Magistrate Belinda Wallington will make her ruling on May 1 on whether Pell will stand trial.

Pope Francis' former finance minister was charged last year with offenses involving multiple complainants in his native Australia.

The Uluru Statement proposed a constitutionally embedded, national Indigenous body (“the voice”) that would advise parliament on matters relating to Indigenous peoples.

A guide the Australian sexual abuse crisis, priestly celibacy and the seal of confession.

Blaming celibacy is an enormous simplification that leaves out many important causes.

“We have concluded that there were catastrophic failures of leadership of Catholic Church authorities over many decades,” the report said.