
Sydney Catholics ordered back to 'obligatory' Mass
Sydney’s Catholic Archbishop has told parishioners to return to “obligatory” Mass now that COVID restrictions had been lifted, but says it wants people to attend “more out of love than obedience”.
Sydney’s Catholic Archbishop has told parishioners to return to “obligatory” Mass now that COVID restrictions had been lifted, but says it wants people to attend “more out of love than obedience”.
US Catholic leaders want greater transparency in the appointment of bishops after the scandal of former cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who rose through the ranks with the approval of Pope John Paul despite repeated sexual misconduct allegations.
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Pope Francis says in a newly released documentary that homosexuals should be protected by civil union laws, in some of the clearest language he has used on the rights of gay people.
A Vatican court has heard graphic descriptions of sexual abuse as two priests went on trial, one charged with repeatedly raping an altar boy in a youth seminary and the other of covering up the attacks.
Pope Francis has warmly welcomed Cardinal George Pell for a private audience at the Vatican after the cardinal’s sex abuse conviction and acquittal.
Pope Francis tweeted about the persecution of Jesus and those suffering from an “unjust sentence because someone had it in for them” soon after the High Court overturned child sex abuse convictions of former Vatican treasurer, Cardinal George Pell.