Vatican: Pope Did Not Say There Is No Hell
Vatican: Pope did not say there is no hell The Vatican has denied that Pope Francis told a well-known Italian journalist that “there is no hell”. The quote came in an article in Italy’s La...
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Cardinal Pell Denies Abuse Charges In Australian Court
Vatican finance chief Cardinal George Pell, a top advisor to Pope Francis, denied all charges of historical sexual abuse Wednesday at his first appearance in an Australian court over the allegations....
Cardinal Pell Arrives For Australian Sex Abuse Court Hearing
Vatican finance chief Cardinal George Pell arrived for his first appearance in an Australian court on historical sex abuse charges Wednesday, facing a huge media scrum ahead of the largely...
Court Battle Over UK Baby Raises Ethical Conundrum
A five-month legal battle over the fate of a terminally-ill British baby that drew the attention of Pope Francis and US President Donald Trump has also stoked an often angry debate about medical...
Trump Envoy Heads To Israel For Holy Site Crisis Talks
A top aide to US President Donald Trump was due in Israel Monday in a bid to ease tensions over new security measures at a highly sensitive Jerusalem holy site after a weekend of deadly violence....
Pope Francis Unlikely To Visit India In 2017
Pope Francis is unlikely to visit India and Bangladesh this year as widely expected, a senior church official said Tuesday, with the high-profile visit postponed due to schedule clashes with Prime...
Cardinal Pell Returns To Australia To Fight Charges
The Vatican treasurer, Cardinal George Pell, has returned to Australia as he prepares to defend himself against sexual assault charges. The 76-year-old cleric, a top adviser to Pope Francis, was...
Vatican Outlaws Gluten-Free Bread For Holy Communion
Bread used to celebrate the Eucharist during Roman Catholic Mass must not be gluten-free – although it may be made from genetically modified organisms, the Vatican has ruled. In a letter to...
Trump Offers Support For Terminally Ill British Baby
President Donald Trump on Monday offered US help to a British baby with a rare genetic disorder who is due to be taken off life support after courts ruled further treatment would prolong his...
Australian Supporters Set Up Fund For Cardinal After Sex Charges
Vatican finance chief Cardinal George Pell's Australian supporters have set up a fund to help pay his legal fees after he was charged with historical sexual offences, a report said Sunday. The...
Catholic Church Rallies Behind Pell After Sex Charges
Australia's Catholic leaders have spoken out in support of Cardinal George Pell describing the Vatican finance chief as a "thoroughly decent man" after he was charged with historical sexual offences....
Vatican Treasurer Denies Australia Sex Offences
The Vatican treasurer, Cardinal George Pell, has vehemently denied any wrongdoing after being charged with sex offences in his native Australia. He complained that he had been subjected to...
Cardinal Pell: Vatican Treasurer Denies Australia Sex Offences
The Vatican treasurer, Cardinal George Pell, has vehemently denied any wrongdoing after being charged with sex offences in his native Australia. He complained that he had been subjected to...
Sex Abuse Scandal Haunts Australia’s Top Catholic Cleric
From country priest to trusted top Vatican aide, the rise of Australia's most senior Catholic cleric George Pell has been plagued in its twilight by sordid controversies from the past. To his...
Pope Aide Pell Charged With Child Sex Abuse
Vatican finance chief Cardinal George Pell was Thursday charged with multiple child sex offences in Australia, police said. Pell, the country's most senior Catholic cleric, was interviewed in Rome by...
Pope Francis Injects New Blood Into Cardinals Club
Pope Francis on Wednesday created five new cardinals in a Vatican ceremony that, while deeply traditional in form, also reflected his vision of a reshaped Church for the 21st century. Four of the...
Pope Gives Rebel Nigeria Priests Ultimatum Over Bishop
Pope Francis has given church officials in southern Nigeria a 30-day ultimatum to obey him by accepting the nomination of a bishop -- or face being suspended from office. During talks with a Catholic...
Kofi Annan, Patrick Awuah Among 100 Most Reputable People
Ghana’s Kofi Annan (a former UN Secretary General) and founder of the Ashesi University, Patrick Awuah, have been named among the 100 most reputable people on earth for the year 2017. South African...
Saudi King Earns More Retweets Than Trump, Study Says
Donald Trump may be lighting up Twitter with strange new words and attacks on allies but in the battle for most attention per tweet the US president is losing. The world leader whose original tweets...
Deadly! Fishermen Resort To Illegal Fishing Methods Just As Their Chinese Counterparts
Some fisher folks in Western Region have vowed not to give up light fishing and the use of dynamite and other illegal fishing practices. They insist fishing is their livelihood and whoever wants...