The Nativity scene generated headlines when it was unveiled Dec. 7 because of the presence of the keffiyeh, the black-and-white checkered headscarf that has become a potent symbol of the Palestinian cause.
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Pope Francis will visit Corsica Dec. 15 after skipping Paris reopening of Notre Dame
Pope Francis has announced he will travel to the French island of Corsica on Dec. 15, visiting France just a week after the scheduled reopening of Notre Dame that he will not be attending.
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Hostages freed from Gaza meet with Pope Francis
The freed hostages also said they hoped the incoming Trump administration would work with the outgoing Biden administration to bring the remaining hostages home.
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Pope Francis’ sex abuse commission calls for transparency and reparations in first-ever global report
The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors issued findings and recommendations in its pilot annual report, specifically calling for greater transparency from the Vatican’s sex abuse office, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.
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Vatican expels founder of Peru’s influential Sodalitium religious movement after probe into sexual abuse
The movement was founded in 1971 as a lay community to recruit “soldiers for God,” one of several Catholic societies born as a conservative reaction to the left-leaning liberation theology movement that swept through Latin America
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Beloved priest Abbé Pierre was the conscience of France. Several women now accuse him of assault.
A foundation says a legendary French priest and a lifelong advocate of the homeless has been accused of committing acts that would amount to “sexual assault or sexual harassment.”
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Knights of Columbus will cover up mosaics by ex-Jesuit and alleged abuser Marko Rupnik
The Knights of Columbus, an influential Catholic charitable organization, says it will cover up its mosaics made by a famous ex-Jesuit artist accused of abusing women.
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Mosaics by alleged abuser and ex-Jesuit Marko Rupnik will stay on the Lourdes shrine—for now
Lourdes Bishop Jean-Marc Micas said in a statement that ex-jesuit artist accused of abuse, Marko Rupnik’s, artwork will continue be displayed in Lourdes as to not “tear the church apart”.
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Vandals behead a controversial sculpture of Mary giving birth to Jesus in an Austrian cathedral
A statue of Mary giving birth to Jesus was beheaded by an anonymous group of vandals, garnering support from traditionalist Catholics who have criticized the statue’s depictions.
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The first outside legal analyses of Vatican’s ‘trial of the century’ are in, and they’re critical.
The Vatican recently concluded its “trial of the century,” highlighting violations of basic defense rights and rule of law norms that they warn could have consequences for the Holy See going forward.