China, Myanmar and others criticised in report on rising religious persecution
PHILLIP PULLELLA VIOLATIONS of religious freedom are increasing and persecution takes place in more than 25 countries, with China and
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Why domestic abuse is such a difficult subject for churches
CHURCHES can be a refuge for women fleeing domestic abuse. But sometimes they can help perpetuate abuse by failing to
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Cut the debt of poor countries, Pope tells IMF, World Bank
POPE Francis has told world financial chiefs that poor countries hit by the economic impact of the coronavirus need to
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Seek post-COVID renewal, Holy Land archbishop urges on Easter Sunday
DAN WILLIAMS WITH Jerusalem emerging from COVID-19 curbs and the faithful flocking there again, Easter Sunday brought a message of
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Children take centre stage at pope’s scaled-back Good Friday service
PHILLIP PULLELLA POPE Francis has presided at a scaled-back “Way of the Cross” service held in an empty St. Peter’s
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Why parts of Good Friday worship have been controversial
These are the solemn orations and the veneration of the cross. Prayer and anti-Semitism The solemn orations are formal prayers
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A drone’s eye view of the Holy Land as Christians look to Easter
STEPHEN FARRELL SEEN from the air, the fragility of humanity as it must have been in the Holy Land in
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Pope, using Shakespeare, makes climate change appeal
PHILLIP PULLELLA Pope Francis adapted Shakespeare’s famous Hamlet quote in an appeal to people not to remain blind to the
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Pope, on Palm Sunday, says devil taking advantage of pandemic
PHILLIP PULLELLA POPE Francis led Palm Sunday services in an almost empty St. Peter’s Basilica because of coronavirus restrictions for
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Pope orders salary cuts for cardinals, clerics, to save jobs of employees
PHILLIP PULLELLA POPE Francis has ordered cardinals to take a 10% pay cut and reduced the salaries of most other
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