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Catholic 'fashion' items to be displayed in New York

TheVaticanwilllendaround40ecclesiasticalworkstotheMetropolitanMuseumofArtinNewYorkforanexhibitionfocusingontheCatholicreligion'simpactonfashion,organiserssaidon

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Australia's Catholic Church paid $213 million in abuse compensation, costs

Australia's Catholic Church has paid A$276 million ($213 million) in compensation to thousands of child abuse victims since 1980, a government inquiry heard on Thursday -- the first time the total compensation paid by the church's schools, orphanages and residences has been revealed.

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Seven per cent of Australian Catholic priests since 1950 have been accused of abuse

Seven per cent of priests in Australia’s Catholic Church were accused of sexually abusing children over the past several decades, a lawyer said on Monday as officials investigating institutional abuse across Australia revealed for the first time the extent of the crisis.

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Australia: 7% of Catholic priests abused children, commission finds

After years of investigations and hearings, the sheer scale of child sexual abuse within the Australian Catholic Church has been revealed.

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Knights of Malta row with Vatican over condom programme

A row has broken out between the Vatican and the Knights of Malta, an ancient Catholic order, after a top official was sacked over a contraception scandal.

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China hopes for better Vatican ties

Religious affairs official says dialogue can lessen divisions, but certain conditions must be met

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Philippine Catholic leaders condemn Duterte's plan for daily executions

​Philippine Catholic leaders and rights groups on Monday condemned as "barbaric" President Rodrigo Duterte's plan to restore the death penalty and execute "five or six" criminals daily.

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Chinese Catholics split over cardinal's article about China-Vatican negotiations

After decades of waiting and negotiations, a top Roman Catholic Church leader has publicly announced that the long-running Sino-Vatican dialogue has finally made some progress on critical issues that have held ties back.