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White Smoke Billows From Sistine Chapel, Signalling New Pope Elected
White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday and the bells of St. Peter's rang out, signalling that cardinals have elected a new pope to succeed Pope Francis and take charge of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Court Records Statement Of Nun Who Accused Kerela Bishop Of Sexual Abuse
A court near Kottayam has recorded the statement of a nun who has alleged rape and unnatural sex by a Jalandhar-based Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Child Sex Abuse Victims To Hear Cardinal's Testimony In Rome
Victims of clergy abuse won permission today to be present next week when Pope Francis's finance minister testifies from Rome to an Australian inquiry into child sex offenses within the Roman Catholic Church.
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Pope Francis Opens 'Holy Door' To Society's Outsiders In Jubilee Year
Pope Francis on Friday opened a symbolic "Holy Door" for those excluded from society, at the start of a special Jubilee year for the Roman Catholic church.
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Pope Francis Continues Reform of Vatican Bureaucracy With New Department
Pope Francis on Thursday announced a new Vatican department on life and family issues, in his latest effort to streamline the central administration of the 1.2 billion-member Roman Catholic Church.
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Crimes of Sexual Abuse Shouldn't be Repeated: Pope Francis
Pope Francis today told US Roman Catholic bishops that crimes of sexual abuse of minors by clergy should never be repeated, acknowledging the damage caused by years of scandal in the US Catholic Church.
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Pope Francis to Allow All Priests to Forgive Abortion During Holy Year
Pope Francis will give all priests discretion during the Roman Catholic Church's Holy Year to formally forgive women who have had abortions -- the Argentine pontiff's latest move towards a more open and inclusive church.
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Former Vatican Archbishop to be Tried in Child Abuse Case Today
Jozef Wesolowski, a former archbishop and papal ambassador to the Dominican Republic, will go on trial, today, accused of child sex offences in a case seen as a test of Pope Francis's drive to clean up the church.
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Pope Francis Says Will Visit United States Next Year
Pope Francis announced on Monday that he would visit the United States next year, his first trip there as leader of the 1.2 billion-member Roman Catholic Church.
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Pope Demotes Outspoken American Conservative Cardinal
Pope Francis on Saturday demoted an outspoken conservative American cardinal who has been highly critical of the pontiff's reformist leadership of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Pope Warns Catholic Clergy to be Humble, Not Hypocrites
Pope Francis on Saturday issued a clear warning to Roman Catholic clergy, saying those who profess poverty while living rich material lives were hypocrites who hurt the image and mission of the Church.
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Pope Francis Appoints New Primate in Poland
Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Wojciech Polak as the new primate, or honorary leader, of Poland's influential Roman Catholic Church.
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One year of Pope Francis: Ten highlights
Ten highlights of Pope Francis's first year at the helm of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Pope meeting Vladimir Putin, could help mend Catholic-Orthodox relations
Pope Francis will receive Russian President Vladimir Putin on November 25, an encounter that could help mend strained relations between the Vatican and the Russian Orthodox Church.
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Huge crowds in Brazil welcome pope back to home continent
Pope Francis arrived in Brazil on Monday on his first foreign trip as pontiff and was swarmed by well-wishers as he drove into Rio de Janeiro, where more than one million people are expected to gather to see the first Latin American to head the Roman Catholic Church.
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White Smoke Billows From Sistine Chapel, Signalling New Pope Elected
White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday and the bells of St. Peter's rang out, signalling that cardinals have elected a new pope to succeed Pope Francis and take charge of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Court Records Statement Of Nun Who Accused Kerela Bishop Of Sexual Abuse
A court near Kottayam has recorded the statement of a nun who has alleged rape and unnatural sex by a Jalandhar-based Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Child Sex Abuse Victims To Hear Cardinal's Testimony In Rome
Victims of clergy abuse won permission today to be present next week when Pope Francis's finance minister testifies from Rome to an Australian inquiry into child sex offenses within the Roman Catholic Church.
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Pope Francis Opens 'Holy Door' To Society's Outsiders In Jubilee Year
Pope Francis on Friday opened a symbolic "Holy Door" for those excluded from society, at the start of a special Jubilee year for the Roman Catholic church.
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Pope Francis Continues Reform of Vatican Bureaucracy With New Department
Pope Francis on Thursday announced a new Vatican department on life and family issues, in his latest effort to streamline the central administration of the 1.2 billion-member Roman Catholic Church.
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Crimes of Sexual Abuse Shouldn't be Repeated: Pope Francis
Pope Francis today told US Roman Catholic bishops that crimes of sexual abuse of minors by clergy should never be repeated, acknowledging the damage caused by years of scandal in the US Catholic Church.
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Pope Francis to Allow All Priests to Forgive Abortion During Holy Year
Pope Francis will give all priests discretion during the Roman Catholic Church's Holy Year to formally forgive women who have had abortions -- the Argentine pontiff's latest move towards a more open and inclusive church.
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Former Vatican Archbishop to be Tried in Child Abuse Case Today
Jozef Wesolowski, a former archbishop and papal ambassador to the Dominican Republic, will go on trial, today, accused of child sex offences in a case seen as a test of Pope Francis's drive to clean up the church.
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Pope Francis Says Will Visit United States Next Year
Pope Francis announced on Monday that he would visit the United States next year, his first trip there as leader of the 1.2 billion-member Roman Catholic Church.
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Pope Demotes Outspoken American Conservative Cardinal
Pope Francis on Saturday demoted an outspoken conservative American cardinal who has been highly critical of the pontiff's reformist leadership of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Pope Warns Catholic Clergy to be Humble, Not Hypocrites
Pope Francis on Saturday issued a clear warning to Roman Catholic clergy, saying those who profess poverty while living rich material lives were hypocrites who hurt the image and mission of the Church.
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Pope Francis Appoints New Primate in Poland
Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Wojciech Polak as the new primate, or honorary leader, of Poland's influential Roman Catholic Church.
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One year of Pope Francis: Ten highlights
Ten highlights of Pope Francis's first year at the helm of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Pope meeting Vladimir Putin, could help mend Catholic-Orthodox relations
Pope Francis will receive Russian President Vladimir Putin on November 25, an encounter that could help mend strained relations between the Vatican and the Russian Orthodox Church.
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Huge crowds in Brazil welcome pope back to home continent
Pope Francis arrived in Brazil on Monday on his first foreign trip as pontiff and was swarmed by well-wishers as he drove into Rio de Janeiro, where more than one million people are expected to gather to see the first Latin American to head the Roman Catholic Church.
