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Calls for Pope Benedict's sainthood make canonizing popes seem like the norm – but it's a long and politically fraught process

Like many others around the world, I watched the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI live on the internet. Before the service began, an unexpected announcement came over the loudspeakers requesting that members of the assembled crowd refrain from raising any banners or flags. Nevertheless, toward the end of the…

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Pope opens up on sex abuse cases, says church must do more

Pope Francis has shed light on the Catholic Church’s handling of sex abuse allegations against East Timor’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning independence hero

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Pope Francis says ‘homosexuality is not a crime’ and calls anti-LGBT+ laws ‘unjust’

‘Being homosexual is not a crime. It’s not a crime. Yes, but it’s a sin,’ he says

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The AP Interview Takeaways: The Pope on "patience" in China

Pope Francis says continued dialogue with Chinese authorities is a guiding principle in his efforts to safeguard his flock who are a small minority in that Asian nation

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What is Candlemas, the feast day celebrated by Catholics?

Candlemas is not widely celebrated but it preserves a rich tradition of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Historic Black churches receive $4M in preservation grants

Administrators of a trust fund established to preserve historic Black churches in the United States have revealed the first 35 houses of worship that will receive financial grants totaling $4 million

The Independent UK

Cardinal George Pell will be remembered as a reformer with 'a big heart' by some but reviled by many others

While many with the Catholic Church remember him as compassionate, he's reviled by many others inside and outside religious spheres.

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Cardinal George Pell's final days spent writing furiously about the Catholic Church's 'toxic nightmare'

George Pell spent his final days penning an article furiously criticising the Vatican and its leader Pope Francis, coming as no shock to those who knew him.

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Sri Lanka church seeks criminal justice for Easter bombings

Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church wants the country’s former leader to be criminally prosecuted for negligence

The Independent UK

Dead billionaires whose foundations are thriving today can thank Henry VIII and Elizabeth I

More than 230 of the world’s wealthiest people, including Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, have promised to give at least half of their fortunes to charity within their lifetimes or in their wills by signing the Giving Pledge. Some of the most affluent, including Jeff Bezos – who…

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Dan Andrews Confirms George Pell Will Get A State Funeral… IN HELL! LOL SEE YA DICKHEAD

The death of George Pell is a great nationwide tragedy. Mostly because he should've died sooner.

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George Pell's supporters and detractors attend memorial service for the Cardinal in his home town of Ballarat

The regular Thursday mass at St Patrick's Cathedral in Ballarat took on a more sombre tone at a service a day after Cardinal George Pell's death in Rome.

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Reaction to the death of Australian Cardinal George Pell

Following are reactions to the death of Australian Cardinal George Pell, a leading Roman Catholic conservative and former top Vatican official who in 2020 was acquitted of child sexual abuse allegations.

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How George Pell rose from country Victoria to become Australia's most senior Catholic

George Pell was one of the most prominent religious figures in Australia over the past 50 years, rising from regional Victorian priest to become a senior figure at the Vatican. But he faced numerous controversies along the way.

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Pope says Ukraine war ‘a crime against humanity’ in annual speech

Head of the Catholic Church slams Russia’s war in Ukraine and Iran’s treatment of protesters.

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Biden signs condolences for former Pope Benedict in Washington

U.S. President Joe Biden signed a condolence book for former Pope Benedict in Washington on Thursday, paying his respects to the former pontiff on the day his funeral mass was held in Vatican City.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Editorial: Jehovah's Witnesses abuse scandal is a reminder to end cover-up culture

Locked inside the Jehovah's Witnesses world headquarters are secret files detailing sexual abuse by members of the religious denomination. Some of those files are slowly coming to light thanks to a grand jury investigation by state Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro's office that was spurred by The Inquirer.

Los Angeles Times

How a retired LA television executive became publisher of the National Catholic Reporter

LOS ANGELES — In his first column as publisher of the National Catholic Reporter, former television executive and journalist Joe Ferullo declared that the Roman Catholic Church is at a crossroads, pulled between two radically different visions for its future.

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Victorian court allows abused altar boy’s children and wife to sue Catholic church

Unique case may set precedent as family alleges church’s failings caused man’s violence in later life

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Northern Ireland reconciliation bill highlights complicated role of Catholic Church during the Troubles

It has now been more than two decades since the signing of the Good Friday agreement in 1998, formally ending the Troubles in Northern Ireland. But the most recent attempt by the British government to “deal with the past” – the legacy and reconciliation bill – is itself provoking conflict.

The Independent UK

Though faulted, Benedict turned Vatican around on sex abuse

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI rarely got credit for having turned the Vatican around on clergy sexual abuse, but as cardinal and pope, he pushed through revolutionary changes to church law to make it easier to defrock predator priests

Tribune News Service

Benedict XVI, pope whose resignation shook Catholics, dies

Benedict XVI, who shocked the world’s 1.2 billion followers of the Roman Catholic Church when he became the first pope to resign in almost six centuries, has died. He was 95.

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Why did Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI resign, and how common is it for Catholic popes to quit?

Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI is one of the very, very few Catholic popes ever to step down as leader instead of remaining in the role for life. Here's why he resigned as head of the church, and what happened afterwards.

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Why retired pope Benedict's funeral will be so unusual

Benedict was the first pope to step down in nearly 600 years, creating a rare relationship between a sitting and former pope.

Fortune

Pope Benedict XVI, who promoted traditional faith in the modern world, dies at 95

The German theologian stunned the world with his papal resignation in 2013, but controversy followed.

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