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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.

ABC News · Oct 26, 2022

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.

ABC News · Oct 17, 2022

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

The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2022

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.

Bangkok Post · Oct 9, 2022

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.

Reuters · Oct 8, 2022

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".

ABC News · Oct 4, 2022

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 · Oct 3, 2022

Hilary Mantel: Celebrated author of Wolf Hall trilogy

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

The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2022

French Catholic Church starts compensating sex abuse victims

A reparations panel says France’s Catholic Church has paid financial compensation to 23 victims of child sexual abuse by priests or other church representatives under a recently launched process

The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2022

'A long way to go': Catholic women call for wide-ranging church reforms in new international survey

Catholic women across the world are calling for a wide range of reforms to the church, according to the results of our survey of more than 17,000 Catholic women from over 100 countries published this month.

The Conversation · Sep 30, 2022