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Convicted Cardinal – Pell’s name scraped from his Australian hometown
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February 27, 2019
Convicted Cardinal – Pell’s name scraped from his Australian hometown
BALLARAT, Australia (Reuters) – On the day Cardinal George Pell, one of the highest ranking Vatican officials, was publicly revealed…
Top pope aide Cardinal Pell convicted of child sex crimes
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February 26, 2019
Top pope aide Cardinal Pell convicted of child sex crimes
Australian Cardinal George Pell, one of Pope Francis’ closest advisors, has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two choirboys, becoming…
Pope compares child sex abuse to ‘human sacrifice’, vows action
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February 24, 2019
Pope compares child sex abuse to ‘human sacrifice’, vows action
Pope Francis on Sunday vowed to tackle every single case of sexual abuse by priests in the Roman Catholic Church,…
Cardinal admits Church files on pedophile priests ‘destroyed’
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February 23, 2019
Cardinal admits Church files on pedophile priests ‘destroyed’
A top Catholic cardinal admitted Saturday that Church files on priests who sexually abused children were destroyed or never even…
Victims of Church sex abuse go global with fight for justice
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February 19, 2019
Victims of Church sex abuse go global with fight for justice
After years of struggling alone or finding support in national groups, survivors of sex abuse by priests have formed a…
Sex abuse survivors to meet with Vatican summit organizers
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February 18, 2019
Sex abuse survivors to meet with Vatican summit organizers
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Organizers of Pope Francis’ summit on preventing clergy sex abuse will meet this week with a…
French priest jailed for sexual abuse
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February 2, 2019
French priest jailed for sexual abuse
A French priest was Friday sentenced to five years, two without parole, for sexually assaulting four young female parishioners,…
Pope fears ‘bloodbath’ in Venezuela
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January 28, 2019
Pope fears ‘bloodbath’ in Venezuela
Pope Francis said Monday he was terrified the political crisis enveloping Venezuela would descend into a “bloodbath”. “What am…
At least 18 dead in twin bomb attack on Philippine church
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January 27, 2019
At least 18 dead in twin bomb attack on Philippine church
At least 18 people were killed when two bombs hit a church on a southern Philippine island that is…
Pope to tackle dwindling vocations to priesthood at Panama meeting
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January 26, 2019
Pope to tackle dwindling vocations to priesthood at Panama meeting
Pope Francis will meet young student priests on Saturday on the fourth day of his visit to Panama for…