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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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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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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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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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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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Baltimore's Catholic Church covered up the sexual abuse of more than 600 kids over 6 decades. A single parish employed 12 accused priests: state AG report
Baltimore Archbishop said the "shocking" report was a reminder of the "tremendous harm" caused to c…
Katie Balevic
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Burnt-out Catholic exorcists complain they face long lines of 'possessed' people, and little support from bishops
At a conference held by a Vatican-approved religious university, Italian exorcists said they are ov…
Joshua Zitser
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene just slammed the US Catholic Church's leadership in a 700-word statement, calling them 'monsters' who are 'controlled by Satan'
"America's Catholic bishops are some of the worst in the world," said Greene in a statement demandi…
Matthew Loh
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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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Pope Francis is gearing up for the first millennial saint, a web developer known as 'God's influencer'
Carlo Acutis, a teenage website developer, was attributed a second miracle by Pope Francis, advanci…
Joshua Zitser
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Pope Francis apologized and said he feels 'shame' over the abuse of Indigenous people in Canada at schools run by the Catholic Church
The apology marked a reversal from last year when Pope Francis did not apologize after thousands of…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Pope Francis thanked journalists for not allowing the Church to 'sweep' sexual abuse scandals 'under the carpet'
The pope said it was journalists' "mission" to leave their newsrooms to report on the world and exp…
Connor Perrett
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Former Pope Benedict asks forgiveness for the mishandling of child sex abuse cases, but does not admit wrongdoing
Pope Benedict's comments came after a report commissioned by the German Catholic Church investigate…
Jake Epstein
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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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Bishop stripped of his powers after resigning from church to marry 'Satanic-erotic' novelist
Spain's Episcopal Conference announced that Bishop Xavier Novell Gomà has been stripped of his powe…
Bethany Dawson
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Catholic priests performed a 'difficult exorcism' lasting 9 hours after a young woman suddenly began convulsing and blaspheming during confession, reports say
The woman fell into a deep sleep after the exorcism performed at the St Mary of Mount Berico church…