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
by Our Correspondent in London As Pope Francis battles double pneumonia in a Roman hospital, questions surrounding his potential successor have intensified. At 88 years old, with an increasingly fragile health condition,
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by Our Correspondent in London As Pope Francis enters his eighth day in a Roman hospital battling pneumonia, questions are swirling about his future. Will he follow in the footsteps of his
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Pope Francis, the 88-year-old leader of the Roman Catholic Church, is facing a significant health crisis as the Vatican reports that his condition has worsened. Admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Friday
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Donald Trump has announced a new task force to eliminate what he calls “anti-Christian bias” in the federal government, accusing Joe Biden’s administration of “persecuting” religious Americans. Speaking at the National Prayer
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An Italian priest has been excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church after publicly refusing to recognize the authority of Pope Francis and calling him the “antipope.” Father Natale Santonocito, 61, was barred
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The Vatican has issued a strong warning about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence (AI), cautioning that the technology holds “the shadow of evil” and urging governments to take a more proactive
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Pope Francis has made several key appointments that suggest a shift in the Catholic Church’s power dynamics, particularly concerning women’s roles. These appointments, including the appointment of Raffaella Petrini as the first
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by Luxman Aravind When President Anura Kumara Dissanayake delivered his Christmas message in 2024, likely drafted with the assistance of a language model (LLM) by one of his aides, few could have
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Editorial Today, as we ‘celebrate’ Christmas, we must ask: what have we truly done to honour the birth of Christ? How has the Divine been reduced to a mere commodity, manipulated and
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As winter’s chill envelops us and twinkling lights adorn our streets, there’s a palpable sense of excitement in the air. Christmas, with its timeless traditions and heartwarming moments, has long been a
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Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, Archbishop of Colombo, has made the controversial decision to exclude girls from serving as altar servers in the parishes of his Archdiocese in Sri Lanka. This directive, formalized in
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An algorithm, at its core, is a finite set of well-defined instructions or rules designed to perform a task or solve a problem. It is a systematic approach to processing information, often
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Dear Lord Jesus Christ, I write to You with a heavy heart, as Your Church stands at the edge of ruin, betrayed from within by those who should be its stewards. The
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Exclusive by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, the Archbishop of Colombo, has reportedly sent a written request to the Vatican for an extension of his service until justice for the
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The Vatican on Monday declared gender-affirming surgery and surrogacy as grave violations of human dignity, putting them on par with abortion and euthanasia as practices that it said reject God’s plan for human
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