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Pope Francis gives women historic right to vote at meeting of bishops

Five religious sisters will be allowed to vote at Synod but majority of those voting will be men

Evening Standard

In Kerala, schism within the church is deepening

The perception that the Catholic church is uniting with the BJP is gaining ground

The Hindu

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.

Reuters

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Hungary's Christian LGBT community hopes Pope visit will heal social wounds

Hungary's Christian LGBT community hopes a visit by Pope Francis to Budapest next week can help heal wounds in a deeply divided society amid an intensifying anti-LGBT campaign by the country's deeply conservative government.

Reuters

Scientists debunk drug church's claims

Scientists are studying whether a religious group successfully synthesized a mythical, potent psychedelic

Salon

Pope Francis gifts ‘Crucifixion relics’ to King Charles for coronation

The cross leading King Charles’ upcoming coronation will contain supposed relics from the cross Jesus was crucified on, following a gift from the Vatican on Wednesday.

Tribune News Service

Hong Kong bishop visits Beijing in historic trip amid Sino-Vatican tension

Hong Kong's top Catholic cleric is due to arrive in Beijing on Monday on the first visit to the Chinese capital by a bishop of the former British colony in nearly 30 years, despite signs of new Sino-Vatican tension.

Reuters

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Maryland attorney general challenges Archdiocese statement on clergy abuse report, says church can release redacted abusers

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown challenged the veracity of a statement the Archdiocese of Baltimore posted on its website about a report by Brown’s office detailing decades of child sex abuse and torture by Catholic clergy in Maryland and the church’s coverup.

Tribune News Service

Pilgrims flock to ancient Holy Land church as Palestinian congregation shrinks

One of the world's oldest churches, built on top of a cave in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and festooned with golden icons, attracts thousands of Christian pilgrims every year.

Reuters

Arizona court upholds clergy privilege in child abuse case

The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can refuse to answer questions or turn over documents under a state law

The Independent UK

No, Ukrainians did not set fire to an Orthodox Church

In Ukraine, fake news continues to fuel the information war. In recent days, a video purporting to show a Ukrainian Orthodox church on fire has appeared on social media, with captions accusing "radical Ukrainians" of arson. The claims fit neatly into a Russian narrative that accuses Ukrainians of persecuting followers…

France 24

Churchgoer stabbed outside Easter Sunday service as man arrested

Police have said they don’t believe the attack outside St Stephen’s Church in Sneinton to be a hate crime

The Independent UK

Church a ‘force of life and hope’, says Archbishop of Canterbury

The Most Rev Justin Welby has hailed the Church of England’s work in facilitating peace in his Easter Sunday sermon

Evening Standard

Pope Francis says sex is a ‘beautiful thing’ and it’s ‘normal’ to meet people on Tinder

‘Sex is one of the beautiful things that God has given to the human person’ the Pope says in a new documentary

The Independent UK

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Things to do in Dublin today: Family-friendly and child-free Good Friday events

Five family-friendly and five child-free events happening this afternoon and tonight

Daily Mirror

Man cries out in agony as he is NAILED to cross in real crucifixion on Good Friday

The real-life crucifixions in the farming village of San Pedro Cutud in Pampanga province north of Manila resumed after a three-year pause due to the coronavirus pandemic

Daily Mirror

Pope Francis shares views on sex and masturbation as he kisses feet of prisoners

Twelve inmates at a juvenile prison on the outskirts of Rome, Italy, sat in a row as the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, kneeled in front of them and bathed and kissed their feet

The Independent UK

‘Staggering’ extent of Baltimore Catholic Church sex abuse laid bare in damning report

The Maryland Attorney General’s Office has publicly released a redacted version of an investigative report detailing sex abuse allegations against more than 150 Catholic priests and examining the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s response

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Daily Mirror

Families of horror mass shooting at church that killed 26 awarded $144million payout

Devin Kelley opened fire during a Sunday service at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs in Texas, US, in 2017 killing 26 victims. It remains the deadliest mass shooting in Texas history

Reuters

Recovered pope washes feet of young inmates on Holy Thursday

Pope Francis, appearing fully recovered from a bout of bronchitis, on Thursday began an intense four days leading to Easter urging priests to avoid fomenting division in the Church and washing the feet of inmates in a juvenile prison.

The Independent UK

Pope says he knows what non-binary means, welcomes LGBT people to church: ‘All persons are children of God’

‘God does not reject anybody, God is a father. And I have no right to expel anyone from church’

Al Jazeera

Report reveals over 600 abuse cases in Baltimore Catholic church

Officials say abuse in Baltimore archdiocese — stretching back to 1940s — was ‘pervasive, pernicious and persistent’.

Tribune News Service

Report shows ‘astonishing’ depravity in sexual abuse of more than 600 in Baltimore’s Catholic archdiocese

BALTIMORE — A four-year investigation of Baltimore’s Catholic archdiocese reveals the scope of 80 years of child sex abuse and torture and how church officials often covered it up and, in some cases, paved the way for further abuse.

The Independent UK

Maryland AG releases report on Catholic Church sex abuse

The Independent UK

DOJ tentatively settles over Texas church shooting for $144M

The Justice Department says it has tentatively settled a lawsuit over the 2017 mass shooting at a Texas church that will pay victims and their families more than $144 million

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