Italian bishop granted early retirement after begging to return to missionary work
April 24, 2017
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Bishop Gianfranco Todisco asked to be sent ‘to the farthest, most disadvantaged’ diocese
US priest’s home raided by police on St Patrick’s Day in Mexico
March 21, 2017
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Fr Robert Coogan alleges officers tried to plant drugs during the raid
Cardinal Connell of Dublin dies at 90
February 21, 2017
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Cardinal Connell spent 16 years leading the Archdiocese of Dublin
Auxiliary bishop punched during Mass says he’s doing well
January 31, 2017
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Fr Manuel Cruz was punched in the mouth at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark
Bishops to speak against death penalty for man accused of killing priest
January 31, 2017
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Fr Rene Robert, from Florida, was murdered in April
Man punches auxiliary bishop during Mass at US church
January 30, 2017
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The Mass was being celebrated in honour of baseball Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente
Opus Dei prepare for process to choose new prelate
January 18, 2017
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The three-step process will begin on January 21
Mexico’s bishops call for search for missing priest
January 11, 2017
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The priest has been missing from Coahuila state, an area renowned for cartel violence, for a week
Priest jailed for smuggling arms to Palestinian militants dies aged 94
January 3, 2017
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Monsignor Hilarion Capucci had a history of activism linked to Middle East conflicts
Two priests in Argentina arrested over alleged abuse of at least 22 children at school for the deaf
December 6, 2016
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Police arrested Fr Nicola Corradi, 82, Fr Horacio Corbacho, 55, and three other men last week
Iraqi Catholics return to church ransacked by ISIS
November 14, 2016
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A tomb had been desecrated and statue of the Virgin Mary was decapitated at the St Addai Chaldean Catholic church
Two suspects killed Mexican priest after ‘falling out’, prosecutor claims
October 4, 2016
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The chief prosecutor for Michoacan said Fr Jose Alfredo Lopez Guillen was killed after meeting with the men at his residence