France’s bishops kneel in penance for decades of child abuse in Catholic Church
by Karine PERRET Agence France Presse LOURDES, France (AFP) -- Senior members of France's Catholic hierarchy knelt in a show…
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Taliban supreme leader makes first public appearance
KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) -- Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada addressed supporters in the southern city of Kandahar, officials announced…
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Growth amid pandemic: Iglesia Ni Cristo dedicates 176 houses of worship worldwide despite COVID crisis
The Iglesia Ni Cristo or Church Of Christ continues to dedicate houses of worship even during the COVID-19 crisis. In…
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N.Irish police probe abuse at Church-run women’s homes
DUBLIN, Ireland (AFP) -- Northern Irish police on Wednesday began probing historic allegations of abuse at women's homes run…
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Awful truth: Child sex abuse in the Catholic Church
PARIS, France (AFP) -- The Catholic Church has been repeatedly rocked by child sex abuse scandals over the last…
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French Catholic Church inquiry finds 216,000 sex abuse victims from 1950
by Karine PERRET and Joseph SCHMID Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- An independent inquiry into alleged sex…
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French Catholic Church probe uncovers some 3,000 paedophiles
Some 3,000 paedophiles have operated inside the French Catholic Church since 1950, the head of an independent commission investigating the…
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Thousands of pedophiles in French Catholic Church since 1950: commission
PARIS, France (AFP) -- Thousands of pedophiles have operated inside the French Catholic Church since 1950, the head of…
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Former US cardinal pleads not guilty to sexually assaulting teenage boy
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- Former US cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the most senior Roman Catholic official in America…
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Polish Catholic Church reports hundreds of abuse claims committed by clergy on minors
WARSAW, Poland (AFP) -- Poland's embattled Catholic Church on Monday revealed that since 2018 it has received several hundred…
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UPDATED: Israel pilgrimage stampede kills at least 44
MERON, Israel (AFP) -- A massive stampede at a densely packed Jewish pilgrimage site killed at least 44 people…
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Vatican admits mistakes by John Paul II in US cardinal abuse case
by Catherine Marciano and Ella Ide VATICAN CITY (AFP) -- The Vatican admitted Tuesday that late pope John Paul II…
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