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US Catholic Bishops Condemn Team Trump Immigration Crackdown
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a rare condemnation of US President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown and advocated for "meaningful immigration reform."
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Pope Francis Leaves Hospital After Abdominal Surgery
Pope Francis left hospital on Friday after undergoing a hernia operation and headed to the Vatican, where his health will be under increasing scrutiny ahead of a busy summer.
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Vatican's Secret Agreement With China On Bishop Appointments Renewed
The Vatican on Saturday said that it and China had renewed a secret and contested agreement on the appointment of Roman Catholic bishops in the communist country.
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French Catholic Church To Settle Sexual Abuse Claims With Asset Sales
Catholic bishops in France agreed Monday to sell part of the Church's extensive real estate holdings to compensate thousands of victims of child sex abuse at the hands of clergy.
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Catholic Nun Scolds Bishops On Abuse: 'This Storm Will Not Pass'
An African nun told Catholic bishops on Saturday to acknowledge the church's hypocrisy in its handling of the sexual abuse crisis, and a cardinal admitted case files had been destroyed.
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Kerala Church Issues Guidelines To Check Sexual Abuse
A body of catholic bishops in Kerala has come out with guidelines to protect minors and vulnerable adults in church-run institutions from any form of sexual exploitation or abuse and proposing action against anyone committing such offences.
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Vatican Meeting Ends With Call For Greater Role For Women In Church
A major meeting of Catholic bishops ended on Saturday with a call for women to play a greater role in Church decision making as a "duty of justice", but appeared to water down language that would have been more welcoming to gays.
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Rape Accused Bishop's Judicial Custody Extended By 14 Days
A Kerala court today extended the judicial custody of Roman Catholic Bishop Franco Mulakkal, arrested over allegations of repeatedly raping and sexually assaulting a nun, by 14 days.
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Audio Of Abused Kerala Nun Reveals Head Of Church Knew Of Incident
An audio clip, broadcast by a Malayalam television channel on Thursday, purpotedly revealed that the head of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church had lied about not knowing that a nun had been sexually abused by a bishop, but the Church argued that the conversation had been "wrongly interpreted".
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Kerala Catholics Look Forward To Pope Francis' India Visit
Catholics in Kerala are excited at the news that Pope Francis has indicated that he "almost certainly" would visit India and Bangladesh in 2017.
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Bishops Face Sack For Child Abuse 'Negligence': Pope
Catholic bishops guilty of negligence in child abuse cases can now be dismissed from office, Pope Francis said on Saturday in a move hiking pressure on the Church's hierarchy.
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Kerala Priest Tom Uzhunnalil Kidnapped In Yemen 'Safe', Says Sushma Swaraj
Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who was abducted by a terror group in Yemen, is "safe" and efforts are underway for his early release, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj told a delegation of Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI), the organisation's spokesman said on Sunday.
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Mumbai Play Called off After Objections by Religious Groups
Even before its first show, a play titled 'Agnes of God' has fallen foul of some religious groups, including the Catholic Bishop's Conference of India, which has written to the Union Home ministry asking for a ban on its performance altogether, claiming it hurts their religious sentiments.
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A Woman With a Brain Tumor Wanted Her Tubes Tied, But Her Catholic Hospital Said No
It was painful to hear but ultimately seemed the best course to Jessica Mann and her family. Because of a dangerous tumor in her brain, her doctor gently suggested that she take steps to make sure that she could not get pregnant again.
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Pakistan Hangs Man 'Tortured' Into Confessing Murder at 15
Pakistan today executed a man who rights groups say was tortured into confessing to a murder committed more than two decades ago, when he was still a minor, prison officials said.
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US Catholic Bishops Condemn Team Trump Immigration Crackdown
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a rare condemnation of US President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown and advocated for "meaningful immigration reform."
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Pope Francis Leaves Hospital After Abdominal Surgery
Pope Francis left hospital on Friday after undergoing a hernia operation and headed to the Vatican, where his health will be under increasing scrutiny ahead of a busy summer.
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Vatican's Secret Agreement With China On Bishop Appointments Renewed
The Vatican on Saturday said that it and China had renewed a secret and contested agreement on the appointment of Roman Catholic bishops in the communist country.
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French Catholic Church To Settle Sexual Abuse Claims With Asset Sales
Catholic bishops in France agreed Monday to sell part of the Church's extensive real estate holdings to compensate thousands of victims of child sex abuse at the hands of clergy.
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Catholic Nun Scolds Bishops On Abuse: 'This Storm Will Not Pass'
An African nun told Catholic bishops on Saturday to acknowledge the church's hypocrisy in its handling of the sexual abuse crisis, and a cardinal admitted case files had been destroyed.
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Kerala Church Issues Guidelines To Check Sexual Abuse
A body of catholic bishops in Kerala has come out with guidelines to protect minors and vulnerable adults in church-run institutions from any form of sexual exploitation or abuse and proposing action against anyone committing such offences.
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Vatican Meeting Ends With Call For Greater Role For Women In Church
A major meeting of Catholic bishops ended on Saturday with a call for women to play a greater role in Church decision making as a "duty of justice", but appeared to water down language that would have been more welcoming to gays.
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Rape Accused Bishop's Judicial Custody Extended By 14 Days
A Kerala court today extended the judicial custody of Roman Catholic Bishop Franco Mulakkal, arrested over allegations of repeatedly raping and sexually assaulting a nun, by 14 days.
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Audio Of Abused Kerala Nun Reveals Head Of Church Knew Of Incident
An audio clip, broadcast by a Malayalam television channel on Thursday, purpotedly revealed that the head of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church had lied about not knowing that a nun had been sexually abused by a bishop, but the Church argued that the conversation had been "wrongly interpreted".
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Kerala Catholics Look Forward To Pope Francis' India Visit
Catholics in Kerala are excited at the news that Pope Francis has indicated that he "almost certainly" would visit India and Bangladesh in 2017.
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Bishops Face Sack For Child Abuse 'Negligence': Pope
Catholic bishops guilty of negligence in child abuse cases can now be dismissed from office, Pope Francis said on Saturday in a move hiking pressure on the Church's hierarchy.
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Kerala Priest Tom Uzhunnalil Kidnapped In Yemen 'Safe', Says Sushma Swaraj
Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who was abducted by a terror group in Yemen, is "safe" and efforts are underway for his early release, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj told a delegation of Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI), the organisation's spokesman said on Sunday.
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Mumbai Play Called off After Objections by Religious Groups
Even before its first show, a play titled 'Agnes of God' has fallen foul of some religious groups, including the Catholic Bishop's Conference of India, which has written to the Union Home ministry asking for a ban on its performance altogether, claiming it hurts their religious sentiments.
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A Woman With a Brain Tumor Wanted Her Tubes Tied, But Her Catholic Hospital Said No
It was painful to hear but ultimately seemed the best course to Jessica Mann and her family. Because of a dangerous tumor in her brain, her doctor gently suggested that she take steps to make sure that she could not get pregnant again.
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Pakistan Hangs Man 'Tortured' Into Confessing Murder at 15
Pakistan today executed a man who rights groups say was tortured into confessing to a murder committed more than two decades ago, when he was still a minor, prison officials said.
