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Goa protests: Why is an ex-RSS chief demanding to DNA test the body of a 450-year-old sacred saint?
Former RSS chief Subhash Velingkar's demand for a DNA test on St. Francis Xavier's relics has spark…
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A Catholic 'priest' has been defrocked for being AI
An AI chatbot for a Catholic group claimed to be a real priest and said baptism in Gatorade was OK.…
Katie Notopoulos
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Pope Francis ousted a Texas bishop, signaling he may finally be done with ultraconservative US Catholics
Pope Francis and Texas Bishop Joseph Strickland clashed over issues of same-sex couples and the ord…
Katie Balevic
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Sabrina Carpenter says it was OK to film her horror-inspired video in a Catholic church because Jesus was a carpenter
Following the release of Sabrina Carpenter's video, a pastor in Brooklyn was stripped of his admini…
Amanda Goh
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An investigation into a sex party in the Catholic church where a participant overdosed seems to have forced a bishop to resign
The Pope accepted a bishop's resignation following a police investigation into reports a priest hos…
Joshua Zitser
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Greta Gerwig's Catholic school upbringing heavily inspired a few scenes in the 'Barbie' movie
"I think I always go back to those older story forms because I went to Catholic school and I resona…
Amanda Goh
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Sinéad O'Connor, who famously tore up a picture of the Pope, was ordained in a niche Catholic Church sect and later converted to Islam
O'Connor, whose death at 56 was announced Wednesday, was deeply religious in the years before her d…
Sebastian Cahill
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Catholic church topless 'slut' protester wins human rights case
Eloise Bouton, an ex-member of the Femen group, held beef liver to represent an aborted baby Jesus …
Bethany Dawson
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Graphic photos show Catholic faithfuls in the Philippines reenacting the crucifixion of Jesus and enduring being nailed to cross on Good Friday
The crucifixion tradition is back for the first time in three years since the COVID-19 pandemic. Th…
Isobel van Hagen
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A Massachusetts middle school lost its Catholic status after a dispute with the bishop over pride flags at school
"The flying of these flags in front of a Catholic school sends a mixed, confusing and scandalous me…
Katie Balevic
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Texas Archbishop has become a gun control advocate after Uvalde: 'We're supposed to promote life'
Following the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Archbishop García-Siller began giving se…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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In Philly, union members say they don't care about Biden's age: 'I never heard someone who is Catholic say the pope is too old'
Union members told Insider that questions over President Joe Biden's age are a distraction from his…
Charles R. Davis
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Catholic liberal arts college in Virginia courts backlash after cutting several majors, including religious studies, English, and math
The decision from Marymount University to remove majors from its program prompted backlash from stu…
Hannah Getahun,Erin Snodgrass
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188 clergy suspected of committing child sex abuse in Kansas Catholic dioceses since 1950, attorney general says
A new report from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation says it suspected at least 188 clergy members …
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Sinéad O'Connor became both an icon and and an industry outcast after her protest against the Catholic Church. Here are 5 other times the singer stood up for what she believed in.
However, as The Smiths frontman Morrissey pointed out in his own tribute posted on his website, O'C…
Eve Crosbie
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Nancy Pelosi had Catholic priests perform an exorcism at her home after her husband was attacked, her daughter said
Then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had priests perform an exorcism after an assailant targeting her at…
Alia Shoaib
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A Catholic priest in Arizona resigned after discovering he'd incorrectly performed thousands of baptisms for over 20 years
According to the Diocese of Phoenix, the Rev. Andres Arango slightly altered the rite's wording, re…
Matthew Loh
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Ron DeSantis styles himself a culture warrior for God. But his push to expand the death penalty is 'deeply concerning' to the Catholic Church.
The Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops told Insider that the proposals to make it easier to imp…
Charles R. Davis
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Pelosi receives communion in the Vatican after San Francisco archbishop banned her over her support for abortion rights: report
Pelosi has doubled down on her support for abortion rights in the wake of the Supreme Court overtur…
Brent D. Griffiths
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Joe Rogan slams the Catholic Vatican as 'a country filled with pedophiles and stolen art'
Joe Rogan's attack on the Vatican came as Pope Francis visited Canada to "beg for forgiveness" for …