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Sweeping study finds 1,000 cases of sexual abuse in Swiss Catholic Church since mid-20th century

A sweeping study of sex abuse by priests and others within the Roman Catholic Church in Switzerland has turned up more than 1,000 cases since the mid-20th century

The Independent UK

Newcastle Uni research shows older Catholic women most want church reform

The survey collected the insights of women on the state of the Catholic church, which will be presented at the Vatican in October.

Newcastle Herald

The Catholic Church defended human rights during Chile’s dictatorship. An archive tells the story

The archive of the Vicariate of Solidarity gives an account of a painful episode in Chile’s history: 47,000 instances of human rights violations during the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet, who took power after a military coup that deposed President Salvador Allende 50 years ago

The Independent UK

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Pope insists Vatican-China relations are on track but says more work is needed

Pope Francis is insisting that the Vatican's relations with China are going well despite setbacks but says more work is needed to show Beijing that the Catholic Church isn’t beholden to any foreign power

The Independent UK

Pope wants to keep big Vatican meeting on the church's future behind closed doors, ideology-free

Pope Francis has defended the decision to keep the discussions of a big Vatican meeting on the future of the Catholic Church behind closed doors

The Independent UK

Francis opens a homeless clinic on the 1st papal visit to Mongolia

Several of the foreign-staffed Catholic religious orders in Mongolia run shelters, orphanages and nursing homes to care for a population of 3.3 million where one in three people lives in poverty.

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Francis opens clinic on 1st papal visit to Mongolia. He says it's about charity not conversion

Pope Francis is wrapping up the first-ever papal visit to Mongolia

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Pope visits Mongolia for first time amid strained relations with China, Russia

Pope Francis arrived in Mongolia on Friday morning on a visit to encourage one of the world’s smallest and newest Catholic communities.

France 24

Pope makes first visit to Mongolia as Vatican relations with Russia and China are again strained

Pope Francis is travelling to Mongolia to encourage one of the world’s smallest and newest Catholic communities

The Independent UK

‘Lively in faith’: Pope Francis heads to Mongolia with eye on diplomacy

Mongolia, between Russia and China, could help ease church’s troubled ties with Beijing and lift Ukraine peace efforts.

Al Jazeera

Pope heads to Mongolia to minister to its few Catholics and complete centuries-old East-West mission

Pope Francis is travelling to Mongolia this week to minister to one of the world's tiniest and newest Catholic communities, the first-ever visit by a Roman pontiff to the East Asian country

The Independent UK

Ruth Wilson on The Woman in the Wall and Ireland’s Magdalene laundries: ‘These women need to be heard’

The ‘His Dark Materials’ star, ‘Bad Sisters’’ Daryl McCormack and writer Joe Murtagh tell Olivia Petter about their terrifying new BBC drama

The Independent UK

Why Pope Francis Has Become A Political Lightning Rod In Argentina

While the Pontiff has been a divisive figure in the Catholic Church, Francis’ popularity in his homeland is waning.

Zenger

Cillian Murphy's Small Things Like These: the chilling true story of the Magdalene Laundries

Claire Keegan's novel deals with the deeply shocking episode in Irish history

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Sinead O’Connor ‘gave us strength’, says Magdalene laundry survivor

A woman who suffered abuse in one of the same institutions as Sinead O’Connor said the singer ‘made Ireland a different place’.

The Independent UK

Pope visits a once-troubled Lisbon neighborhood and says true charity must 'get your hands dirty'

Pope Francis is drawing attention to the charitable side of the Catholic Church by visiting a once troubled and crime-plagued neighborhood of Portugal's capital

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‘Blind faith of the past is shaken’: The movement to reform the church in Kerala

Seventeen years ago, when Felix Pulludan was “healthier in his mind and body” as he’d like to put it, a sequence of incidents – beginning with a meeting of bishops, priests and the laity – led to his exit from the Catholic Church in Kerala. They were discussing a Bill…

Evening Standard

Bob Geldof reveals Sinead O’Connor was ‘full of loneliness’ in final weeks

Sir Bob paid tribute to his ‘good friend’ and fellow Dubliner, who he was messaging shortly before her death

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Sinead O’Connor fans gather to sing Nothing Compares 2 U in Dublin tribute

The 56-year-old Irish singer died in London last week.

The Independent UK

Sinead O’Connor sang with ‘sense of mission’ against injustices, Toibin says

The Irish singer was known for her powerful vocals and lyrics as well as taking fierce stances on social and political issues.

The Independent UK

Sinead O’Connor: ITV, BBC, and Channel 5 are not planning to air tributes to late singer

‘The simple explanation is that she was not taken seriously,’ said a former Channel 4 commissioner

The Conversation

Sinead O'Connor was once seen as a sacrilegious rebel, but her music and life were deeply infused with spiritual seeking

When news broke July 26, 2023, that the gifted Irish singer Sinead O’Connor had died, stories of her most famous performance circulated amid the grief and shock.

The Conversation

Captivating and cathartic, a visionary and a truth-teller: playing Sinéad O'Connor’s music was my education

Sinéad O'Connor was well known for her deeply emotional voice, her outspoken stance on political issues – especially her critique of the Catholic Church – and her explorations of spiritualism and religion, but what I want to talk about, mostly, was her extraordinary songwriting.

The Independent UK

Sinead O’Connor lit a torch for so many of us, says filmmaker

The Irish musician was known for her powerful vocals and lyrics as well as taking fierce stances on social and political issues.

The Independent UK

For clergy abuse survivors, Sinead O'Connor's protest that offended so many was brave and prophetic

In 1992, Sinéad O’Connor destroyed a photo of Pope John Paul II on U.S. national television

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