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Australia

Call to end Catholic celibacy in Australia

Uncovering serious failings across institutions, an Australian inquiry into child abuse recommends the Catholic Church remove its requirement for celibacy

Germany

Protestant church celebrates 500 years of existence

A ceremony in Germany has marked the moment when Martin Luther split the Christian world with his 95 Protestant theses.

Belgium

Ale Mary! Church turns to beer brewing to raise funds

Saint Catherine's church in Brussels is turning to Belgium's brewing tradition to raise funds for renovation work

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Historic churches damaged in Mexico earthquake

Last Tuesday’s 7.1 magnitude tremor damaged over 150 churches, Catholic authorities say.

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Nigeria

Deadly shooting spree in Nigerian church

At least 11 people have been killed and 18 wounded in a shooting spree in a church in southeastern Nigeria

World News

Pope's top aide in court charged with historical sex abuse

One of the Pope’s top advisors is facing sex abuse charges in Australia. Cardinal George Pell, the Vatican's economy minister, is the most senior Catholic to be charged with sex crimes

Germany

Report find sexual abuse at one of Germany's most famous Catholic boys' choir schools

547 pupils at Germany's most famous Catholic boys' choir schools, Regensburger Domspatzen, were physically or sexually abused over a 60-year period, according to a report.

World News

Cardinal Pell back in Australia to face sex charges

Cardinal George Pell

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Filipino Catholics crucify themselves in a biblical reenactment

Catholic devotees were nailed to wooden crosses in a reenactment of Jesus Christ's crucifixion

Vatican

Pope offers condolences after Christian bloodshed in Egypt

Pope Francis has condemned Sunday’s violence against Coptic Christians in Egypt, where deadly double attacks are sure to raise security concerns over his own forthcoming trip to the…

Egypt

Dozens dead as ISIL attacks Coptic Christians in Egypt

ISIL says it was behind two bomb blasts that killed dozens of Coptic Christians in Egypt on Sunday, as they marked Palm Sunday ahead of Easter.

Egypt

Egypt: Coptic Church bombs hit Tanta and Alexandria

Hours after Sunday’s church bombing in Egypt’s northern city of Tanta, came another blast in front of a Christian church in Alexandria.

Philippines

Duterte clashes with the Catholic Church

The gloves are off between the president of the Philppines and the Catholic Church as they threaten to come to blows over his hardline war on drugs.

Austria

How to be a hermit

Tired of Trump? Weary of war? Want to escape the trials and tribulations of modern life by becoming a hermit? A town in Austria may have the answer to your prayers.

Philippines

Manila mania: why millions hit the streets for the Black Nazarene in The Philippines

Huge crowds have come out on the streets of the Philippine capital Manila to honour an iconic statue known as the Black Nazarene.

Italy

Quake-damaged Norcia Basilica is made safe

Fireman have erected a second protective metal cage to support the facade of Norcia Basilica in central Italy.

Iraq

Iraq: Christmas service held in Bartella, recently liberated from ISIL

Bartella: Christmas after ISIL Hundreds of Iraqi Christians gathered in Bartella, near Mosul, for a Christmas Eve service – the first since this area was retaken from the Islamic State group (ISIL) in

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Pope hopes his birthday is not jinxed

Pope Francis jokes early birthday greetings may bring him bad luck Pope Francis, responded to thousands of people cheering “Happy Birthday” on Wednesday (December 14) by joking that doing it early may

Egypt

Egypt: Coptic Cathedral blast victims are laid to rest

Grieving families attended a funeral service on Monday for 24 people, mostly women and children, killed in the bombing of Cairo’s main Coptic cathedral complex.

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