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Things to know about the Vatican's big meeting on the future of the Catholic Church

Pope Francis is opening a global gathering of bishops and laypeople to discuss the future of the Catholic Church, including some hot-button issues that have previously been considered off-limits for discussion

The Independent UK

Clergy abuse survivors propose new 'zero tolerance' law following outcry over Vatican appointment

Clergy sexual abuse survivors have unveiled a proposed new church law calling for the permanent removal of abusive priests and superiors who covered for them

The Independent UK

5 conservative cardinals challenge pope to affirm church teaching on gays and women ahead of meeting

Five conservative cardinals are challenging Pope Francis to affirm Catholic teaching on homosexuality and female ordination

The Independent UK

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Women's voices and votes loom large as pope opens Vatican meeting on church's future

Pope Francis this week will open a global gathering of Catholic bishops and laypeople discussing the future of the church

The Independent UK

Pope creates 21 new cardinals who will help him to reform church and cement his legacy

Pope Francis is presiding over a ceremony to create 21 new cardinals

The Independent UK

A Belgian bishop says the Vatican has for years snubbed pleas to defrock a pedophile ex-colleague

A prominent Belgian bishop says that the Vatican has been snubbing pleas for years to defrock a former bishop who sexually abused children

The Independent UK

‘A jealous god’: China remakes religions in its own image

Authorities are violating religious freedoms across China as the leadership seeks to assert control.

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Ideological rifts among U.S. bishops are in the spotlight ahead of momentous Vatican meeting

Early next month, the Vatican will open an unprecedented gathering of Catholic clergy and laypeople from around the world

The Independent UK

Vatican shares investigation into child abuse allegations against an Australian bishop with police

The Catholic Church says the Vatican has shared with police findings of an internal investigation of a former Australian bishop over child sex abuse allegations and will fully cooperate with criminal investigators

The Independent UK

Vatican's bishop sex abuse report handed to WA police

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has provided West Australian police with a damning report into allegations of sexual abuse and grooming.

AAP

Vatican's sex abuse report on WA bishop to go to police

A Vatican report that found a longstanding bishop of Broome sexually assaulted Aboriginal boys and young men is to be forwarded to West Australian police.

AAP

Catholic priests have held a ceremony blessing same-sex couples in defiance of a German archbishop

Several Catholic priests have held a ceremony blessing same-sex couples outside Cologne cathedral in a protest against the city’s conservative archbishop Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki

The Independent UK

Women who say they were abused by a onetime Jesuit artist denounce an apparent rehabilitation effort

Women who say they were abused by a once-prominent Jesuit artist say they are now being revictimized by his superiors

The Independent UK

AI won't be replacing your priest, minister, rabbi or imam any time soon

Early in the summer of 2023, robots projected on a screen delivered sermons to about 300 congregants at St. Paul’s Church in Bavaria, Germany. Created by ChatGPT and Jonas Simmerlein, a theologian and philosopher from the University of Vienna, the experimental church service drew immense interest.

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Vatican report says Broome bishop a sexual predator

A longtime Catholic bishop of Broome groomed and sexually assaulted Aboriginal boys and young men, a Vatican investigation has found.

The Independent UK

Vatican considers child sexual abuse allegations against a former Australian bishop

A Catholic church leader says the Vatican is considering the findings of a church investigation into “very serious and deeply distressing” child sexual abuse allegations against a former Australian bishop

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Afternoon Update: Australia’s bushfire risk rises; China’s defence minister missing; and how to get kids cooking

Extreme fire risks and heatwave warnings as the Bureau of Meteorology confirms El Niño has arrived

The Guardian - AU

Vatican considering report into ‘very serious’ allegations against former Broome bishop Christopher Saunders, church says

Archbishop of Perth says the former bishop has denied the ‘deeply distressing’ allegations

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The Independent UK

Pope meets with new Russian ambassador as second Moscow mission planned for his Ukraine peace envoy

Russia’s new ambassador to the Vatican is meeting with Pope Francis for a protocol visit to present his diplomatic credentials

The Independent UK

Letter showing Pope Pius XII had detailed information from German Jesuit about Nazi crimes revealed

Newly discovered correspondence in the Vatican archives suggests that Pope Pius XII had detailed information from a trusted German Jesuit that up to 6,000 Jews and Poles were being gassed each day in German-occupied Poland

The Canberra Times

'Tomb robbers': Looted antiquities discovered at the ANU

Italian police linked 2500-year-old vase to infamous art dealer.

The Independent UK

Pope's Ukraine peace envoy raises stalled Black Sea grain exports in Beijing talks

Pope Francis’ Ukraine peace envoy has discussed the need to resume the stalled Ukraine grain export deal to feed the world’s hungry during a meeting with a Chinese official in Beijing

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 567

As the war enters its 567th day these are the main developments.

The Independent UK

Pope's Ukraine peace envoy heads to China on mission to help return Ukraine children taken to Russia

Pope Francis’ Ukraine peace envoy, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, is heading to China on the fourth leg of a mission to return Ukrainian children taken to Russia

The Independent UK

Vatican opens up a palazzo built on ancient Roman ruins and housing its highly secretive tribunals

The Vatican has opened the doors to one of Renaissance Rome’s most spectacular palazzos in a show of transparency

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