Call for Church sex abuse penance
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The Pope's personal preacher urges him to call for a "day of atonement" for child sex abuse by Catholic clergy.
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U.S. Catholic bishops are planning to appoint a nun to their lay review board on sexual abuse, a step that could undermine the watchdog panel's independence, several of its members charged this week.
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A committee overseeing a review of the child protection plan adopted by Roman Catholic bishops has recommended preserving a ban on church work for clerics who molest young people, according to a document the panel has sent to all U.S. bishops.
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The priest sex abuse scandal that  shook the U.S. Roman Catholic church to its foundations two  years ago could turn out to be a key issue as America's bishops  gather to choose new leaders this week.
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People who say they were sexually  abused by priests could receive more than $1.5 billion in  damages from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles --  more than any other U.S. diocese has paid to date, the Los  Angeles Times reported on Sunday.
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A Vatican preacher said on Friday in the presence of Pope Benedict that the Catholic Church should hold a worldwide day of fasting and penitence to ask forgiveness for its priestly sexual abuse scandals.
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Hundreds of priests in the Philadelphia Archdiocese were summoned by the cardinal Friday to hear from two adults who as children were molested by priests.
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BRISTOL, Tenn. - When scuffling sisters brought their family squabble into the Assemblies of Jesus Church, the preacher says the devil came, too. The Rev. Clarence June Love was just about to begin his Sunday service to a congregation of less than a dozen on Jan.
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Church of Ireland Primate Robin Eames tonight urged people to pray for hostage Annetta Flanigan while her local MP Seamus Mallon called for her safe release.
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Indian Muslim leaders and political parties have demanded an apology from Pope Benedict XVI for his remarks implicitly linking violence and Islam.
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The worldwide Anglican Communion, facing fracture over the Episcopal Church USAâs ordination of a gay bishop and a Canadian dioceseâs blessing of gay unions, called Monday for both to show regret and declare a moratorium on similar actions in the
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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict's personal preacher yesterday urged the pope to call a worldwide day of fasting and penitence to ask forgiveness for the clergy sexual abuse scandals.
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The ongoing sexual-abuse crisis. Dioceses declaring bankruptcy. What to do with Catholic politicians who don&#39;t hold to church teachings.
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Jewish campaigners and Poland's president call for the Catholic Church to act against a controversial priest.
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VATICAN CITY, Dec. 15 -- Pope Benedict XVI's personal priest asked the pontiff on Friday to declare a day of fasting and penance to express the Roman Catholic Church's solidarity with the victims of clerical sex abuse.
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A long-awaited report into homosexuality within the Anglican community called for a US church to apologise for appointing an openly gay bishop and warned that a repeat could split the faith down the middle.
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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, yesterday pleaded with both sides in the war over homosexuality to repent for bringing the worldwide Church to the brink of schism.