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From Rabbi Michael Simon (Temple Beth Kodesh) on Abortion, Judaism, and Religious Exemptions

As readers know, I've been interested in the question of abortion and religious exemption claims (see this May 9 post), so when I saw this item by Rabbi Simon, I found it much worth passing along. Rabbi Simon had been a lawyer for 20 years before becoming a full-time rabbi,…

Reason

Pope trip to Canada in July on course despite knee problem

Pope Francis will have at least five meetings with indigenous people during a trip to Canada in July, making good on a promise to apologise in the country for the Roman Catholic Church's role in abusive residential schools.

Reuters

Kolkata: Catholic schools to stay online for one more week

KOLKATA: A day after the CNI schools decided to resume physical classes from Monday, schools under the Catholic Church have opted to stick to the government advice and continue online classes for another week. The state government had on June 13 asked schools to extend the summer holidays till June…

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Police seize ancient book of sermons missing from Glasgow decades

Police Scotland officers worked with their Italian and Dutch counterparts to recover a book that was illicitly removed from the collection of the Catholic Church in Scotland.

Glasgow Live

Retired priest, 92, charged with indecent assault after Canadian residential school probe

A retired priest has been charged with indecent assault following a decade-long investigation into a residential school in Manitoba, Canadian police said on Friday.

Reuters

International probe returns centuries-old book to Scottish Catholic church

POLICE have worked with their counterparts in Italy and the Netherlands to recover a centuries-old book which was illicitly taken from a collection…

The National (Scotland)

Ancient book returned to Catholic Church in Scotland after police action

Scottish police worked with Dutch and Italian officers on the return of the Book of Sermons.

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Pope’s Upcoming Visit To Canada Aims At Reconciliation With Indigenous Peoples

Papal visits are typically filled with the joyful pageantry, excitement and emotion of a big event. But Pope Francis’ trip to Canada next month will likely have a rather dour feel. The pope will make the transatlantic trip in part to apologize in person for past abuses suffered by Indigenous…

Zenger

Jesus' earthly dad, St. Joseph – often overlooked – is honored by Father's Day in many Catholic nations

The United States celebrates Father’s Day on the third Sunday of June. Many countries with a Catholic heritage, however, such as Portugal and Spain, have already honored fathers on March 19: the feast of St. Joseph, husband of Mary and patron saint of fathers.

The Conversation

Pope cracks down on new Catholic religious start-ups

Pope Francis has taken another step to reign in and regulate new religious groups in the Catholic Church

The Independent UK

There is no one 'religious view' on abortion: A scholar of religion, gender and sexuality explains

The Catholic Church’s official line on abortion, and even on any artificial birth control, is well known: Don’t do it.

The Conversation

‘A healing journey’: Residential school survivors and the Church

Following the pope’s apology, can Indigenous residential school survivors forgive the Catholic Church?

Al Jazeera

With bishops like these, it’s hard to be Catholic in the US

To flip the famed line from “The Godfather Part III,” just when I think I might return to the Catholic Church, they pull me back out.

Los Angeles Times

Salvadoran women jailed for abortion warn US of total ban

El Salvador has one of the world’s strictest abortion laws, banning the procedure in all circumstances including cases of rape, incest, fetal malformation and risk to a pregnant woman's life

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Reuters

Former Chilean priest found guilty of sex abuse and rape

A former priest and top aide to Santiago's archbishop was found guilty on Wednesday of repeated sexual abuse and rape, the result of 2018 scandal that ensnared multiple high-ranking members of the Chilean Catholic Church.

Newcastle Herald

Coal's era might have passed, but respect for its help is eternal

Email letters@newcastleherald.com.au or send a text message to 0427 154 176 (include name and suburb).

Daily Mirror

Pope Francis retirement rumours circulate as he announces shock plans

Rumours are beginning to circulate over Pope Francis’ retirement. The head of the Catholic Church has had a historic run, but signs point to his tenure nearing its end

The Independent UK

Skateboard hero of London Bridge terror attack could be made a saint

The campaign to canonise him comes after the Pope had described him as ‘heroic’

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Evening Standard

Survivors of massacre in Nigeria church tell of horror

Survivors have spoken out after at least 50 people including women and children were reportedly killed during an attack on a catholic church in Nigeria.

Al Jazeera

Nigeria church attack: What, where and why?

Gunmen with explosives stormed a Catholic church in Ondo state and opened fire, killing at least 50 people.

Al Jazeera

‘Evil and wicked’: At least 50 killed in Nigeria church attack

At least 50 dead including many children as attackers targeted the St Francis Catholic Church in Ondo state.

Newcastle Herald

Survivors of Vincent Ryan's abuse 'need help' following paedophile priest's death

"There are so many out there who we don't know about and that the people who can help don't know about."

The Independent UK

Canada Indigenous leaders want pope to visit more locations

Indigenous leaders have met with Canadian bishops and were told that Pope Francis won't add more stops to his trip to Canada, when he will apologize in person for abuse suffered by Indigenous people at the hands of the Catholic church

ABC News

Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Vatican power broker for decades under two popes, dies at 94

Cardinal Angelo Sodano — a controversial Vatican power broker for more than a quarter of a century who was accused of covering up one of the Catholic Church's most notorious sex abusers — dies at the age of 94.

Reuters

Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Vatican power who dismissed sexual abuse, dies

Cardinal Angelo Sodano, a controversial Vatican power broker for more than a quarter of a century who was accused of covering up one of the Catholic Church's most notorious sex abusers, has died at the age of 94.

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