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Convention demands transparency, accountability in Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese

Meet of the faithful, priests registers protest at synod imposing order of worship in churches

The Hindu

Former Church official accused of ‘clocking up more flights than Alan Whicker’

Martin Sargeant appeared in court charged with defrauding a charity of more than £5 million.

The Independent UK

Portugal cardinal meets pope as sex abuse allegations swirl

The Catholic Church in Portugal says the archbishop of Lisbon has met with Pope Francis in a private audience at the Vatican to discuss “events in recent weeks that have marked the life of the Church in Portugal.”

The Independent UK

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Pope Francis, slowing down as he ages, appoints personal medical assistant

Pope Francis has appointed a nurse from the Vatican's health services to be his "personal medical assistant", the Vatican said on Thursday, in an indication that the pontiff accepts that he will need more care as he ages.

Reuters

Catholic Church to rely on 'Ellis defence' in civil damages claim involving Cardinal George Pell

The Catholic Church is using a controversial legal tactic in a bid to be excused from a civil damages claim lodged in the Victorian Supreme Court involving Cardinal George Pell.

ABC News

Montenegro signs long-disputed contract with Serbian Orthodox church

Montenegro's government signed a contract regulating its ties with the powerful Serbian Orthodox Church on Wednesday, saying it would help heal deep divisions between pro-European Union parties and backers of closer relations with Serbia and Russia.

Reuters

Hearing pain of Canada school survivors felt like slaps, pope says

Pope Francis said on Wednesday he felt the pain of survivors of Canada's residential school system "like slaps" and that the Catholic Church has to face up to its responsibility for institutions that abused children and tried to erase indigenous cultures.

Reuters

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CSI Church row: one injured as protesters, police clash

March taken out demanding resignation of Bishop Rasalam

The Hindu

Synod of Orthodox church begins on August 1

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The Hindu

Archbishop Andrews Thazhath is new apostolic administrator of Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese of Syro-Malabar Church

He replaces Archbishop Antony Kariyil who resigned recently

The Hindu

Father Dermott Donnelly's friend and priest pays tribute to him saying he 'inspired others' as he's laid to rest

Fr Marc Lyden-Smith thanked Fr Dermott's family for sharing 'the gift of Dermott' in a touching service

Chronicle Live

Pope calls Canada abuse ‘genocide’

Pope Francis said on Saturday that decades-long abuse of Indigenous schoolchildren across Canada amounted to “genocide”, as he warned upon his return to Rome that he needed to slow down his pace of travel — or resign.

Bangkok Post

Pope says genocide took place at Church schools in Canada for indigenous children

Pope Francis said on Saturday that what happened at residential schools that the Roman Catholic and other Christian Churches ran to forcefully assimilate Canada's indigenous children was genocide.

Reuters

Pope says that with frailty and age, he is in new phase of papacy

Pope Francis said on Saturday that his advancing age and his difficulty walking have ushered in a new, slower phase of his papacy and repeated that he would be ready to resign one day if serious health problems prohibited him from running the Church.

Reuters

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Pope again asks for forgiveness as tour ends in Canada's north

Pope Francis again asked for forgiveness after meeting on Friday with residential school survivors in the Arctic territory of Nunavut, the last stop in his six-day visit to Canada to apologize to indigenous people for abuse in government schools run by the Roman Catholic Church.

Al Jazeera

Pope Francis apologises again as Canada visit wraps up in Nunavut

Pope’s six-day tour of Canada is ending in northern territory of Nunavut, where he met residential school survivors.

The Conversation

Pope Francis says he may need to retire – here's what it could mean for the future of the papacy

Pope Francis has said his recent trip to Canada showed he may one day need to retire if his health fails him. Although he was recently forced to deny rumours that he was about to step down, the 85-year-old Catholic leader has previously left open the possibility of some day…

The Hindu

Seven metropolitans consecrated

Historic event of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church

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The pope's apology to Indigenous people doesn't go far enough, Canada says

The pope apologized to Indigenous peoples for abuses in church-run residential schools. Canada's response suggests that reconciliation over the fraught history is still a work in progress.

Reuters

Pope seeks forgiveness for sexual abuse at Canadian residential schools

Pope Francis on Thursday asked for forgiveness for sexual abuse at Canadian schools for indigenous children run by Catholic orders, addressing a deep wound that many survivors wanted him to acknowledge during his apology tour in Canada.

The Independent UK

Claudy families pursue Catholic Church over late priest’s alleged involvement

Legal action against the PSNI and Northern Ireland Office last year saw settlements agreed ‘without admission of liability’ over bombing.

Evening Standard

Canada says Pope Francis’ apology to Indigenous people for school abuse did not go far enough

The Canadian government has made clear Pope Francis’ apology to Indigenous people for decades of abuse suffered in Church-run residential schools did not go far enough.

France 24

Canada says pope's apology for abuses at Catholic residential schools not enough

The Canadian government made clear Wednesday that Pope Francis’ apology to Indigenous peoples for abuses in the country’s church-run residential schools didn't go far enough, suggesting that reconciliation over the fraught history is still very much a work in progress.

The Independent UK

Canada says pope's apology to Indigenous not enough

The Canadian government says Pope Francis’ apology to Indigenous peoples for abuses they suffered in the country’s church-run residential schools didn’t go far enough

Wales Online

Woman, 85, being kicked out of home she's lived in for 27 years by Presbyterian Church

The church's decision has left both Anne Allsop and her son Stephen angry and frustrated. The church says it needs to sell the property to a housing association to provide affordable homes

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