The head of the Catholic Church acknowledged that Rome had been aware of the recently reported sexual violence perpetrated by the famous French priest at least since his death in 2007.
Catholic church says it will open its records on the once-revered Emmaรผs founder, who died in 2007Franceโs Catholic church has said it will open its records on allegations of sexual abuse and harassment made against a priest whose campaigning for the p…
The head of the Catholic Church landed on Tuesday in Jakarta, Indonesia, for a 12-day visit that will also take him to Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore.
Groups seeking the former presidentโs favor have highlighted pro-Russian Hungarian leaders and talking points.
Nicaragua on Monday (19 August) shuttered 1,500 NGOs, bringing to more than 5,000 the number of such entities scrapped in a crackdown on opponents by President Daniel Ortega.
Vatican-watchers are debating who might succeed Francis at the head of a Catholic Church rife with internal tensions
Apology follows anger among Catholics and other groups at opening ceremony segment that resembled biblical sceneParis 2024 organisers have apologised to Catholics and other Christian groups angered by a kitsch tableau in the Olympic Games opening cerem…
Donald Trumpโs pick for vice president made a 180-degree turn from fierce critic to bulldog surrogate for the former president.
Pope Francis denounced populist politics and what he called “the dross of ideology” on Sunday (7 July), warning that democracy was not in good shape in many parts of the world.
The ultra-conservative archbishop was found guilty of splitting with the Catholic church.
The ultra-conservative archbishop was found guilty of splitting with the Catholic church.
Trouble is brewing in the very regions that cradled the 16th-century Protestant Reformation.
We made our own group of the most outlandish MEPs coming to the new European Parliament.
Second posthumous miracle attributed to leukaemia victim Carlo Acutis, qualifying him for canonisationA London-born teenager who died of leukaemia aged 15 is to become the Catholic churchโs first millennial saint.Carlo Acutis was a computer prodigy who…
Attack on prime minister lifts lid on divided politics of โone of the most polarised countries in EuropeโOn Friday morning, Father Tomรกลก stood solemnly in the small Catholic church nestled near a park along the banks of the Danube River in Bratislava.H…
PM Andrej Plenkoviฤ confirms coalition agreement with Homeland Movement Thursday afternoon.
In October 2023, for the first time in the history of the Catholic Church, women were allowed to participate in and vote at the Synod of Bishops, a religious gathering that had previously been reserved only for bishops. The landmark event came amid ca…
Critics say “providing maternity support” is doublespeak for harassing women and denying them their rights.
EU and US officials have warned about potential attacks in recent months.
A committee recommended assisted dying for people with an incurable disease and just six months to live, or those with 12 months if they have a neurodegenerative condition.
President Emmanuel Macron on Monday faced criticism from French medical workers and the Catholic Church over a draft bill his government plans to present to parliament in May that would allow assisted dying for certain terminally-ill patients.
A decade-old video has recently resurfaced claiming to show the Pope revealing his secret agenda to control the world and chastising Christians for watching The Hobbit and Game of Thrones. The Cube takes a closer look.
UK Tories have been told that beards are a turnoff for voters.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Wednesday (24 January) his government will propose legislation to liberalise a near-total abortion ban and ease restrictions on the morning-after pill, which, if adopted, would dramatically reverse the previous ad…
I helped expose the grotesque hypocrisy of the Catholic church. But I owe so much to the nuns who formed meThe 1990s witnessed the collision of three tectonic plates that are still shaping the course of Irish history: the Celtic Tiger, the peace proces…
Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, is facing increasingly strong opposition inside the Vatican. The conservative clan of the Roman Curia โ the powerful governing body of the Holy See โ accuses him of a laxist vision of Catholic doctrine, p…
The Vatican on Monday approved blessings for same-sex couples, a hugely contested issue in the Catholic Church, as long as they are not in contexts related to civil unions or weddings.
The move marks another shift in the church’s stance on LGBTQ+ issues.
The former defense secretary criticized Benjamin Netanyahu.
Hanukkah candle sparks controversy in France.
A photograph of Pope Francis wearing a multicoloured cross has caused quite a controversy online with many believing this signals the Catholic Church is going back on its historic stance anti-LGBTQ+ stance. The Cube took a closer look at these claims.
In Belgium, a recent documentary on sexual abuse in the Catholic Churchย has caused shock and soul-searching, reigniting a debate about the way religion is funded in the country.ย Unlike in neighbouring France, the Belgian state finances officially reco…
The pope said both Israeli and Palestinian communities are suffering and called for peace.
Biden and Xi will probably skip it, but the summit will have Lula, the pope and King Charles. And yeah, Rishi Sunak.
The Roman Catholic Church says priests can baptise trans people so long as it does not cause “scandal”.
The country’s first in-depth public inquiry into abuse linked to the Catholic Church presents its findings.
Ombudsman says Catholic churchโs response to cases โinsufficientโ and calls for creation of a reparations fundMore than 200,000 minors are estimated to have been sexually abused in Spain by the Roman Catholic clergy since 1940, according to an independ…
Nicaraguan authorities on Tuesday (24 October) shuttered the local chapter of the Franciscan religious order as well as 16 NGOs, many with ties to Catholic and evangelical churches with which the government has been at loggerheads.
In a historic moment for the Catholic Church, women are to vote for the first time at the Synod of Bishops, later this month. Annette Young asks Kate McElwee, the executive director of the Women’s Ordination Conference, if we are moving closer to the …
Everything you need to know about the October 15 general election.
The country is so divided and dysfunctional after eight years of populist rule that it will be difficult to change much โ no matter who wins.
Pope Francis opens a major congress on the future of the Catholic Church Wednesday marked by tensions with conservatives on issues such as the treatment of divorcees and LGBTQ believers.
The pontiff says any request for such a blessing should be treated with “pastoral charity”.
Pope Francis on Saturday elevated 21 clergymen from distant corners of the world to the rank of cardinal, saying diversity was indipensable to the future of the Catholic Church.
Pope Francis, returning from a two-day trip to Marseille, called for the right not to migrate after the Angelus prayer on Sunday.
The pontiff’s comments come after a jump in arrivals of irregular migrants in Italy.
A report commissioned by Catholic Church uncovers nearly 1,000 cases dating back to the 1950s.
When it comes to reversing the continentโs sagging birth rate, governments are shooting blanks.
The war has made the Orthodox church a force for national unity. Where will it go from here?
Seen by many as highly political, itโs difficult to believe Pope Francis’ latest remarks were misjudged as far as he sees it.
But the ban on the Islamic clothing in schools enters tricky legal territory.
One of the biggest crowds ever seen in Portugal mobbed Pope Francis as he rode in an open vehicle to a rally where he told young Catholics from all over the world to beware the false happiness lurking in social media.
