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Papua New Guinea fails to end ‘evil’ of sorcery-related violence

Brutal torture and assault of women accused of witchcraft go unpunished while policies to tackle issue falter.

Al Jazeera

Nicaragua´s Catholic Church says priest detained as crackdown intensifies

A Nicaraguan Catholic priest from a northern parish was detained after celebrating Mass, the Church said, amid rising tensions between the church and the government of President Daniel Ortega.

Reuters

Commentary: Sunshine in the heartland

On Aug. 2, staid, conservative Kansas gave the United States one of the biggest jolts in an election season in which Democratic disaster and Republican ascension had been such an accepted fact that left-wing media’s denial of inevitability sounded more like prayer. President Joe Biden’s approval rating was lower than…

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EXPLAINER: Tension between Nicaragua and the Catholic Church

Nicaragua’s government recently shuttered seven radio stations belonging to the Catholic Church

The Independent UK

Nicaraguan police prohibit religious procession in capital

Nicaragua’s police are prohibiting a religious procession scheduled for Saturday in the capital, the latest sign of tensions between the government and the Roman Catholic Church

The Independent UK

Witnessing Pope Francis’s apology for abuses against my people

Indigenous journalist Brandi Morin reflects on the papal apology tour in Canada – and what ‘sorry’ means to survivors.

Al Jazeera

Church says choirboy's father cannot sue

Lawyers for the Catholic Church have claimed an ex-choirboy's father cannot sue as he was not the primary victim of Cardinal George Pell's alleged sexual abuse.

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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

Britney Spears criticises Catholic Church for not allowing her to have wedding there

“Isn’t church supposed to be open to all?,” the singer wrote in a now-deleted Instagram post.

The Independent UK

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

Pope Francis's visit to Canada was full of tensions — both from what was said and what wasn’t

Reactions to Pope Francis’s apology in Canada for harm perpetrated by members of the Catholic Church on children at Indian Residential Schools were far from unanimous.

The Conversation

Secular group slams Lanarkshire council over religious representative search

The National Secular Society says the role is outdated and 'runs counter to principles of equality'.

Daily Record

Families attend memorial service 50 years on from Claudy bombings

Three car bombs detonated in the village on July 31, 1972, killing nine people.

The Independent UK

Service to mark 50 years since Claudy massacre

The attack in the Co Londonderry village was blamed on the Provisional IRA, although the group never claimed responsibility.

The Independent UK

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Holy Smokes! Meet The Nuns Who Grow Weed

Article by Marian Venini, originally published on El Planteo.

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: Pope makes a penitential pilgrimage to Canada

Pope Francis crisscrossed Canada this week delivering long overdue apologies to the country’s Indigenous groups for the decades of abuses and cultural destruction they suffered at Catholic Church-run residential schools.

WEKU

The pope visited Nunavut for the final apology of his Canadian tour

Pope Francis traveled to the edge of the Arctic to deliver an apology to the Inuit people for the "evil" of Canada's residential schools, wrapping up his week-long "penitential pilgrimage" to Canada.

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.

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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…

Belfast Live

Claudy bomb families remember day 'community was torn apart' 50 years ago

"Every day is another day without justice and I worry that I won't live to see victims and families get the justice they deserve."

The Independent UK

Pope heads to Nunavut to apologize at end of Canadian tour

Pope Francis is wrapping up his Canadian pilgrimage by meeting with Indigenous delegations and visiting Inuit territory in northern Nunavut

The Conversation

Christianity was a major part of Indigenous boarding schools – a historian whose family survived them explains

During a weeklong trip to Canada, Pope Francis visited a former residential school for Indigenous children in Maskwacis, Alberta, on July 25, 2022. The Ermineskin Residential School operated between 1895 and 1975 in Cree Country, the largest First Nations group in Canada.

Daily Mirror

Italian priest apologises for holding mass service in sea using lilo as an altar

A priest in Crotone, Southern Italy, earned himself a slap on the wrist from the local diocese after conducting mass on a lilo in the sea. The special mass was because of a hot day at the end of a youth camp

WEKU

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.

The Independent UK

Canadian government says Pope Francis apology over church abuses does not go far enough

Pope asks for ‘forgiveness’ on Monday at Maskwacis, Alberta

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