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Alan Rowe suing Catholic Church for $6 million over historical sexual abuse claim in Bunbury

Alan Rowe says he has forgiven the priest he claims abused him as an 11-year-old — but not the Catholic Church. Mr Rowe is now suing the church, claiming it is vicariously liable.

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French cardinal says he abused 14-year-old girl 35 years ago

One of France’s high-ranking prelates of the Catholic Church, Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, says that he had abused a 14-year-old girl 35 years ago and is withdrawing from his religious duties

The Independent UK

Ukraine church leader: No deal with Russia if they see us as colony

The head of Ukraine's Byzantine-rite Catholic Church met Pope Francis on Monday and said there can be no dialogue with Russia as long as Moscow considered the neighbour it invaded a colony to be subjugated.

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Catholic conflicts on marriage continue, even decades after Vatican II

The past 60 years have been a period of change and reflection for many in the Catholic Church, initiated by the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s and continued by the current synod on synodality.

The Conversation

What is beatification? How the Catholic church determines the path to sainthood

On 5 November 2022, the Catholic Church will formally recognise Sister Maria Carola Cechin (1877-1925) as “Blessed”. The Italian-born nun spent two decades serving in Kenya.

The Conversation

Catholic Church orders multiple inquiries into allegations a priest failed to act on child abuse complaint against paedophile clergyman Neville Creen

The Catholic Church orders multiple inquiries be held into allegations a prominent priest failed to act on a complaint that paedophile clergyman Neville Creen was molesting a young school girl.

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Pope visit a dream come true for woman whose father helped build Bahrain church

When Pope Francis visits Bahrain this week, it will be a dream come true for many Christians in the Gulf Arab country, but especially for Najla Uchi, whose father helped build the first Roman Catholic church in the island state.

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Vatican's anti-child abuse panel to issue first full report in 2024

The Vatican panel due to produce annual reports on child abuse prevention within the Catholic Church will not deliver its first full review until 2024, its secretary said on Friday.

Reuters

New Vatican document hints at LGBTQ inclusion in Catholic Church

A new Vatican document mentioning the marginalization of LGBTQ people is being celebrated by an LGBTQ-inclusive U.S.Catholic group as “evidence that we are in a new moment of conversation about LGBTQ issues in the Catholic Church.”

Tribune News Service

Nessel issues first of 7 reports in Michigan clergy sexual abuse investigation

Attorney General Dana Nessel's office investigated sexual abuse allegations against roughly 44 priests as part of its investigation into the Diocese of Marquette's handling of clergy sexual abuse allegations, according to the first of seven reports released by Nessel's office Thursday.

Tribune News Service

The NWSL’s Failures Are a Familiar Turn in an Endless Cycle of Abuse

The Yates report was not the first time we’ve seen widespread misconduct hidden in sports, and it almost certainly won’t be the last.

Sports Illustrated

What is the rosary? Why a set of beads and prayers are central to Catholic faith

It’s one of the most famous moments in modern Catholicism: the apparition of Our Lady of Fatima. The Virgin Mary allegedly appeared to three Portuguese children in 1917, when much of the world was engulfed in World War I. Over a series of six appearances, Mary emphasized to these young…

The Conversation

Pope Francis says online pornography is devil’s work: ‘Heart that receives Jesus cannot receive porn’

The 85-year-old head of Catholic Church also cautions against using mobile phones for consuming pornographic content

The Independent UK

Bishop Christopher Saunders still in Broome despite Vatican decree to leave diocese

Bishop Christopher Saunders continues to live in church-owned properties in Broome despite the Pope's instruction that he leave the outback diocese.

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Plans scrapped to use 'disrespectful' reading at St Mary's College graduation mass

Tasmania's Catholic archbishop agrees to change a planned reading at a graduation mass after a backlash on social media, and concerns it would be inappropriate.

The Independent UK

Pope extends synod process for a year amid apathy, criticism

Pope Francis has decided to extend by a year a lengthy global consultation of ordinary Catholics about the future of the Catholic Church

Newcastle Herald

Top Catholic visits Newcastle, hails 'strong spirit' for Ukraine

Fighting the war against Russia in different fields - spiritual and military.

The Independent UK

Historic Portugal church sex abuse 'truly endemic' at times

The head of a lay committee looking into historic child sex abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church says the problem in the past had been “widespread” and on some occasions reached “truly endemic” proportions

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The Independent UK

Pope marks 60th anniversary of Second Vatican Council

Pope Francis is commemorating the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council, the landmark meetings that brought the 2,000-year-old Catholic Church into the modern era

Los Angeles Times

Making the radical case for Sinéad O'Connor: She was right all along

Thirty years ago this month, Sinéad O'Connor tore up a picture of Pope John Paul II on "Saturday Night Live," effectively destroying her mainstream career with a single act of protest against the Catholic Church.

Bangkok Post

Kingdom to host Asian Bishops' meet this week

Thailand will host the 50th Federation of Asian Bishops' Conference (FABC) General Conference at the Baan Phu Waan Pastoral Centre in Nakhon Pathom's Sam Phran district from Oct 12–30.

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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Secondary survivors of historic clergy abuse speak out in Australian-first Quilt of Hope book

The blurb of the Quilt of Hope book reads, "This is an inspirational story of people who chose to stand up in the face of evil and work together to challenge the collective silence of the Catholic Church and wider Catholic community".

The Independent UK

Portugal abuse cases mount amid questions over Nobel bishop

Clergy sexual abuse cases are casting a pall over the Catholic Church in Portugal

The Independent UK

Hilary Mantel: Celebrated author of Wolf Hall trilogy

Novelist was the first British writer – and the first woman – to win the Booker Prize twice

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