New plans to improve treatment of clergy

The Association of Catholic Priests has said it is hoping to work with the four archdioceses in the Irish Church

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Traditionalists question curial authority as Latin Mass dispute continues

A worshipper uses a missal during a Tridentine Mass at St Michael the Archangel Chapel in Farmingville, NY. CNS photo/Gregory

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Pope needs to do more, says abuse prevention expert

Elsewhere in Germany, the investigation of the a leading archdiocese’s expense accounts has been halted. Pope needs to do more,

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St Benet’s Hall declares a halt to admissions

A Catholic hall of studies at the University of Oxford is to halt temporarily the admission of undergraduate students due

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Pope accepts resignation of Paris archbishop

The departure of Aupetit creates a new challenge for the French Church. Archbishop Michel Aupetit celebrates Mass at Saint-Philippe-du-Roule Catholic

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Sisters open ‘house of hospitality’ for asylum seekers and refugees

The Sisters of St Joseph of Peace have opened their first UK house of hospitality for asylum seekers and refugees

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Embattled Paris archbishop offers to step down

Archbishop Michel Aupetit of Paris, pictured here holding a monstrance while blessing the French capital from the Sacre-Coeur Basilica of

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Pope tells bishops how they can be ‘blessed’

Pope Francis has given bishops in Italy a sermon on the mount-style guide for how to minister to their people,

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Walk with me – literally – says priest on ‘synodal pathway’

Fr Daniel Seward is walking the synod pathway and sees it as following in the footsteps of the founder of

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Resist doctrine of ‘radical liberalism’ says Pell

Cardinal Pell, pictured here with his book ‘prison journal’, blamed paedophilia scandals on moral and religious failures, rather than on

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