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Reuters - Hiding behind a culture of "omerta" -- the Italian word for the Mafia's code of silence -- would be deadly for the Catholic Church, the Vatican's top official for dealing with sexual abuse of minors by clergy said Wednesday.
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An advocate for the prevention of child abuse said at a conference that the church should listen to victims rather than focus their attention on priests accused of wrongdoing.
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ALBANY — Church groups are staring down eviction from city schools after Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver spiked a Senate bill to let them stay — instead starting work on his own rescue plan. NEW YORK DAILY NEWS ALBANY — Church groups are staring down eviction from...(more)
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The Obama administration's decision requiring church-affiliated employers to cover birth control was bound to cause an uproar among Roman Catholics and members of other faiths, no matter their beliefs on contraception....
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Anglican women clergy are to rally in Westminster later at a march supporting plans to introduce women bishops.
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Bishop of Salisbury's remarks are further evidence of divisions in the church hierarchy as General Synod opens in LondonThe Church of England is failing gay Christian couples and must rethink the traditional, biblical portrayal of homosexuality as "idolatrous, promiscuous and exploitative", according to one bishop.In remarks...(more)
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When Rabbi Shea Harlig took in the packed room at a special evening caucus for Republicans who observe a Saturday sabbath, he couldn't believe his eyes.
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - In the latest twist of a messy internal conflict shaking the Vatican, four clerics in the office that manages the tiny city-state Saturday rejected charges of corruption, mismanagement and greed levelled by a former deputy governor.
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Reuters - The Roman Catholic Church has sometimes been in denial over the sexual abuse of children by clergy but must now move forward to face up to the scandal, the Vatican's top official for the issue said on Friday.
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AP - An Irish woman who was raped as a teen by a priest says some fellow survivors of clergy sex abuse are questioning the motives behind an upcoming Vatican-backed symposium.
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The Rt Rev Richard Chartres was responding to demands from clergy on the right to hold ceremonies on their premisesThe bishop of London has rejected calls for civil partnerships to be registered in the capital's churches, citing unity and the age of austerity as more pressing...(more)
