catholics but is strategically significant for the Roman Catholic Church because it borders China.

Reuters

Holy Land Christians say attacks rising in far-right Israel

The head of the Roman Catholic Church in the Holy Land has warned in an interview that the rise of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government has made life worse for Christians in the birthplace of Christianity

The Independent UK

Report on sexual abuse by priests details horrors of life in hardest-hit Catholic parishes, schools

BALTIMORE — When the Rev. John Mike was an associate pastor at St. Louis Roman Catholic Church four decades ago, he left an impression with his seemingly boundless energy, his outgoing personality and his ability to connect with young people.

Tribune News Service

Maryland attorney general releases report on Catholic clergy abuse in Baltimore archdiocese

BALTIMORE — A grand jury report revealing the devastating extent of child sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore and its efforts to cover up the problem became public Wednesday, four years after the start of an investigation survivors had long lobbied for and on the cusp of…

Tribune News Service

City council's legal team will ask Roman Catholic church to help solve burial ground mystery

Town hall wants contact from 'whoever fixed the broken gates'

Manchester Evening News

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Historian writes to Pope in hope of solving abandoned graveyard mystery

Riddle deepens after no one claims ownership of the site last used in 1940

Manchester Evening News

Mystery deepens around abandoned Greater Manchester graveyard after sudden appearance

Still no one is claiming ownership

Tribune News Service

Archdiocese of Hartford investigating report of possible miracle at Connecticut church

HARTFORD, Conn. — A reported occurrence under investigation by Archdiocese of Hartford as a possible miracle at a Roman Catholic church in Thomaston has similarities to Jesus’ miracle of multiplying the loaves and fishes, which itself resonates with the Last Supper, according to the chaplain of Albertus Magnus College.

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Pope extends sexual abuse law to include lay leaders

Pope Francis on Saturday updated rules on dealing with sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church, expanding their scope to include lay Catholic leaders and spelling out that both minors and adults can be victims.

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Spanish cathedral holds mass for victims of clerical sex abuse

Bilbao Cathedral in northern Spain held a mass on Friday to recognise and apologise to victims of sexual abuse by the Roman Catholic Church in the diocese, in one of the first services of its kind in Spain.

Reuters

Clergy sex abuse victims feel 'vindicated' after Vatican talks

Survivors of Roman Catholic clergy sex abuse from Britain and Ireland said on Thursday they finally felt vindicated after "transformative" meetings with Pope Francis and leaders of the Comboni Missionary order.

Manchester Evening News

The bizarre case of a 'forgotten' Greater Manchester graveyard and Pope Francis

Burial ground last useed in 1940 has become 'drugs den'

Los Angeles Times

Pope Francis begins year 10 as 'a bit of a Californian.' That means lots of love — and hate

LOS ANGELES — Sitting in her family home in East Los Angeles, Rosa Manriquez kept her eyes on the TV screen as a flood of white smoke came pouring out of the roof of the Sistine Chapel 6,300 miles away — a century-old signal that the cardinals of the Roman…

Bangkok Post

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,…

Tribune News Service

San Diego Roman Catholic diocese facing yet another lawsuit — now from its own insurance company

SAN DIEGO — The insurance carrier for the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego filed a lawsuit Friday contending that because the diocese violated the terms of its insurance policies, the company should not have to pay out any money to settle claims from hundreds of people alleging they were…

The Independent UK

Vermont bishop testifies against clergy reporting bill

Vermont's leading Roman Catholic bishop testified Friday against a bill that would remove an exemption to the state’s child abuse and neglect reporting laws for members of the clergy

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