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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.

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‘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

The Independent UK

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.

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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).

Newcastle Herald

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

Daily Mirror

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’

The Independent UK

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.

Evening Standard

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.

Al Jazeera

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."

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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.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: The Southern Baptist blasphemy

While the Catholic Church has spent much of the last three decades wrestling with deeply painful revelations of priestly sexual abuse and the bishops’ callous disregard for the people in their care, many American Protestant denominations self-righteously wagged fingers at the Catholic hierarchy for tolerating pedophile priests when they knew…

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The Catholic Church's views on exorcism have changed – a religious studies scholar explains why

In September 2021, a 3-year-old was killed during an exorcism in a small Pentecostal church in San Jose, California. The child’s throat was allegedly squeezed and her head held down during the ceremony, which likely asphyxiated her. In May 2022, three members of the victim’s family were charged with felony…

Tribune News Service

Killing of Mexican priest in Tecate prompts calls for greater security for migrant advocates

A Catholic priest who directed a migrant shelter in Tecate was found dead on May 17, two days after he was reported missing. His death has prompted calls from the Catholic Church for greater security for those in Mexico working with migrants and refugees.

Salon

Why anti-choice churches protect abusers

As with the Catholic church scandal, what ties sexual abuse to anti-choice activism is a belief in male supremacy

The National (Scotland)

Battle for buffer zones has historical echoes in Scotland

THE battle for buffer zones is not the first time Scottish women have been at the forefront of the fight to protect reproductive rights.

The National (Scotland)

Church of Scotland to discuss same-sex marriage at first hybrid General Assembly

THE first hybrid General Assembly of the Church of Scotland opens this weekend and will consider issues including voting on whether clergy can…

Los Angeles Times

San Francisco archbishop says Rep. Nancy Pelosi is not entitled to receive Communion

Archbishop of San Francisco Salvatore Cordileone announced Friday that Rep. Nancy Pelosi will be barred from receiving Communion in response to her push to codify abortion rights, underscoring the nation’s widening divisions as the Supreme Court considers whether to overturn Roe vs. Wade.

Los Angeles Times

San Francisco archbishop says Rep. Nancy Pelosi is not entitled to receive Communion

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