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New Vatican document hints at LGBTQ inclusion in Catholic Church

A new Vatican document mentioning the marginalization of LGBTQ people is being celebrated by an LGBTQ-inclusive U.S.Catholic group as “evidence that we are in a new moment of conversation about LGBTQ issues in the Catholic Church.”

Tribune News Service

Nessel issues first of 7 reports in Michigan clergy sexual abuse investigation

Attorney General Dana Nessel's office investigated sexual abuse allegations against roughly 44 priests as part of its investigation into the Diocese of Marquette's handling of clergy sexual abuse allegations, according to the first of seven reports released by Nessel's office Thursday.

Tribune News Service

The NWSL’s Failures Are a Familiar Turn in an Endless Cycle of Abuse

The Yates report was not the first time we’ve seen widespread misconduct hidden in sports, and it almost certainly won’t be the last.

Sports Illustrated

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What is the rosary? Why a set of beads and prayers are central to Catholic faith

It’s one of the most famous moments in modern Catholicism: the apparition of Our Lady of Fatima. The Virgin Mary allegedly appeared to three Portuguese children in 1917, when much of the world was engulfed in World War I. Over a series of six appearances, Mary emphasized to these young…

The Conversation

Pope Francis says online pornography is devil’s work: ‘Heart that receives Jesus cannot receive porn’

The 85-year-old head of Catholic Church also cautions against using mobile phones for consuming pornographic content

The Independent UK

Bishop Christopher Saunders still in Broome despite Vatican decree to leave diocese

Bishop Christopher Saunders continues to live in church-owned properties in Broome despite the Pope's instruction that he leave the outback diocese.

ABC News

Plans scrapped to use 'disrespectful' reading at St Mary's College graduation mass

Tasmania's Catholic archbishop agrees to change a planned reading at a graduation mass after a backlash on social media, and concerns it would be inappropriate.

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Pope extends synod process for a year amid apathy, criticism

Pope Francis has decided to extend by a year a lengthy global consultation of ordinary Catholics about the future of the Catholic Church

The Independent UK

Top Catholic visits Newcastle, hails 'strong spirit' for Ukraine

Fighting the war against Russia in different fields - spiritual and military.

Newcastle Herald

Historic Portugal church sex abuse 'truly endemic' at times

The head of a lay committee looking into historic child sex abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church says the problem in the past had been “widespread” and on some occasions reached “truly endemic” proportions

The Independent UK

Pope marks 60th anniversary of Second Vatican Council

Pope Francis is commemorating the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council, the landmark meetings that brought the 2,000-year-old Catholic Church into the modern era

The Independent UK

Making the radical case for Sinéad O'Connor: She was right all along

Thirty years ago this month, Sinéad O'Connor tore up a picture of Pope John Paul II on "Saturday Night Live," effectively destroying her mainstream career with a single act of protest against the Catholic Church.

Los Angeles Times

Kingdom to host Asian Bishops' meet this week

Thailand will host the 50th Federation of Asian Bishops' Conference (FABC) General Conference at the Baan Phu Waan Pastoral Centre in Nakhon Pathom's Sam Phran district from Oct 12–30.

Bangkok Post

Breakaway church gives gay ex-monk what Vatican would deny him: a holy wedding

Anselm Bilgri, a former monk and prior at one of Germany's most famous monasteries, had to leave the Roman Catholic Church to wed his long-term male partner. Now he hopes their wedding within a breakaway church will normalise such unions.

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Secondary survivors of historic clergy abuse speak out in Australian-first Quilt of Hope book

The blurb of the Quilt of Hope book reads, "This is an inspirational story of people who chose to stand up in the face of evil and work together to challenge the collective silence of the Catholic Church and wider Catholic community".

The Independent UK

Portugal abuse cases mount amid questions over Nobel bishop

Clergy sexual abuse cases are casting a pall over the Catholic Church in Portugal

The Independent UK

Hilary Mantel: Celebrated author of Wolf Hall trilogy

Novelist was the first British writer – and the first woman – to win the Booker Prize twice

The Independent UK

French Catholic Church starts compensating sex abuse victims

A reparations panel says France’s Catholic Church has paid financial compensation to 23 victims of child sexual abuse by priests or other church representatives under a recently launched process

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'A long way to go': Catholic women call for wide-ranging church reforms in new international survey

Catholic women across the world are calling for a wide range of reforms to the church, according to the results of our survey of more than 17,000 Catholic women from over 100 countries published this month.

The Independent UK

Bishop who won Nobel for work in Timor accused of sex abuse

A Dutch magazine has reported that a Nobel Peace Prize-winning Catholic bishop has been accused of sexually abusing boys in East Timor in the 1990s

The Independent UK

LOCALIZE IT: 33 states exempt clergy from reporting abuse

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The Independent UK

Churches defend clergy loophole in child sex abuse reporting

Clergy in 33 states are exempt from laws requiring professionals such as teachers, physicians and psychotherapists to report information about alleged child abuse to police or child welfare officials

Chicago Sun-Times

Mass at Holy Name Cathedral celebrates contributions and values of immigrants

Welcoming immigrants is a moral imperative of Christianity, Cardinal Blase Cupich told parishioners. Prayers were read in many languages, including Swahili, Italian and Vietnamese.

ABC News

South Australian Catholic schools defend receiving tens of millions in JobKeeper funding

Figures show Catholic schools in South Australia received more than 60 per cent of all JobKeeper paid to schools in the state.

ABC News

Bishop Christopher Saunders ordered to leave the Kimberley as Catholic Church confirms investigation

The Vatican orders former Broome Bishop Christopher Saunders to physically leave the remote diocese, as a fresh investigation into sexual misconduct allegations gets underway.

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