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Pope Francis cancels trip to COP28 on doctor's orders

Francis, who turns 87 next month, was scheduled to leave Rome on Friday to address the COP28 meeting first thing Saturday morning. He also was supposed to inaugurate a faith pavilion Sunday on the sidelines of the conference before returning home.

Ireland

A Catholic crisis: Why priests in Ireland are fading into history

In what was one of Europe's most religious countries, mass attendance has dropped severely, Irish priests find themselves working far past retirement age, and only a small number of apprentices are committing themselves to the church.

Economy

Living on €18 a day: Women most affected as France poverty deepens

Poverty is worsening in France with women highlighted as the main victims, according to a report published on Tuesday.

USA

Pope Francis fires conservative critic as Texas bishop

Strickland, 65, has emerged as a leading critic of Francis, accusing him in a tweet earlier this year of “undermining the deposit of faith.”

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Vatican

Pope Francis authorises Catholic church to baptise trans people

The children of gay couples will also be baptised, with trans people permitted to serve as godparents and wedding witnesses.

Spain

Spanish bishops apologise for abuse but dispute 'outrageous' figures

Following an independent inquiry into child sex abuse in Spain's Catholic Church, the president of the country's bishops' conference has issued an apology.

Vatican

Pope's meeting on church future says it's 'urgent' to guarantee governance roles for women

The move comes following a month of closed-door debate between senior Catholic bishops as well as lay people.

Spain

More than 200,000 children may have been abused in Spanish churches

After years of outcry at sexual abuse by church staff and lay people, the Spanish government has finally taken action to expose the reality of the problem.

Vatican

Vatican synod aims for inclusiveness but critics fear a schism

Taboo subjects such as the ordination of women and the role of LGBTQ congregants will be discussed

Vatican

Pope Francis suggests blessings for gay unions are possible

The Vatican published a letter in response to the cardinals just ahead of a major three-week synod at which the place of LGBTQ+ Catholics in the church will be on the agenda.

Culture news

The Catholic Church's Synod: What's new this time?

From online surveys to women and laypeople participating, Euronews Culture looks at how this year's Catholic Synod looks quite different from its predecessors.

France

Pope in Marseille: Religious groups commit to helping migrants

Migrants "arrive and don't speak French. [They] have no friends, no money, no relationships... It is essential to help them integrate," one Christian volunteer told Euronews.

Switzerland

Study finds 1,000 cases of sex abuse in Swiss Catholic Church

The Swiss church becomes the latest in Europe to reckon with the abuse scandal as researchers fear findings are merely the 'tip of the iceberg'.

Mexico

Mexico's Supreme Court decriminalises abortion nationwide

Mexico's highest court has ruled to decriminalise abortion nationwide after asserting that previous rules breached human rights

Mongolia

Pope Francis opens clinic on first papal visit to Mongolia

Pope Francis wrapped up the first-ever papal visit to Mongolia on Monday by inaugurating a church-run homeless clinic and shelter, insisting that such initiatives aren’t aimed at winning converts but are simply exercises in Christian charity.

Italy

Message in the sky over Italy spread Vatican conspiracy theory

Messages transported by small planes over Italy’s beaches this summer have spread the debunked conspiracy theory that Pope Francis is not the legitimate head of the Catholic Church.

Vatican

Pope causes fury after praising Russia's imperialist past

The Vatican stepped in to clarify the remarks after Pope Francis told young people they were the "heirs of the great Russia".

Vatican

Pope says 'backward' US conservatives replaced faith with ideology

Pope Francis condemned the "very strong, organised, reactionary attitude" in the US church and said Catholic doctrine allows for change over time.

Portugal

Pope Francis ends Portugal trip with message of hope for young people

Pope Francis ended a five-day trip to Portugal on Sunday with a massive open-air Mass for an estimated 1.5 million people who camped out overnight on a vast field to attend the grand finale of the World Youth Day festival.

Portugal

'Lighting lamps of hope': Pope Francis urges Europe to seek peace

Francis is widely expected to meet in private with survivors of child abuse during his visit to Lisbon, as he has done on past foreign trips.