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Catholic bishops apologise for 'exploited' Trump meeting
Two bishops in images that show them praying with Trump have said they believed the meeting was private.
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Pope greeted by crowds in first major appearance since lung cancer surgery
Pope Leo pledges a gradual return to duties in an address to the Catholic faithful in St Peter's Square at the Vatican.
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Pope Leo resumes work in hospital while recovering from surgery
Catholic leader met top Vatican aide, as doctors say recovery proceeding after lung surgery to remove cancerous growth.
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Pope Leo to undergo surgery to remove lung nodule in Rome
Vatican expects a one-week hospital recovery for the 71-year-old Catholic leader ahead of scheduled Latin America tour.
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Ireland Catholic residents react to UK ban on Protestant march
Ireland Catholic residents react to UK ban on Protestant march
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Former Catholic bishop sentenced for abusing indigenous men in Australia
The Catholic Church in Australia has been marred by abuse allegations in recent years.
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Former Australian bishop jailed for sexually abusing young men
The former Bishop of Broome is one of the most senior Catholic clerics in the world to face sex abuse charges.
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At least 17 people, mostly pilgrims, killed in Kenya road crash
The multi-vehicle crash occurred in the Salama area, 90km southeast of Nairobi, killing mostly Catholic pilgrims.
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Protesters block Orange Order march in Northern Ireland
Protesters block Orange Order route into Catholic area of Portadown after court allows march for first time in 28 years.
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Controversial Northern Ireland Protestant parade hits stalemate amid fresh talks
The UK's Northern Ireland minister Monday admitted that talks to overcome a dispute about a contentious pro-British Protestant parade through a mainly Catholic area had so far failed to resolve one of the region's worst crises in decades. Thousands of people occupied a road in Portadown, southwest of Belfast, on Sunday to prevent the parade by 35 members of the Orange Order taking place.
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Northern Ireland protesters block Orange Order march into Catholic area
Thousands of Protesters blocked a road leading into a Catholic area of Northern Ireland ahead of an Orange Order march.
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First Protestant march in Catholic area in nearly 30 years
Tensions are running high in Northern Ireland after the High Court in Belfast approved a controversial parade. Around 2,000 protesters have blocked the route into a Catholic area where the Protestant march was due to pass. It is the first time in nearly 30 years that the Orange Order has been allowed to march along this route, which was a notorious flashpoint before the 1998 Good Friday Agreement largely brought an end to the bloodshed of the Troubles. UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has appealed for calm on all sides, saying he does not want to see Northern Ireland “go backwards.”
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Pope decries 'scourge' of sexual abuse during France visit
French bishops took "courageous" steps when faced with "the painful scourge of abuse of minors," Pope Leo XIV told the high-ranking clerics before his scheduled meeting with survivors at the Catholic shrine of Lourdes.
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Pope Leo continues his visit to France in Lourdes
Pope Leo XIV continued his visit to France in Lourdes, at the major Catholic pilgrimage site in the foothills of the Pyrenees, where he celebrated mass before around 150,000 people. Hendro Munstermann, a Vatican correspondent for the Dutch newspaper Nederland Dagblad, joins us from Lourdes to share his impressions and tell us more about the Pope’s visit.
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Northern Ireland: Pro-UK march to go through Catholic area
It's the first time the march has been allowed to go through the area since 1997. Overnight, a court ruling allowed it to take place after a series of last-minute legal challenges that reached Belfast's High Court.
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Northern Ireland: Disputed parade set for flashpoint after nearly 30 years
A court in Northern Ireland has allowed a Protestant parade to proceed through a controversial route in a Catholic area for the first time in nearly 30 years. The legal dispute ended in the early hours of Sunday, with counterprotests now underway and police working to keep marchers and protesters apart. The Drumcree parade dispute dates back to the mid-1990s, when tensions over the route led to riots, roadblocks and murders, threatening Northern Ireland’s peace process. Hervé Amoric reports from Portadown.
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Northern Ireland court allows Orange Order march through Catholic area
A court in Northern Ireland has allowed a Protestant parade to proceed through a controversial route in a Catholic area for the first time in nearly 30 years. The legal dispute ended in the early hours of Sunday, with counterprotests now underway and police working to keep marchers and protesters apart. The Drumcree parade dispute dates back to the mid-1990s, when tensions over the route led to riots, roadblocks and murders, threatening Northern Ireland’s peace process. Hervé Amoric reports from Portadown.
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Northern Ireland protesters block Orange Order march in Portadown
Crowd gathered on Garvaghy Road on Sunday to protest against a court ruling allowing the march.
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Several hundred thousand people gather for Pope Leo’s mass in Paris
Vatican estimates 700,000 people in attendance as the Catholic religious leader continues four-day tour of France.
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Leo XIV fills central Paris with around 600,000 people at giant outdoor Mass
Hundreds of thousands of people packed Paris’ iconic Champs-Élysées avenue for Pope Leo XIV’s big outdoor Mass on Saturday, a sign of the Catholic Church’s enduring appeal in the once staunchly Catholic but officially secular country.