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Quiet contemplation this Easter

Article Mail Guardian Online Reporter - 8 Apr 2020

From church services over WhatsApp to eating with family and listening to chilled music over Instagram, South Africa is going to have a very different long weekend, grounded in sharing and caring

Fake FDI tops global growth

Article Kevin Davie - 13 Sep 2019

Pope Francis this week exhorted the political leaders of Mauritius, known as a tax haven and enclave for shell companies, to promote...

Australia’s Cardinal Pell loses child sex abuse appeal

Article Holly Robertson - 21 Aug 2019

Pell had been trying to overturn the verdicts and six-year sentence for sexually assaulting two 13-year-old choirboys in the 1990s

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Father hopes for justice as Cardinal Pell waits on appeal verdict

Article Holly Robertson - 19 Aug 2019

The former Vatican number three, is appealing against his conviction on five counts of sexually abusing two 13-year-old choirboys in the 1990s

Signal summit on sex abuse opens at Vatican

Article Catherine Marciano - 21 Feb 2019

The idea is that the 114 heads of bishops' conferences will return home with clear ideas on how to spot and deal with abuse

Vatican app feeds art restoration frenzy

Article Staff Reporter - 21 Aug 2015

The Vatican Museums application hopes to create a community of philanthropic supporters through its crowdfunding venture.

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Vatican challenges outlook on homosexuality

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Oct 2014

A document from the Vatican has called on Catholics to be more accepting and valuing of same-sex couples - but maintain church doctrine on family.

Vatican climbdown over sex-abuse remarks

Article Staff Reporter - 15 Apr 2010

The Vatican was forced into a climbdown after remarks by a senior cardinal linking homosexuality with paedophilia caused an international outcry.

Is he a hard hat or a prophet?

Article Staff Reporter - 29 Mar 2010

He's a man of temperate habits with a love of cats and classical music. Yet his image is that of God's rottweiler. John Hooper profiles the pope.

Vatican refutes ‘false’ reports on plot to oust catholic editor

Article Staff Reporter - 9 Feb 2010

The Vatican on Tuesday issued a statement rebutting reports that the resignation an Italian bishops' newspaper editor had to do with the Holy See.

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