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Topless pro-LGBT protesters beat breasts and squirt water at Catholic archbishop
The Catholic Church in Belgium on Wednesday angrily denounced Femen topless protesters who targeted its primate at a conference though the archbishop himself remained composed and apparently at prayer throughout. The four protesters leapt out of their seats at a debate on blasphemy and freedom of expression held at the…
Pope Francis washes feet of Muslims in unprecedented Easter rite
Pope Francis washed the feet of 12 young offenders including two girls and two Muslims at a Rome prison on Thursday in an unprecedented version of an ancient Easter ritual, seen as part of efforts to bring the Catholic Church closer to those in need. The pope knelt down, washing…
Cardinals hold final talks before beginning selection of next pope
Cardinals will hold a final set of meetings on Monday before they are locked away to choose a new pope to lead the Roman Catholic Church through troubled times. The conclave triggered by the historic resignation of Benedict XVI will start on Tuesday, with the eyes of the world on…
Cardinals eye Vatican reform in rare popeless interim
Catholic cardinals have seized the rare chance of being able to air their grievances against the Vatican at talks that continued Friday, with no new pope to defer to and no old pope to mourn. Benedict XVI suddenly announced his resignation last month saying he was too old to keep…
Catholic Church fights sex education classes in Croatia
Freshly introduced sexual education classes in Croatia’s schools has split the EU-bound country as the powerful Catholic Church challenges the centre-left government over its newest addition to the curriculum. Aimed at raising awareness on potential sexual issues and problems, the pilot “sex-ed” programme started last year and will continue to…
Chris Hayes and panel discuss pope and role of Catholic Church in people’s lives
On UP with Chris Hayes on Sunday, the host used the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI as jumping off point to discuss religion in contemporary society. Hayes mentioned that Bill Donahue, president of the Catholic League, claims that “we are likely to witness an explosion in voyeurism, as well as…
Pope Benedict XVI leaves the Catholic Church in a state of crisis
Pope Benedict XVI will leave behind a Catholic Church grappling with crises from child abuse scandals involving priests to confronting radical Islam as well as struggling to find its place in an increasingly secular Western world. German cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who will step down at the end of this month…
Germany’s Catholic Church severs ties with criminologists who research sex abuse
Germany’s Roman Catholic Church said on Wednesday it had severed ties with criminologists commissioned to research sexual abuse by clergy in a row over the right to publish their findings. The Church announced in July 2011 it would open its archives, which date back to the end of World War…
Poland funds in-vitro fertilization despite Catholic Church objections
Poland will begin funding in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) starting in July 2013, Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced on Monday, despite Church resistance in this deeply Catholic nation to what opponents see as artificial conception. “Couples will have the possibility to get reimbursement from the social security budget for three attempts at…
Ultra-conservative evangelical churches gaining influence in Brazil
Roman Catholics are scrambling to shore up support among the faithful in Brazil, the world’s largest Catholic country, ahead of a visit next year by Pope Benedict XVI and amid a growing tide of conversions to Protestantism. Out of a Brazilian population of 191 million, 123.2 million define themselves as…
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