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Vatican’s anti-child abuse panel to issue first full report in 2024

Vatican’s anti-child abuse panel Title: Vatican’s anti-child abuse panel to issue first full report in 2024 Reporting: Alvise Armellini & Philip Pullella Editing: Andrew Cawthorne & David Gregorio Publisher: Reuters Date: 29OCT2022 VATICAN CITY, Oct 28 (Reuters) – The Vatican panel due to produce annual reports on child abuse prevention within the Catholic Church will

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New Zealand child abuse survivors call for intervention from Pope Francis

Pope Francis New Zealand Title: New Zealand child abuse survivors call for intervention from Pope Francis Author: Praveen Menon Publisher: Reuters Date: 13SEP2022 SYDNEY, Sept 13 (Reuters) – A New Zealand group representing survivors of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church has called on Pope Francis to intervene in the redress process, claiming that

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Exclusive: Pope Francis calls steps against clerical abuse irreversible, despite resistance

Exclusive Pope Francis Title: Exclusive: Pope Francis calls steps against clerical abuse irreversible, despite resistance Author: Philip Pullella Publisher: Reuters Date: 08JUL2022 Abuse crisis exploded in Boston in 2002 Pope introduced major legislation against abuse in 2019 Outside abuse expert says Church cannot police itself Critic says real ‘zero tolerance’ does not exist Pope gave

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Ex-Pope Benedict accused of failing to act in Munich Church abuse report

Pope Benedict Church Abuse Title: Ex-Pope Benedict accused of failing to act in Munich Church abuse report Author: Madeline Chambers Publisher: Reuters Date: 21JAN2022 Summary Report found 497 abuse victims between 1945 and 2019 Former Pope has denied wrongdoing as Archbishop of Munich Cardinal Marx offers apology to victims BERLIN, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Former

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Pope thanks journalists for helping expose Church sex scandals

Pope Thanks Journalists Title: Pope thanks journalists for helping expose Church sex scandals Author: Crispian Balmer, editing by Frances Kerry Publisher: Reuters Date: 14NOV2021 VATICAN CITY, Nov 13 (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Saturday thanked journalists for helping uncover the clerical sexual abuse scandals that the Roman Catholic Church initially tried to cover up. The

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France’s top bishop acknowledges that law takes precedence over confession secrecy

Secrecy of the Confession Title: France’s top bishop acknowledges that law takes precedence over confession secrecy Author: Reuters Staff (Reporting by Matthieu Protard; Editing by Giles Elgood) Publisher:  Reuters via Yahoo Date: 13OCT2021 PARIS (Reuters) – France’s top bishop said on Tuesday that the secrecy of the confession should not take precedence over French laws

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Pope’s anti-corruption decree for Vatican limits gifts to 40 euros

Pope Francis Anti-Corruption Decree Title: Pope’s anti-corruption decree for Vatican limits gifts to 40 euros Author: Philip Pullella Publisher: Reuters Date: 30APR2021 Pope Francis issued a new decree on Thursday mandating full economic disclosure and controls for Vatican managers, including cardinals, and stipulating that no one can accept personal gifts worth more than 40 euros

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Australian police say no criminal misconduct in Vatican funds transfer

AUSTRAC Pell Becciu Vatican Title: Australian police say no criminal misconduct in Vatican funds transfer Reporting: Renju Jose Editing: Himani Sarkar & Michael Perry Publisher: Reuters Date: 02FEB2021 SYDNEY (Reuters) -There was no evidence of criminal misconduct in the transfer of an estimated to A$9.5 million ($7.23 million) from the Vatican to Australia between 2014

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Vatican fund transfers to Aust a mystery

Mystery Vatican Funds Australia Title: Vatican fund transfers to Aust a mystery Author: Philip Pullella Publisher: AAP via Yahoo News website Date: 31DEC2020 The Vatican and the Australian Catholic Church have both denied knowledge of transfers worth $A2.35 billion which Australia’s financial watchdog says have been sent from Rome to Australia in the past seven years.

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