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How Much Did the Saints Help the Catholic Church on Its Sex Abuse Crisis? More Than They Admitted

Saints Clergy Abuse Help Title: How Much Did the Saints Help the Catholic Church on Its Sex Abuse Crisis? More Than They Admitted Author: Jenny Vrentas Publisher: Sports Illustrator Date: 17JUN2020 New Orleans’s favorite team has acknowledged providing “minimal” public relations help to the local archdiocese as it handled revelations of sexual abuse by clergy—but an

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French Catholic Church Counts Over 3,000 Child Victims Of Sex Abuse

French Catholic Child Abuse Title: French Catholic Church Counts Over 3,000 Child Victims Of Sex Abuse Author: Karine Perret Publisher: Barron’s via AFP At least 3,000 children have fallen victim to sex abuse in the French Catholic Church since 1950, a commission set up to examine claims estimated Wednesday, adding that the real number may

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Abuse scandal linked to status of women in Church

Clergy Abuse Women Leadership Title: Abuse scandal linked to status of women in Church Author: Christa Pongratz-Lippitt Publisher: The Tablet Date: 16JUN2020 It is a ‘matter of urgency’ to have more women in leading positions: Cardinal Marx Cardinal Reinhard Marx has reiterated how urgent it is to appoint more women leaders in the Church.  “Changes

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A Plenary of Broken Promises?

Plenary Broken Promises Australia Title: A Plenary of Broken Promises? Author: Gail Freyne Publisher: John Menadue-Pearls & Irritations Date: 17JUN2020 When the people in the pews get so restless that evidence of deceptive dealing at the top of the Catholic Church in Australia starts falling off the back of trucks these same leaders should know

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New leader of German bishops signals no retreat from progressive line

Progressive Bishop Georg Bätzing Title: New leader of German bishops signals no retreat from progressive line Author: Elise Ann Allen Publisher: Crux Date: 16JUN2020 ROME – In a recent interview, Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg, the new president of the German bishops’ conference, signaled openness to both married priests and women’s ordination and appeared to

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The Parish Church, Vigano, and Nathan Doe

Vigano McCarrick Nathan Doe Title: The Parish Church, Vigano, and Nathan Doe Author: Father Mark White Publisher: Father Mark White Blog Date: 15JUN2020 A parish = part of the earth. A part of the earth, with a church. A parish church = a building with a baptismal font, a confessional, a pulpit, an altar, a

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Australian Bishops urge further consultation on leaked governance report

Australian Bishops “Interim” Report Title: Australian Bishops urge further consultation on leaked governance report Author: Vatican News Publisher: Vatican News Date: 15JUN2020 Archbishop Mark Coleridge issues a statement regarding a leaked report on Church governance in Australia, and calls for further consultation before the final version can be released. The President of the Australian Catholic Bishops’

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