Why trust in the clergy is plummeting
December 4, 2017
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And what we can do about it
Morning Catholic must-reads: 06/07/17
July 6, 2017
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Clergy in Middle East must be the ‘last among the least’, says Pope
June 25, 2017
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Francis urges priests and bishops to maintain ‘evangelical closeness’ to their flocks
Morning Catholic must-reads: 12/06/17
June 12, 2017
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Pope to seminarians: Using Church for personal ambition is a ‘plague’
April 4, 2017
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Pope Francis spoke to faculty, staff and alumni of the Pontifical Spanish College of St Joseph in Rome
I don’t see things changing on married priests, says Cardinal Nichols
March 13, 2017
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Pope Francis’s comments show that ‘he’s got a spirit that’s open to God’
Royal commission: Seven per cent of Australian Catholic priests accused of abuse
February 6, 2017
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The statistics were released during the opening of a hearing of Australia’s Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
Pope Francis concerned by ‘haemorrhage’ of priests and nuns from Church
January 30, 2017
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The Pontiff told participants at a Vatican event on religious life that the loss of clergy is weakening the Church
Leonardo Boff: ‘Pope Francis may soon allow Brazil to have married priests’
January 3, 2017
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The Liberation Theologian said the Pope wants to fulfil a request made by Brazil’s bishops
Pope Francis criticises self-righteous clerics
December 14, 2016
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The Pope said there is a ‘spirit of clericalism’ in those priests who ‘feel superior and distance themselves from the people’
Pope extends priests’ special permission to absolve ‘grave sin’ of abortion
November 21, 2016
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The Pope also extended his decree that allows SSPX priests to hear valid confessions
Priest abducted in Mexico found alive but with ‘notable signs of torture’
November 14, 2016
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Fr Jose Luis Sanchez Ruiz was the third priest abducted in Veracruz since September – the other two were killed