Catholic Church

ROME: Cardinal George Pell - a giant of the Catholic Church who was convicted and later cleared of sexual abuse in Australia - has died in Rome aged 81, a church official confirmed Wednesday (Jan 11). From humble beginnings in regional…

Issued on: 11/01/2023 - 03:39 Australian Cardinal George Pell, a leading Roman Catholic conservative and former top Vatican official who in 2020 was acquitted of sexual abuse…

EUROPEAN ROYALS Beyond St Peter's, many of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics were expected to follow the funeral proceedings on television and the radio. In the majority Catholic Philippines, churches held requiem masses for the former…

Issued on: 03/01/2023 - 23:34 French authorities last month opened a preliminary inquiry into allegations that the former archbishop of Paris had committed "sexual assault on…

NO LONGER UNTHINKABLE Now that longer life spans have made papal resignations no longer unthinkable, there have been repeated calls from Church leaders to regulate the role of former pontiffs, in part because of the confusion stemming…

Thousands of faithful thronged to the Vatican to pay homage to Pope Benedict XVI. The Pope is the first in papal history to relinquish his office and resign due to failing health. It has been almost ten years since he left. Early on New…

LORD, I LOVE YOU Benedict died at the Mater Ecclesiae monastery where he had lived for the past decade, his last words in the early hours of Saturday said by the Vatican to have been "Lord, I love you!" His body will lie in state for…

Benedict's shock resignation created the extraordinary situation of having two "men in white" - him and Francis - at the Vatican. His funeral will also break new ground. Papal deaths usually trigger the calling of a conclave of cardinals…

Issued on: 02/01/2023 - 05:05 Catholics will on Monday be able to pay their respects in the Vatican to former pope Benedict XVI, whose body will lie in state for three days…

Pope Francis prayed for his predecessor’s passage to heaven and again expressed thanks for a lifetime of service to the church, during New Year’s Day appearances a day after Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI died in retirement at the…