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A #toosoon moment? Pope in headdress draws mixed response

It was a stunning image: Pope Francis briefly donning a full Indigenous headdress, after he apologized for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s “disastrous” residential school system for Indigenous children

The Independent UK

Explained: The ongoing row over Mass celebration in the Syro-Malabar Church

Why is one archdiocese in Kerala directly clashing with Vatican over how the Mass is celebrated

The Hindu

Church row: Nuncio meets Kariyil

The crucial meeting comes a day after Vatican authorities had reported to have asked Archbishop Antony Kariyil, the administrator of Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese, to step down from his position

The Hindu

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Pope has fun, security frets, as pontiff takes wheelchair detour

Pope Francis had some fun on Monday and made Canadian security sweat when he asked a Vatican aide to push his wheelchair close to people waiting outside a church instead of going to his car as planned.

Reuters

Syro-Malabar Church’s uniform Mass row: Vatican asks Archbishop Antony Kariyil to step down

The row is centred around a decision by the Synod of bishops of the Syro Malabar Church in August last year to follow a uniform way of celebrating the Mass.

The Hindu

Church apologies: Top leaders say sorry for historical sins

Pope Francis plans to apologize to Indigenous groups on Canadian soil for harms inflicted at church-run residential schools

The Independent UK

The Vatican and Western Canadian missions: A brief history

Pope Francis’s historic visit to Canada and his much-anticipated apology for the Catholic Church’s role in abuses Indigenous people suffered at residential schools raises the question of the overall relationship between the Vatican and Indigenous Peoples.

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The pope arrives in Canada as Indigenous groups seek a full apology

Pope Francis began a visit to Canada on Sunday to apologize to Indigenous peoples for abuses at residential schools, part of the the Catholic Church's efforts to reconcile with Native communities.

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Pope heads to Canada as Indigenous groups seek full apology

Pope Francis has begun a fraught visit to Canada to apologize to Indigenous peoples for abuses by missionaries at residential schools

The Independent UK

Pope's Indigenous tour signals a rethink of mission legacy

Pope Francis’ trip to Canada to apologize for the horrors of church-run Indigenous residential schools marks a radical rethink of the Catholic Church’s missionary legacy in the Americas

The Independent UK

Vatican says they're gifts; Indigenous groups want them back

Restitution of Indigenous and colonial-era artifacts is one of the many agenda items awaiting Pope Francis on his trip to Canada, which begins Sunday

The Independent UK

Russell Crowe under fire for Sistine Chapel holiday shots

Russell Crowe has been keeping fans up to date with his Roman holiday, which included posting forbidden photos inside Sistine Chapel

The New Daily

Vatican imposes new investment policy amid financial scandal

The Vatican has centralized and overhauled its investment strategy after a botched deal lost tens of millions of euros

The Independent UK

New Vatican policy orders foreign investment accounts closed

The Vatican on Tuesday issued an overarching investments policy to ensure they are ethical, green, low-risk, and avoid weapons industries or health sectors involved in abortion, contraception or embryonic stem cells.

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Parent sues Australian cardinal over child sex abuse charge

The father of a deceased former choirboy has filed a lawsuit against Cardinal George Pell and the Catholic Church in an Australian court claiming the parent suffered psychological injury over an accusation that the once-senior Vatican official sexually abused the son

The Independent UK

Vatican names 3 women to office that vets bishop nominations

Pope Francis has named three women to serve as members of the Vatican office that vets bishop nominations

Reuters

Pope names women to bishops advisory committee for first time

Pope Francis has named three women, two nuns and a lay woman, to a previously all-male committee that advises him in selecting the world's bishops, the Vatican said on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Pope: I wouldn't live in Vatican or Argentina if I retire

Pope Francis says he wouldn't live in the Vatican or return to his native Argentina if and when he ever retires

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Exclusive-Pope Francis calls steps against clerical abuse irreversible, despite resistance

Pope Francis has acknowledged that there is resistance by some national Catholic Churches on implementing measures to protect children from sexual abuse by clergy but said that there is no turning back on an "irreversible" path.

The Independent UK

Pope schedules back-to-back Italy trips after pandemic lull

Pope Francis is planning to restart his pilgrimages within Italy after a pandemic-induced lull and knee pain that has made walking and standing difficult

Reuters

Pope hopes London building last Vatican financial scandal

Pope Francis said he hoped that the recent sale of a luxury London building at the centre of an ongoing corruption trial meant the Vatican can see the back of financial scandals.

Reuters

Exclusive-Pope to give women a say in appointment of bishops

Pope Francis said he wants to give women more top-level positions in the Holy See and disclosed that for the first time he would name women to a previously all-male Vatican committee that helps him select the world's bishops.

Bangkok Post

Fraternal dialogue

Reminiscent of the scene in Oscar-nominated film The Two Popes where Cardinal Julio Bergoglio (Jonathan Price) was led by the Swiss Guards up the long staircase to have audience with His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI (Anthony Hopkins) at the Apostolic Palace, a group of Buddhist monks and laymen were guided…

Reuters

Exclusive-Pope hopes China deal on bishops will be renewed soon

Pope Francis said that while the Vatican's secret and contested agreement with China on the appointment of Roman Catholic bishops is not ideal, he hopes it can be renewed in October because the Church takes the long view.

Reuters

Vatican envoy in Hong Kong warns Catholic missions to prepare for China crackdown

Monsignor Javier Herrera-Corona, the Vatican's unofficial representative in Hong Kong, delivered a stark message to the city's 50-odd Catholic missions before finishing his six-year posting in March: the freedoms they had enjoyed for decades were over.

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