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Pope adviser blasts pro-crucifix bill in Italy: ‘Hands off!’

Jul 26, 2018
Simone Somekh

A cross is silhouetted against a stained glass window inside a Catholic Church in New Orleans on Dec. 1, 2012. (Credit: Gerald Herbert/AP.)

Judge allows clergy abuse claimants to sue for parish assets in Vermont Catholic bankruptcy case

Aug 5
Kevin O'Connor/ VTDigger,
Associated Press

EU holds ‘constructive’ emergency meeting over Ceuta crisis as Spain’s bishops left reeling

Aug 4
Fionn Shiner

Runaway online rumors sparked frantic rush by migrants to the Spanish territory of Ceuta

Aug 4
Akram Oubachir

Premium article: Interview: Cardinal Kikuchi sharply critical of Japanese rearmament

Aug 4
Nirmala Carvalho

Premium article: Interview: Cardinal Kikuchi sharply critical of Japanese rearmament

Aug 4
Nirmala Carvalho

EU holds ‘constructive’ emergency meeting over Ceuta crisis as Spain’s bishops left reeling

Aug 4
Fionn Shiner

Christians in West Bengal face new round of intimidation, threats

Aug 3
Nirmala Carvalho

Andy Burnham gestures, surrounded by supporters at the Stubshaw Cross Community and Sports Club as voting is underway in the Makerfield by-election, in Ashton-in-Makerfield, England, June 18, 2026. (Credit: Peter Byrne/PA via AP.)

Premium article: British leader not opposed to assisted suicide in principle, says chaplain to UK parliament

Aug 3
Fionn Shiner

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Judge allows clergy abuse claimants to sue for parish assets in Vermont Catholic bankruptcy case