Bishop Patrick J. McGrath acknowledged he “erred in judgment” and said he plans to live in a rectory at one of the diocese’s parishes, instead of the nearly 3,300-square-foot home planned originally.
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Catholic school to drop name of cardinal accused of inaction on abuse
A Pennsylvania report accuses Keeler of covering up sexual abuse allegations while serving as bishop of Harrisburg.
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Clergy abuse survivors launch global bishop accountability effort
The multinational initiative, End Clergy Abuse, was announced Thursday at a press conference in Geneva. One after another, more than a dozen members held up their national flags and denounced an individual bishop who had mishandled a case, from the Americas to Africa and Europe in between.
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Priest fatally shot and killed at altar of Philippine Catholic church
Two gunmen killed Rev. Richmond Nilo as he prepared to celebrate Mass at the altar of a chapel in the northern Philippines, in the latest deadly attack on a priest in Asia’s largest predominantly Catholic nation, police said Monday.
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Supreme Court sides with baker who wouldn’t make cake for a same-sex couple
But the court is not deciding the big issue in the case, whether a business can refuse to serve gay and lesbian people.
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Hindu hardliners criticize archbishop for talking politics
A top party lawmaker demanded the scrapping of diplomatic ties with the Vatican because of the archbishop’s remarks.
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Cardinal Pell to stand trial in sex abuse case
The most senior Vatican official to be charged in the Catholic Church sex abuse crisis will stand trial.
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Pope Francis offers free gelato to Rome’s poor and homeless to mark his feast day
Francis is known to have a sweet tooth, particularly for the caramel dulce de leche specialty of his native Argentina.
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Lawyers make final remarks in Australian cardinal’s sex case
Magistrate Belinda Wallington will make her ruling on May 1 on whether Pell will stand trial.
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Starbucks closing stores for an afternoon for bias training
Starbucks, which once urged its employees to start conversations about race with customers, found itself through the looking glass: under fire for its treatment of black people.