15

Aug

Police raid Chilean Episcopal conference over alleged rapes and sexual abuse by Marist congregation

AP: Police raided the Chilean Episcopal Conference on Tuesday in a case over alleged rapes and sexual abuse committed by members of the Marist Congregation, prosecutor Raúl Guzmán said. Guzmán and…

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15

Aug

Wednesday Morning Briefing

Good morning, The news around the world, including Malta are dominated with the tragedy that took place on Tuesday in Genoa, Italy. Earlier, the last news cycle started off with…

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15

Aug

Report reveals child sexual abuse cases which bishops covered up in Pennsylvania for 70 years

The New York Times reports that bishops and other leaders of the Roman Catholic Church in Pennsylvania covered up child sexual abuse by hundreds of priests over a period of 70…

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04

Aug

Chilean Catholic bishops apologise for failing victims of sexual abuse, will work with prosecutors.

AFP reports that Chilean Catholic bishops apologised on Friday for having "failed" victims of sexual abuse and promised to work with prosecutors to prevent a repeat of the crimes dating back…

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30

Jul

Pope Francis accepts resignation of Australian Archbishop Philip Wilson after being convicted of covering up sex abuse

CNN: Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of the Australian Archbishop Philip Wilson of Adelaide, the highest ranking Catholic official ever to be convicted of covering up sex abuse. The Vatican made…

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28

Jul

Encouraged by the #MeToo, nuns express their stories of pain and abuse

CBC/AP: Revelations that a prominent U.S. cardinal sexually abused and harassed his adult seminarians have exposed an egregious abuse of power that has shocked Catholics on both sides of the Atlantic.…

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24

Jun

Iraqi Sister who fled Islamic State is denied entry to Britain for the second time

The Catholic Herald : An Iraqi Sister who was forced to flee Islamic State in 2014 has been denied entry to Britain for a second time. Sister Ban Madleen previously applied…

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21

Jun

Pope Francis meeting the world’s largest ecumenical community of Protestant and Orthodox churches

  Vatican City (AFP) - Pope Francis will seek deeper relations between the Catholic Church and other Christian faiths on Thursday while meeting the world's largest ecumenical community of Protestant…

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01

Jun

Morning Briefing – 1st June ’18

Good morning, Unfortunately today’s morning briefing starts on a sad note as all media portals in Malta report the news of a male cyclist who was killed after he was…

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01

Jun

Pope Francis denounces culture of abuse and coverup in the Catholic Church

The Guardian reports that through comments made in a pastoral letter to the Chilean faithful on the eve of another weekend he will spend listening to victims of Chile's 'most…

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26

May

German churches intervened in almost 500 deportation of asylum seekers in Q1 2018

Deutsche Welle reports that German churches intervened in 498 deportations of asylum seekers who they believed required reconsideration, in the first quarter of 2018 in line with a 2015 law. According…

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