A Cleveland-area Roman Catholic priest has been sentenced to life in prison on convictions of child pornography and exploitation.
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Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI hopes to soon join his best friend in ‘the afterlife’
Retired Pope Benedict XVI has said he hopes to soon join a beloved professor friend in “the afterlife,” in a sign that the 94-year-old pontiff is not only accepting his eventual death but welcoming it.
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Catholic bishops in Canada apologize ‘unequivocally’ to Indigenous peoples for the suffering at residential schools
The bishops’ apology is the latest expression of remorse from the Canadian arms of the Catholic Church but still falls short of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s call for the pope himself to apologize in Canada.
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Court rules Catholic school wrongfully fired gay substitute teacher
A gay substitute teacher was wrongfully fired by a Roman Catholic school in North Carolina after he announced in 2014 on social media that he was going to marry his longtime partner, a federal judge has ruled.
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Cardinal Burke off ventilator and moving out of intensive care, still hospitalized with Covid-19
The cardinal was to return to a regular hospital room Saturday at an undisclosed location, the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse said in a statement.
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Pope Francis and bishops appear in new vaccine PSA: Getting vaccinated is ‘an act of love’
The video insists that vaccines are safe, effective and an “act of love.” It features Pope Francis as well six cardinals and archbishops from North, Central and South America.
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Italian postal workers intercept suspicious letter to Pope Francis
Law enforcement in Milan is investigating the source of an envelope containing three bullets addressed to the pope, Italian paramilitary police said Monday.
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Ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick charged with sexually assaulting teen
Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenage boy during a wedding reception in the 1970s, court records show.
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Defrocked priest at the center of Chile’s sex abuse crisis dies
A Chilean priest defrocked by the pope in 2018 for having sexually abused minors has died at 90.
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Pope Francis, from hospital, prays for Haiti after ‘heinous assassination’ of its president
Pope Francis on Thursday sent his condolences to Haiti following what he said was the “heinous assassination” of President Jovenal Moïse.