Pope Leo XIV has rejected describing sexual abuse in the Catholic Church simply as a “systemic” problem, while acknowledging that some church organisations had at times operated “as an abusive system”. His
Pope Leo XIV has rejected describing sexual abuse in the Catholic Church simply as a “systemic” problem, while acknowledging that some church organisations had at times operated “as an abusive system”. His
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Years after Easter, the unanswered “mastermind” question has become far more than a demand for justice. It has become entangled with institutional authority, political influence and questions of financial transparency. As Cardinal
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Pope Leo has reaffirmed his commitment to preventing the sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests during a private meeting with seven survivors in France, the Vatican said on Sunday, hours after
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The Place de la Concorde, once the site of the guillotine that executed Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette during the French Revolution, is being transformed this week for a very different event:
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The Catholic Church has welcomed the Easter Sunday attacks verdict, but Jude Krishantha says the convictions do not end the search for wider responsibility. He has called for further investigations, including into
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Photographs and claims circulating on social media have drawn attention to Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith’s current visit to Italy and its alleged connection with his future as Archbishop of Colombo. The reports claim
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The Episcopal Church has a Very Reverend Dean who trans-identifies as a man. The Dean is married to a woman who also trans-identifies as a man and is a Lutheran pastor. So, what
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The battle over Torreciudad, the spiritual heart of Opus Dei in Spain, has moved from a local dispute into a revealing test of power inside the Catholic Church. Newly disclosed handwritten letters
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo As Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith rejects the death penalty while continuing to demand answers over the Easter Sunday attacks, a more fundamental question is becoming increasingly difficult to
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The release of Under the Red Triangle by Susil Hettiarachchi, former General Secretary of the Dehiwala YMCA, could hardly have come at a more symbolic moment. As more than 1,300 delegates gathered
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The Vatican has formally declared that the Society of Saint Pius X, commonly known as the Lefebvrists, has entered into schism with the Catholic Church after the group’s leadership proceeded with the
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A long-running confrontation between the Vatican and one of the Catholic Church’s most traditionalist movements entered a new phase on Wednesday when the Society of Saint Pius X, commonly known as the
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Editorial The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka stands before a historic moment. The appointment of Rev. Dr. Anton Ranjith Pillainayagam as the Bishop of Jaffna is not simply another episcopal appointment announced
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Pope Leo XIV Appoints Third Woman to Lead a Vatican Department, Extending Shift in Church Leadership
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Italian Salesian nun Alessandra Smerilli as prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, making her the third woman to lead one of the Vatican’s highest-ranking
More The Catholic Church has long struggled with a painful modern reality: much of the world, especially in the West, no longer listens to it with the authority it once commanded. There was
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