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French Catholic Church in crisis: Trainee priests grapple with aftermath of abuse scandal

Six months after the publication of the Sauvé report, which revealed the scale of sexual abuse over decades in the French Catholic Church, what effect has the crisis had on aspiring priests? Despite the atmosphere of mistrust currently enveloping the Church, some forty students at the diocese in Orléans are…

France 24

People of Ukraine remembered in churches on Palm Sunday

The Pope called for an Easter truce in his Palm Sunday Vatican service.

The Independent UK

Pope Francis apologized for the harm done to First Nations peoples, but what does a pope’s apology mean?

Pope Francis apologized on April 1, 2022, to First Nations, Inuit and Métis delegations, acknowledging the harm done by residential schools in Canada and marking a crucial step in the church admitting its role in the abuse of Indigenous communities and children. Yet this apology, as important as it is,…

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‘Walking to justice’: Canada’s residential school survivors

Brandi Morin accompanied Indigenous survivors of Canada’s church-run residential schools as they went to the Vatican.

Al Jazeera

Church with foodbank 'heartlessly evicted with no notice' to make way for new flats

The church will no longer be able to operate its nursery, foodbank, dementia care and other local community services from the building, as property developers have moved in

Daily Mirror

Mormon leader reaffirms faith's stance on same-sex marriage

A top leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reaffirmed the faith’s opposition to same-sex marriage on Sunday at the faith's twice-yearly general conference

The Independent UK

Sister 'enraged' as she calls for gardai to probe sibling's death at Tuam mother and baby home

Exclusive: “Yet again I’m told there’s nothing we can do. It’s historical, it’s too old. Not a single person has even been held to account for what went on in these institutions"

Irish Mirror

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Pope asks for forgiveness over ‘deplorable’ Indigenous school abuses in Canada

Canadian Indigenous delegates met with Pope Francis earlier this week in an effort to persuade the church to apologise for its role in running the schools

The Independent UK

Canada indigenous seek dialogue with Vatican on repatriation of artefacts

Canadian indigenous leaders seeking an apology for the Catholic Church's role in notorious residential schools where children where abused also want to start a dialogue on the return of native artefacts held in the Vatican Museums.

Reuters

Orthodox Church sharpens attack on legislation move to settle row

Approach of the govt. termed unfortunate

The Hindu

Orthodox faction stand on Church dispute painful: Mor Gregorios

‘Jacobite group supports recommendation for legislation’

The Hindu

Church dispute: Orthodox group opposes legislation move

‘Church will explore all options to counter this’

The Hindu

Indigenous delegates hold first talks with Pope Francis in Rome

Indigenous leaders are seeking apology from the pope for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s ‘residential schools’.

Al Jazeera

Survivors of Canada’s residential schools to seek apology from Pope Francis

Indigenous delegation is demanding an apology for the church’s role in the government-funded schools

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Canada indigenous ask pope for residential schools records

Survivors of Canada's residential schools on Monday asked Pope Francis to guarantee unfettered access to Church records on the institutions where indigenous children were abused and their culture denied.

Al Jazeera

The Indigenous elder hoping for an apology from the pope

A survivor of Canada’s residential schools is on a mission to get the Catholic Church to apologise for its role in them.

Reuters

Canada's indigenous peoples seek papal apology at Vatican for residential schools

Canadian indigenous peoples meet Pope Francis this week to ask him to apologise for the Catholic Church's role in residential schools where children were abused and their culture denied.

Salon

Putin, Ukraine and the Virgin Mary

Putin's war is unleashing bizarre religious divisions — and for some Catholics it's the fulfillment of prophecy

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Off-White’s formal footwear reveal another of Virgil Abloh’s last designs

Oxfords made with Church’s for “Special Events.”

Reuters

Pope leads global prayer for peace between Russia and Ukraine

Pope Francis led the world's Catholic bishops on Friday in praying for peace between Russia and Ukraine, saying the world had forgotten the tragedies of the 20th century and was still menaced by nuclear war.

Reuters

Pope to meet Canadian Indigenous people following schools scandal

Pope Francis will meet with representatives of Canada's native peoples this month to listen to their concerns following the discovery of bodies of children buried in church-run schools in Canada, the Vatican said on Wednesday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt Seeks Greater Int’l Coordination to Overcome Water Challenges

Egypt has called on all countries to cooperate on water challenges to achieve the sustainable development plan. Egypt suffers from a scarcity of water resources and needs about 114 billion cubic meters annually, while the available water resources amount to 74 billion cubic meters. The Nile water accounts for more…

The Conversation

Why is Russia's church backing Putin's war? Church-state history gives a clue

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church has defended Russia’s actions and blamed the conflict on the West.

The Hindu

CM stresses on role of churches in development

Felicitation ceremony in honour of Thiruvananthapuram Archbishop Thomas J. Netto

The Independent UK

Archbishop tells head of Russian Orthodox Church of ‘grave concern’ over Ukraine

Patriarch Kirill has long had friendly ties with Russian president Vladimir Putin.

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