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In state after state, the Catholic Church has fought a rearguard action to shield itself from lawsuits by adults abused as children at the hands of priests who were protected from repercussions by the church hierarchy over the course of decades. That...

Homosexuality in the priesthood “worries” Pope Francis. This he made clear in a book excerpt published this month by the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, immediately igniting confusion in the Catholic Church, including among the gay laity. As a...

The only thing that can save the Roman Catholic Church in America is the truth, and the truth is going to hurt. This is the choice facing the ecclesial establishment, which must decide either to release its vast records related to clergy sexual abuse...

Last summer, the Right Reverend Wieslaw Spiewak learnt of important relics on their way to North America and had the grand idea of bringing them here. They were the remains of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, a Roman Catholic priest said to have carried the...

The crisis of the Catholic Church is not a matter for Catholics only. Love it or hate it — or anywhere in between — this is one of the most important, influential institutions in world history, with boots on the ground in every corner of the world. I...

George Alayon remembers fondly participating in the religious tradition Flores de Mayo, while growing up in Davao, a province in the southern part of The Philippines. As a young boy he would join with the rest of the children in his home town to gat...

The pledge by the island’s Catholic Church to tackle racism has won praise from a government MP. Rolfe Commissiong, a Progressive Labour Party backbencher, said other institutions should take the same approach to “continue this process of healing”. ...

An anti-racism charity has backed a campaign by the Catholic Church to address racial prejudice. Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda said yesterday it “welcomes and applauds” the Church’s anti-racism initiative set to start next month. A spokeswom...

The island’s Catholic congregation is a reflection of failure to overcome the racial divide, the leader of the Church in Bermuda said yesterday. The Right Reverend Wesley Spiewak, Catholic Bishop of Bermuda, said the low number of black Catholic Ber...

At 13, Noah Brady-Soares whispered a prayer to God for strength. His older sister, Ashlee Brady-Kelly, was a patient at Boston’s Children’s Hospital. Born with cerebral palsy, she also had hydrocephalus, a condition where fluid accumulates in the br...

The Roman Catholic Church Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda will host its final session on environmental issues tomorrow. A spokeswoman said: “As parishioners for the Roman Catholic Churches of Bermuda, interested in saving God’s creation by taking bet...

Claudette Fleming will be awarded a Peace and Social Justice Award for her work supporting seniors. Dr Fleming, the executive director of Age Concern, will be presented with the honour by the Roman Catholic Church of Bermuda tomorrow evening. She is ...