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Despite reforms, victims say church’s in-house processes to handle sex abuse cases retraumatizes

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Five years ago this week, Pope Francis convened an unprecedented summit of bishops from around the world to impress on them

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Why having human remains land on the Moon poses difficult questions for members of several religions

(The Conversation) — Sending human remains to the Moon on the first commercial lunar lander, Peregrine 1, on Jan. 8, 2024, along with scientific instruments,

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Biden sanctions aim to curb Jewish settler attacks. Some Israelis fear a wider impact.

JERUSALEM (RNS) — Attacks by Jewish settlers on Palestinians in the West Bank have continued despite sanctions that President Biden introduced on Feb. 1 against

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The keeper of the Vatican’s secrets is retiring. Here’s what he wants you to know

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has been trying for years to debunk the idea that its vaunted secret archives are all that secret: It

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Documentary about the murders of 3 Muslims explores religious hatred

DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — Nine years ago this month, three Muslim students of Middle Eastern descent were having dinner in a condo development in Chapel

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Here’s why many Argentinians are devoted to a first lady who died in 1952

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Early every morning, just as she reaches her workplace at a labor union in Buenos Aires, Ángeles Celerier heads to

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New York Archdiocese denounces transgender activist’s funeral, holds Mass of Reparation

(AP) —The funeral of a renowned transgender activist in a New York cathedral elicited a denunciation of the event by a senior church official, who

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Greece just legalized same-sex marriage. Will other Orthodox countries join them any time soon?

Greece has become the first majority-Orthodox Christian nation to legalize same-sex marriage under civil law. At least for the near future, it will almost certainly

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Catholic bishops in Mexico say they negotiated for possible peace accord with drug cartel leaders

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Four Roman Catholic bishops met with Mexican drug cartel bosses in a bid to negotiate a possible peace accord, one of

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Turkey will stop sending imams to German mosques – here’s why this matters

(The Conversation) — For decades, the Turkish government has sent imams to work in mosques across Germany. But the German Ministry of the Interior recently