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Former Catholic cardinal, age 93, is not competent to stand trial on teen sexual abuse charges

A judge has ruled that former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick is not competent to stand trial

The Independent UK

San Francisco Archdiocese declares bankruptcy amid hundreds of lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse

San Francisco’s Roman Catholic archdiocese has filed for bankruptcy, saying the filing is necessary to manage more than 500 lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse by church officials

The Independent UK

Argentines ask patron saint of work for jobs with elections around the corner

Argentines have lined up on a bitterly cold winter morning as part of an annual pilgrimage to a Roman Catholic shrine for the patron saint of work

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Vatican abuse investigators begin their audit of secretive Peru-based Catholic society

Two key Vatican investigators have begun an audit in Peru’s capital of a secretive Roman Catholic society with chapters across South America and in the U.S. following allegations that its founder sexually molested young recruits

The Independent UK

Hong Kong's newly named Roman Catholic cardinal wants reconciliation and more hope for young people

Hong Kong’s newly named Roman Catholic cardinal says he hopes for reconciliation and wants the city to give young people more hope following the economic downturn and a campaign to crush a pro-democracy movement

The Independent UK

Ex-Roman Catholic cardinal, now 92, is not competent to stand trial in sex abuse case, expert says

A prosecution expert says a former Roman Catholic cardinal is not competent to stand trial on charges that he sexually assaulted a teenage boy in Massachusetts decades ago

The Independent UK

Brazil's president offers to try to win release of bishop imprisoned in Nicaragua

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is offering to help try to gain the release of a Roman Catholic bishop imprisoned in Nicaragua

The Independent UK

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In Europe's empty churches, prayer and confessions make way for drinking and dancing

Across Europe, churches, convents and chapels stand empty and increasingly derelict after faith and church attendance shriveled over the past half century

The Independent UK

DeSantis recruiters eyed Catholic church for migrant flights that bishop calls ‘reprehensible’

Mark Seitz, the Roman Catholic bishop of El Paso, Texas, tells The Associated Press that Florida Gov_ Ron DeSantis' flights of migrants from the Texas border to California are “reprehensible” and “not morally acceptable.”

The Independent UK

Business as usual for rest of royal family as King attends London concert

As Harry prepared to continue his evidence in the High Court phone-hacking trial, his father Charles was listening to coronation music at St James’s Roman Catholic Church in London

Evening Standard

The King attends special concert featuring music from his coronation

Charles attended the event, organised by Wigmore Hall, at St James’s Roman Catholic Church, in London, on Tuesday evening.

The Independent UK

Pope Francis to visit Mongolia, home to just 1,300 Catholics

Pope Francis will travel in early September to Mongolia – a country with few Catholic faithful but that is strategically significant for the Roman Catholic Church due to its proximity to China.

Radio France Internationale

Pope to visit Mongolia, home to just 1,300 Catholics

Pope Francis will make an Aug. 31-Sept. 4 trip to Mongolia, one of the most far-flung places he has ever visited and which has only about 1,300 Catholics but is strategically significant for the Roman Catholic Church because of its proximity to China.

Reuters

Lawsuit brought by man who said he was sexually abused by Roman Catholic bishop settled

A lawsuit brought by a former altar boy who said he was raped as a child in the 1960s by a now-deceased Roman Catholic bishop has been settled

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Bolivia's Catholic Church acknowledges being 'deaf' to sex abuse victims

Leaders of the Roman Catholic Church in Bolivia are acknowledging that the institution has been deaf to the suffering of victims of sexual abuse at a time when the country has been rocked by a pedophilia scandal involving priests

Reuters

Bolivia's Catholic Church says it was 'deaf' to sexual abuse victims

Roman Catholic Church leaders in Bolivia said on Wednesday the institution had been "deaf" to sexual abuse in Church-run schools and said they were taking action after a series of accusations in recent weeks led to protests and a legal investigation.

Manchester Evening News

Every single 'outstanding' school in Bury, according to Ofsted

The schools given the highest rating across the borough

The Independent UK

Oakland 2nd California diocese to seek bankruptcy over abuse

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland has filed for bankruptcy due to hundreds of new child sex abuse claims, becoming the second diocese in California to do so

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'Blatant conflict': Judge recuses from Catholic bankruptcy

A federal judge overseeing the New Orleans Roman Catholic bankruptcy recused himself in a late-night reversal that came a week after an Associated Press report showed he donated tens of thousands of dollars to the archdiocese and consistently ruled in favor of the church in the case involving nearly 500…

Reuters

Pope allows women to vote at bishops meeting for first time

Pope Francis, in a historic move that could lead to more inclusiveness in decision-making in the Roman Catholic Church, will allow women to vote for the first time at a global meeting of bishops in October.

The Conversation

The Pope’s Exorcist: how the film compares to the real church's approach to exorcism

When official trailers were released, the International Association of Exorcists branded The Pope’s Exorcist: “unreliable … splatter cinema”.

The Independent UK

Hong Kong bishop invites head of China's state-backed church

Hong Kong’s Roman Catholic bishop has invited a leader of the Communist Party-controlled group for Catholics in mainland China to visit his city

The Independent UK

Judge's donations cloud rulings in Catholic bankruptcy case

An Associated Press investigation finds a federal judge donated tens of thousands of dollars to New Orleans’ Roman Catholic archdiocese and consistently ruled in favor of the church amid a contentious bankruptcy involving nearly 500 clergy sex abuse victims

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Philly archdiocese accused of covering up sex abuse complaints against priest who allegedly found a new victim in Nashville

PHILADELPHIA — The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia is facing new accusations that it covered-up sexual misconduct, this time involving a former priest who allegedly forced himself on multiple women and told them the unwanted encounters were “special trials” ordained by God.

The Independent UK

Hong Kong bishop hopes for closer ties with Beijing diocese

Hong Kong’s Roman Catholic bishop says he hopes the dioceses of Hong Kong and Beijing will have more exchanges and cooperation

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