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Ex-pope Benedict seeks to end storm over controversial book
Publication of extracts from the book, 'The Depth of our Hearts', by French newspaper 'Le Figaro' on Sunday set off a storm within the Vatican, with some questioning why the 92-year-old Benedict would come out of retirement to co-author a book with ultra-conservative Cardinal Robert Sarah.
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Pope Francis kicks off Christmas celebrations with midnight Mass
The pontiff told crowds gathered at the Vatican for his Christmas Eve Mass: 'You may have mistaken ideas, you may have made a complete mess of things, but the Lord continues to love you.'
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Persecuted Catholics 'honoured' to glimpse Pope Francis in Thailand
Ko Sa is one of just a handful of Vietnamese Catholic refugees registered to attend the mass by Pope Francis, who arrives in Thailand on Wednesday carrying a message of peace and religious tolerance.
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Pope wants to visit South Sudan next year, urges unity govt
Francis spoke of the crisis in the world’s youngest country three days after its president and a former rebel leader agreed to delay forming a unity government for 100 days beyond the 12 November deadline, which itself was an extension of an original deadline last May.
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Pope accepts resignation of New York bishop after abuse claims
New York's Bishop John Jenik was suspended in 2018 pending a Church investigation into the alleged sexual assault in the 1980s.
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Pope Francis visits Mozambique seeking to strengthen peace accord
After a jubilant arrival in Mozambique at the start a three-nation African tour, Pope Francis on Thursday met with political and civil leaders to encourage them to consolidate a fragile peace accord. The pope's three-day visit to Mozambique comes a month after the government signed a historic peace treaty with the former rebel group Renamo, which is now the main opposition party.
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Catholic school priest bans 'Harry Potter' books on exorcist advice
Reverend Dan Reehil contacted exorcists in Rome and the US, who recommended removing the fantasy novels from St. Edward Catholic School's library in Tennessee.
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China ordains first bishop after Vatican deal
China's roughly 12 million Catholics have for decades been split between a government-run association, whose clergy were chosen by the atheist Communist Party, and an unofficial underground church loyal to the Vatican.
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OPINION: Catholicism’s brand is struggling despite Pope Francis
Brendan Canavan says one of the most fundamental threats to Catholicism is irrelevance.
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Pope to issue eagerly-awaited document on family & marriage
There is keen anticipation on what the document will say about re-integration into the Catholic church.
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OPINION: Pope Francis in Africa: he came, he saw, now what?
P Pratap Kumar says the pope’s visit to Africa has been profiled as a ‘message to the world’.
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Ramaphosa: Daswa’s beatification is an honour for SA
Benedict Daswa has been honoured for dying for his faith in 1990 when he refused to take part in witchcraft.
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Benedict Daswa officially declared as martyr in ceremony
Daswa was officially a martyr of the Catholic Church, with the catholic cardinal announcing in a statement.
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Night vigil to be held for SA’s first Catholic martyr
Benedict Daswa will be declared martyr during a beatification mass on Sunday for dying for his faith.
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SA rights group shocked at cardinal's comments
Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier publicly described paedophilia as a psychological illness.
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Pope to keep title 'His Holiness'
Pope Benedict will be known as Pope Emeritus after his resignation.
