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Ex-Pope Benedict warns against relaxing priestly celibacy rules

Retired Pope Benedict XVI has issued a defence of priestly celibacy in the Catholic Church as his successor considers easing a ban on married...

Opinion: Catholic Church has a duty to migrants, abuse victims

The cross remained. And the world was amazed, touched by the apparent miracle. As firefighters moved into the burning church, they and a camera...

Morocco to host Pope Francis in March

The Vatican on Tuesday said that Pope Francis has accepted the invitation from Morocco's monarch King Mohammed VI to visit the country. The Pope will...

Pope Francis claims abortion is like hiring ‘contract killer’

Pope Francis on Wednesday compared having an abortion to hiring a "contract killer". "Interrupting a pregnancy is like eliminating someone," Francis said in an address...

Pennsylvania priests sexually abused children for decades

Roman Catholic priests in Pennsylvania sexually abused thousands of children over a 70-year period and silenced victims through “the weaponization of faith” and a...

Pope Francis opposes death penalty in all circumstances

Pope Francis has changed the teachings of the Catholic faith to oppose the death penalty in all circumstances, the Vatican has said. The Catechism of...

Prominent US Catholic resigns over abuse claims

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a prominent US cardinal accused of sexually assaulting a teenager nearly 50 years ago. Theodore McCarrick, 88, a...

Catholic nun rapes man from age 12 and had a baby for him

A grandfather has revealed the horrific sexual abuse he suffered as a child at the hands of a Roman Catholic nun who went on to have his baby.

Disgraced US cardinal dies in Rome

Cardinal Bernard Law, who was forced to resign as archbishop of Boston in 2002 over a sex abuse scandal, has died aged 86 in Rome.

Pope Francis injured in Colombia

Pope Francis sustained minor injuries on Sunday when he lost his balance and bumped his head against a vehicle barrier while riding in the popemobile during his visit to Cartagena, Colombia.

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