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Retired pope asks forgiveness in response to Munich abuse report
Retired Pope Benedict XVI, 94, said he prayed that he would be forgiven for his shortcomings, including in handling allegations of clerical sexual abuse in Germany.
Archbishop says Russian threat extends beyond Ukraine
The head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church said that not only Ukraine faces the threat of multidimensional "hybrid war" from Russia, but so does NATO, Europe and the U.S.
Fourth Anglican bishop in less than a year received into Catholic Church
The retired Anglican bishop of Chester, England has become a Catholic. A "new reconfiguration of spiritual and theological fault lines is developing," said an observer.
German synod opens with calls for change, but some object
In the third of five assemblies of the Synodal Path, organized to revitalize the church and restore trust, delegates in the first day adopted texts that many hope will bring change and democracy to the church.
Now or never: People must overcome challenges together, pope says
The time has come to build a culture of peace, fraternity, sustainable development and solidarity, Pope Francis said. "Either we are brothers and sisters or everything falls apart."
European cardinal says church teaching on gays ‘no longer correct’
Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich of Luxembourg said he believes the current church teaching on homosexuality is wrong and not based in science. "I think it is time for a fundamental revision of the doctrine," he said.
New Zealand church reports 1,680 abuse cases since 1950
Of the allegations made by 1,122 individuals against Catholic clergy, religious and laypeople from 1950 to the present, with 592 alleged abusers named," 75% were before 1990, the country's Catholic bishops said in a new report.
Pay no attention to conspiracy-theory archbishop, Italian security told
The head of Italy's military archdiocese urged members of the armed forces and police to ignore a call from Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, in hiding since 2018, to disobey orders to enforce measures aimed at stemming the spread of COVID-19.
After man disrupts audience, pope leads a Hail Mary for him
Concluding his talks about St. Joseph, Pope Francis recited a prayer but a man in the back of the hall began shouting about wearing masks. He was led out, but the pope asked all to pray for "our brother who is suffering, poor man."
German Synodal Assembly delegates face pressure to produce change
Sexual abuse has cast a long shadow over the German Catholic Church and now it is overshadowing the third Synodal Assembly, whose 230 lay and religious delegates are being called to deliver immediate and tangible results, "the first deeds of reform."