Researchers are demanding that Pope Francis release the names of bishops investigated under a 2019 policy meant to formalize the church’s handling of sex abuse cases.
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$3 million in federal funds will help preserve Maine Irish Heritage Center’s history
The center inside the old St. Dominic’s church building in Portland’s West End, a key piece of the area’s rich Irish identity, will get long-needed updates to the roof and brickwork.
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Catholic group spent millions on app data that tracked gay priests
The group used the data to find clerics who used Grindr and other dating and hookup apps and shared their work with bishops, a Post investigation has found.
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Former cardinal tells Massachusetts court he is unfit to stand trial
Former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick pleaded not guilty in 2021 in the case that alleges the priest sexually abused the boy at a wedding reception at Wellesley College in June 1974.
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Lawsuit against Catholic religious order says abuse at retreats in Maine was coordinated
A U.S. District Judge ruled Friday that the woman, who says she was sent to seminary retreats in Maine where she was sexually abused as a young girl, will be allowed to sue anonymously.
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Pope meets with Benedict’s aide amid revelations in unflattering new book
Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, the longtime secretary of Pope Benedict XVI, has raised eyebrows with an extraordinary memoir in which he settles old scores, reveals palace intrigues and casts Francis in a deeply unfavorable light.
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Faithful mourn Benedict XVI at funeral presided over by pope
Pope Francis joined tens of thousands of faithful in bidding farewell to Benedict XVI at a rare requiem Mass for a dead pope presided over by a living one.
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An account of Benedict’s papacy to be sealed in his coffin
A one-page account of Benedict’s nearly eight-year papacy will be put into a metal cylinder and placed inside the coffin, along with other items including Vatican coins minted during his reign.
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Vatican says Pope Emeritus Benedict in stable condition, participated in Mass
On Wednesday, Pope Francis revealed that his 95-year-old predecessor was “very ill” and he went to see him in his home in the Vatican Gardens.
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Pope Benedict XVI lucid, stable, but in serious condition
In 2013, he became the first pope in 600 years to resign, and he chose to live out his retirement in seclusion in a converted monastery in the Vatican Gardens.