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Cardinal Pell's appeal verdict due but may not be final word

by Rod McGuirk
August 20, 2019

(AP) — Three judges could acquit he 78-year-old former Vatican finance minister, order a retrial or they could reject his appeal.

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It's been a week since the New Zealand attack. Our leaders have a choice to make.

by Shaun Kennedy
March 22, 2019

(RNS) — I grew up in parallel with the Christchurch shooter, but our lives diverged because of the choices we made.

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Cardinal Pell sent to prison for abusing 2 boys in Australia

by Rod McGuirk
March 13, 2019

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Sentencing the most senior Catholic clergyman to be convicted of child sex abuse, the judge said Pell showed 'staggering arrogance.'

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Most senior Catholic charged with child sex abuse convicted in Australia

by Rod McGuirk
February 25, 2019

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Cardinal George Pell, the Vatican's economy minister, faces a potential maximum 50-year prison term after a sentencing hearing that begins Wednesday.

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US not alone in grappling with Catholic sex abuse, cover-up

by Nicole Winfield
August 22, 2018

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cases of Catholic priests raping and molesting children, and of bishops covering up for them, have erupted on nearly every continent in recent years.

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Australian's Parliament speech on 'final solution' condemned

by Yonat Shimron
August 15, 2018

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Fraser Anning called for a complete ban on Muslim immigration and linked Muslim communities to terrorism and being on welfare programs.

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Australia bishop to appeal conviction for protecting pedophile

by Rod McGuirk
July 4, 2018

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The most senior Roman Catholic cleric to be convicted of covering up child sex abuse said Wednesday that he would appeal the verdict and resist public pressure to resign as archbishop of an Australian city.

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Australian bishop sentenced to year's detention for cover-up

by Rod McGuirk
July 3, 2018

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — It's a landmark case welcomed by some abuse survivors as a strong warning to institutions that fail to protect children.

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At last, bad news is good news in the Catholic sex abuse scandal

by Thomas Reese
June 28, 2018

(RNS) — The truly bad news of the scandal, of course, has been the horrible abuse of children and the negative effects of the abuse will be with them for the rest of their lives. The good news is that perpetrators have been caught and exposed. Accusations are being investigated and the guilty are being punished.

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Australian archbishop convicted of child sex abuse cover-up

by Paul O'Donnell
May 22, 2018

An Australian archbishop on Tuesday became the most senior Roman Catholic cleric in the world convicted of covering up child sex abuse and faces a potential two years in prison.

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Abandoning celibacy won’t stop sexual abuse by priests

by Thomas Reese
December 19, 2017

(RNS) — We know for a fact that noncelibate men, including married men, also abuse children.

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Australian probe into child abuse attacks Catholic celibacy

by Rod McGuirk
December 15, 2017

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian inquiry into child abuse recommended that the Catholic Church lift its demand of celibacy from clergy and that priests be prosecuted for failing to report evidence of pedophilia heard in the confessional.

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Australian Parliament allows same-sex marriages

by Jerome Socolovsky
December 7, 2017

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Amendments meant to safeguard freedoms of speech and religion for gay-marriage opponents were all rejected, though those issues may be considered later.

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Australian ad promotes lamb as fit for the gods, offending some Hindus

by Kimberly Winston
September 11, 2017

(RNS) — India has filed a complaint against an Australian ad showing a pantheon of gods, including the Hindu deity Ganesh, promoting lamb as "the meat we can all eat." The problem — Ganesh, being Hindu, is a vegetarian.

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Anti-Muslim Australian senator wears burqa in Parliament

by Rod McGuirk
August 17, 2017

(AP) — 'To ridicule that community, to drive it into a corner, to mock its religious garments is an appalling thing to do and I would ask you to reflect on what you have done,' said Attorney General George Brandis to the senator who donned the burqa.

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