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The Latest Breaking News from the Roman Catholic Church

King and Queen to pay state visits to Italy and the Vatican

Charles and Camilla’s long-expected trip will take place in April and see them meet Pope Francis

Evening Standard

Catholic church calls on president of El Salvador not to lift ban on gold mining

The Roman Catholic Church has called on the president of El Salvador not to lift the country's ban on gold mining

The Independent UK

Rebel Spanish Nuns Declare Schism With Vatican Over Property Deal

A community of nuns in a 15th century convent in northern Spain has split with the Roman Catholic Church because of a property dispute and doctrinal wrangling that has seen them join up with a renegade priest.

International Business Times

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Pope Francis' approval of blessings for LGBTQ+ couples is a historic gesture, according to a Catholic theologian

Pope Francis’ Dec. 18, 2023, announcement that Catholic priests may bless LGBTQ+ couples and others in “irregular” situations marks a definitive shift in the Roman Catholic Church’s posture toward many types of loving relationships. It may also mark a definitive turning point within the Roman Catholic Church.

The Conversation

Pope slams ‘indifference’ towards migrants arriving in Europe by sea

Pope Francis warned against a ‘paralysis of fear’ as European nations shift responsibility for taking care of refugees.

Al Jazeera

Pope Francis to visit Mongolia, home to just 1,300 Catholics

Pope Francis will travel in early September to Mongolia – a country with few Catholic faithful but that is strategically significant for the Roman Catholic Church due to its proximity to China.

Radio France Internationale

Pope to visit Mongolia, home to just 1,300 Catholics

Pope Francis will make an Aug. 31-Sept. 4 trip to Mongolia, one of the most far-flung places he has ever visited and which has only about 1,300 Catholics but is strategically significant for the Roman Catholic Church because of its proximity to China.

Reuters

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Bolivia's Catholic Church acknowledges being 'deaf' to sex abuse victims

Leaders of the Roman Catholic Church in Bolivia are acknowledging that the institution has been deaf to the suffering of victims of sexual abuse at a time when the country has been rocked by a pedophilia scandal involving priests

The Independent UK

Pope allows women to vote at bishops meeting for first time

Pope Francis, in a historic move that could lead to more inclusiveness in decision-making in the Roman Catholic Church, will allow women to vote for the first time at a global meeting of bishops in October.

Reuters

The Pope’s Exorcist: how the film compares to the real church's approach to exorcism

When official trailers were released, the International Association of Exorcists branded The Pope’s Exorcist: “unreliable … splatter cinema”.

The Conversation

Pope confirms plans to go to Mongolia in September

Pope Francis confirmed on Friday that in September he plans to go to Mongolia, a country that has fewer than 1,500 Catholics but is strategically significant for the Roman Catholic Church because it borders China.

Reuters

Holy Land Christians say attacks rising in far-right Israel

The head of the Roman Catholic Church in the Holy Land has warned in an interview that the rise of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government has made life worse for Christians in the birthplace of Christianity

The Independent UK

The Pope Francis puffer coat was fake – here’s a history of real papal fashion

Before news of his hospitalisation for a respiratory infection this week, a fake image of Pope Francis wearing a Balenciaga-style white puffer jacket was posted to Reddit and Twitter. The image – created through AI programme Midjourney – had many viewers fooled into believing that the head of the Catholic…

The Conversation

Victims slam 'unethical' church legal tactic in pedophile cases

A 'legal loophole' has put hundreds of potential abuse claims against Marist Brothers on the line.

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Top expert resigns from Vatican committee against child sex abuse

Father Hans Zollner, one of the leading members of the Vatican committee against child sexual abuse, said on Wednesday he had resigned from the group, citing concerns over the way it was operating.

Reuters

Pope extends sexual abuse law to include lay leaders

Pope Francis on Saturday updated rules on dealing with sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church, expanding their scope to include lay Catholic leaders and spelling out that both minors and adults can be victims.

Reuters

Spanish cathedral holds mass for victims of clerical sex abuse

Bilbao Cathedral in northern Spain held a mass on Friday to recognise and apologise to victims of sexual abuse by the Roman Catholic Church in the diocese, in one of the first services of its kind in Spain.

Los Angeles Times

Pope Francis begins year 10 as 'a bit of a Californian.' That means lots of love — and hate

LOS ANGELES — Sitting in her family home in East Los Angeles, Rosa Manriquez kept her eyes on the TV screen as a flood of white smoke came pouring out of the roof of the Sistine Chapel 6,300 miles away — a century-old signal that the cardinals of the Roman…

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