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Hong Kong bishop visits Beijing in historic trip amid Sino-Vatican tension

Hong Kong's top Catholic cleric is due to arrive in Beijing on Monday on the first visit to the Chinese capital by a bishop of the former British colony in nearly 30 years, despite signs of new Sino-Vatican tension.

Reuters

Maryland attorney general challenges Archdiocese statement on clergy abuse report, says church can release redacted abusers

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown challenged the veracity of a statement the Archdiocese of Baltimore posted on its website about a report by Brown’s office detailing decades of child sex abuse and torture by Catholic clergy in Maryland and the church’s coverup.

Tribune News Service

Pilgrims flock to ancient Holy Land church as Palestinian congregation shrinks

One of the world's oldest churches, built on top of a cave in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and festooned with golden icons, attracts thousands of Christian pilgrims every year.

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Arizona court upholds clergy privilege in child abuse case

The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can refuse to answer questions or turn over documents under a state law

The Independent UK

No, Ukrainians did not set fire to an Orthodox Church

In Ukraine, fake news continues to fuel the information war. In recent days, a video purporting to show a Ukrainian Orthodox church on fire has appeared on social media, with captions accusing "radical Ukrainians" of arson. The claims fit neatly into a Russian narrative that accuses Ukrainians of persecuting followers…

France 24

Churchgoer stabbed outside Easter Sunday service as man arrested

Police have said they don’t believe the attack outside St Stephen’s Church in Sneinton to be a hate crime

The Independent UK

Church a ‘force of life and hope’, says Archbishop of Canterbury

The Most Rev Justin Welby has hailed the Church of England’s work in facilitating peace in his Easter Sunday sermon

Evening Standard

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Pope Francis says sex is a ‘beautiful thing’ and it’s ‘normal’ to meet people on Tinder

‘Sex is one of the beautiful things that God has given to the human person’ the Pope says in a new documentary

The Independent UK

Things to do in Dublin today: Family-friendly and child-free Good Friday events

Five family-friendly and five child-free events happening this afternoon and tonight

Dublin Live

Man cries out in agony as he is NAILED to cross in real crucifixion on Good Friday

The real-life crucifixions in the farming village of San Pedro Cutud in Pampanga province north of Manila resumed after a three-year pause due to the coronavirus pandemic

Daily Mirror

Pope Francis shares views on sex and masturbation as he kisses feet of prisoners

Twelve inmates at a juvenile prison on the outskirts of Rome, Italy, sat in a row as the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, kneeled in front of them and bathed and kissed their feet

Daily Mirror

‘Staggering’ extent of Baltimore Catholic Church sex abuse laid bare in damning report

The Maryland Attorney General’s Office has publicly released a redacted version of an investigative report detailing sex abuse allegations against more than 150 Catholic priests and examining the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s response

The Independent UK

Families of horror mass shooting at church that killed 26 awarded $144million payout

Devin Kelley opened fire during a Sunday service at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs in Texas, US, in 2017 killing 26 victims. It remains the deadliest mass shooting in Texas history

Daily Mirror

Recovered pope washes feet of young inmates on Holy Thursday

Pope Francis, appearing fully recovered from a bout of bronchitis, on Thursday began an intense four days leading to Easter urging priests to avoid fomenting division in the Church and washing the feet of inmates in a juvenile prison.

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The Independent UK

Pope says he knows what non-binary means, welcomes LGBT people to church: ‘All persons are children of God’

‘God does not reject anybody, God is a father. And I have no right to expel anyone from church’

Al Jazeera

Report reveals over 600 abuse cases in Baltimore Catholic church

Officials say abuse in Baltimore archdiocese — stretching back to 1940s — was ‘pervasive, pernicious and persistent’.

Tribune News Service

Report shows ‘astonishing’ depravity in sexual abuse of more than 600 in Baltimore’s Catholic archdiocese

BALTIMORE — A four-year investigation of Baltimore’s Catholic archdiocese reveals the scope of 80 years of child sex abuse and torture and how church officials often covered it up and, in some cases, paved the way for further abuse.

The Independent UK

Maryland AG releases report on Catholic Church sex abuse

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DOJ tentatively settles over Texas church shooting for $144M

The Justice Department says it has tentatively settled a lawsuit over the 2017 mass shooting at a Texas church that will pay victims and their families more than $144 million

The Week

Papal succession: the cardinals in the running to be the next pope

The struggle for control of the Catholic Church is intensifying behind the scenes, as potential successors to Pope Francis begin manoeuvring into position amid talk he could soon step down.

Tribune News Service

Maryland AG report on Catholic Church sex abuse to be released Wednesday

BALTIMORE — An judge approved the release of a Maryland Attorney General Office’s report on clergy abuse within the Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore, and the office will release the report to the public Wednesday, a spokesperson said.

Tribune News Service

Scientologists to rule on abuse claims against their church, judge says

TAMPA, Fla. — Three former Church of Scientology workers who said they endured “a world filled with abuse, violence, intimidation and fear” in the organization must bring their claims of human trafficking to an arbitration panel of loyal church members, not the U.S. justice system, a federal judge has ruled.

Reason

Vatican Repudiates "Discovery Doctrine"

Last month, Chief Justice Marshall's opinion in Johnson v. McIntosh turned 200 years old. Most 1Ls read this case in property. In this canonical decision, Marshall explained that European explorers "acquired" land in the Americas pursuant to the discovery doctrine. Of course, indigenous people already resided on this territory, but…

Salon

Inside the LDS church's vast wealth

Journalists and whistleblowers have estimated the Mormon church's portfolio at around $100 billion

The Conversation

Behind the Latter-day Saint church's vast wealth are two centuries of financial hits and misses

During the first weekend of April 2023, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will hold its semiannual General Conference in Salt Lake City. Tens of thousands of members will attend in person, with millions watching from home.

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