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Taiwan's president says war with China 'not an option'

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has told Pope Francis in a letter that war with China is “not an option” and said constructive interaction with Beijing, which claims the island as part of its territory, depends on respecting self-ruled Taiwan’s democracy

The Independent UK

Former nun adds to abuse accusations against prominent Slovenian Jesuit priest

A Slovenian former nun has come forward to accuse a Jesuit priest once prominent at the Vatican of sexual and psychological abuse, at least the fourth public accuser in a case that has shaken the worldwide religious order.

Reuters

Vatican investigating rumours of ‘sex party’ at Newcastle cathedral

Move follows complaints that dean of St Mary’s Cathedral invited worshippers to his living quarters during lockdown

The Guardian - UK

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Emanuela Orlandi vanished 40 years ago. Why is the Vatican just now opening an investigation?

Nearly four decades after 15-year-old Emanuela Orlandi went missing, the Vatican opened its first official inquest into the case. Andrea Blanco explains her disappearance and asks, why now?

The Independent UK

Vatican launches investigation into alleged lockdown sex party at Newcastle St Mary's cathedral

The alleged incident is being examined as part of a wider inquiry into Robert Byrne's resignation as the Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle - there is no suggestion the bishop was at the party or had any knowledge

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Pope's Congo visit seeks to heal 'still bleeding' wounds, envoy says

Pope Francis's visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo will remind the world not to ignore decades-long conflicts that have beset the mineral-rich nation and wrecked the lives of millions, the Vatican's envoy to Kinshasa said.

Reuters

Vatican to investigate unsolved mystery of teenager who went missing four decades ago

Emanuela Orlandi, 15, was last seen going to a music lesson in central Rome before she disappeared in what has become one of Italy's most high-profile mysteries of all time

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Emanuela Orlandi vanished 40 years ago. Why is the Vatican just now opening an investigation?

Nearly four decades after 15-year-old Emanuela Orlandi went missing, the Vatican opened its first official inquest into the case. Andrea Blanco explains her disappearance and asks, why now?

The Independent UK

Cardinal George Pell’s funeral takes place at Vatican

Pope gives final blessing at service for Australia’s most senior Catholic, who was found guilty then acquitted of child abuse

The Guardian - UK

Pell's secret memo casts shadow at cardinal's funeral

Pope Francis gave a funeral blessing to Cardinal George Pell on Saturday as revelations that he wrote an anonymous memo branding the current papacy a "catastrophe" hung in the air along with the incense.

Reuters

Vatican holds funeral for cardinal who decried Francis' rule

The Australian cardinal who decried the papacy of Pope Francis as a “catastrophe” is receiving tributes, including from the pontiff himself, at his funeral in St. Peter's Basilica

The Independent UK

Funeral for Cardinal George Pell held at the Vatican with Pope Francis giving final blessing

The funeral of Cardinal George Pell is held at St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, a day after it was revealed the former Archbishop of Melbourne decried Pope Francis' rule.

ABC News

George Pell lying in state in Vatican’s St Stephen of the Abyssinians church

Around 20 people were seen kneeling in prayer in the church – typically used for baptisms and weddings – prior to funeral for Australia’s most senior Catholic

The Guardian - AU

Cardinal George Pell will be remembered as a reformer with 'a big heart' by some but reviled by many others

While many with the Catholic Church remember him as compassionate, he's reviled by many others inside and outside religious spheres.

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Cardinal George Pell's final days spent writing furiously about the Catholic Church's 'toxic nightmare'

George Pell spent his final days penning an article furiously criticising the Vatican and its leader Pope Francis, coming as no shock to those who knew him.

AAP

Vatican farewell for Cardinal George Pell

The most senior Australian member of the Catholic clergy will be farewelled in a mass at the same Vatican church where former pope Benedict's funeral was held.

Reuters

Cardinal Pell lies in state, funeral plans overshadowed by memo revelation

Australian Cardinal George Pell was lying in state on Friday, with funeral preparations overshadowed by revelations that he was the author of an anonymous memo that branded Pope Francis' pontificate a catastrophe.

The Independent UK

Late Cardinal Pell called Pope Francis ‘a catastrophe’ in leaked memo

Pell called out the Pope for staying silent on human rights issues in China, Russia, and Hong Kong

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Cardinal George Pell's funeral mass to be held at St Peter's Basilica on Saturday. This is what we know

The Vatican will hold a funeral mass for Cardinal George Pell on Saturday. This is what we know about the service.

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George Pell, the Blundstone Borgia, was merely ruthless. It was the church that descended into evil

The Catholic Church’s disdain of sex meant it has never fully acknowledged just how thoroughly its priests destroyed people’s lives. Yet progressives gave Pell one final victory.

AAP

Pell clashed with Pope on Church reforms

Cardinal George Pell will be honoured in a service delivered by Pope Francis this weekend, despite the pair's very different approaches to modern Catholicism.

Reuters

Pell wrote secret memo calling Francis' papacy 'catastrophe' - journalist

The late conservative Australian Cardinal George Pell was the author of an anonymous memo condemning Pope Francis' papacy as a "catastrophe" where political correctness held sway while global wrongs were ignored, says the journalist who published it.

The Independent UK

'Catastrophe': Cardinal Pell's secret memo blasts Francis

Pope Francis will deliver a final send-off for Cardinal George Pell during a funeral Mass on Saturday

ABC News

Cardinal George Pell remembered as a powerful man with influence inside the Vatican

The news of the death of George Pell sends shock waves through the Vatican, as many struggle to come to grips with the loss of a man they saw out and about just days ago.

Evening Standard

Controversial Catholic cleric George Pell dies aged 81

The cardinal, whose child sex abuse convictions were overturned, passed away on Tuesday in Rome

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