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9:12am, 13th May, 2019

And then there was light: Cardinal breaks law to restore power for homeless

A close aide to Pope Francis has drawn the ire of Italy's anti-immigrant Interior Minister Matteo Salvini by climbing down a manhole to restore electricity to hundreds of homeless people living in an occupied building.

Australian media charges over Cardinal Pell trial 'chilling' for open justice: lawyer

10:34pm, 14th April, 2019

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Australian media charges over Cardinal Pell trial 'chilling' for open justice: lawyer

Charges against dozens of journalists and publishers in Australia over the reporting of Cardinal George Pell's child sex abuse conviction will have a chilling effect on future news reporting if they are found guilty of breaching a suppression or...

Cardinal Pell: From Vatican apartment to Australian prison cell

1:59am, 13th March, 2019

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Cardinal Pell: From Vatican apartment to Australian prison cell

For two decades, George Pell was the dominant figure in the Catholic Church in Australia - a boy from a gold mining town whose ambition, intellect and knack for befriending influential people propelled him to become the third-most senior official in...

Australia's Cardinal Pell sued for alleged child abuse in 1970s

9:34pm, 6th March, 2019

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Australia's Cardinal Pell sued for alleged child abuse in 1970s

Australia's Cardinal George Pell, in jail awaiting sentencing on five child sex offences, is being sued in the Supreme Court of Victoria for another alleged child abuse offense.

Former U.S. Cardinal McCarrick defrocked for sex crimes

10:41am, 16th February, 2019

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Former U.S. Cardinal McCarrick defrocked for sex crimes

Former U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has been expelled from the Roman Catholic priesthood after he was found guilty of sexual crimes against minors and adults, the Vatican said on Saturday.

Sacked cardinal issues manifesto in thinly veiled attack on pope

1:17pm, 9th February, 2019

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Sacked cardinal issues manifesto in thinly veiled attack on pope

A cardinal who was sacked from a senior Vatican post by Pope Francis has written his own "Manifesto of Faith," in the latest attack on the pontiff's authority by a leading member of the Church's conservative wing.

Vatican to rule next week on defrocking of disgraced U.S. cardinal: sources

10:33am, 8th February, 2019

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Vatican to rule next week on defrocking of disgraced U.S. cardinal: sources

Vatican officials will meet next week to decide the fate of disgraced former U.S. cardinal Theodore McCarrick over allegations of sexual abuse, Vatican sources said on Friday.

Top Vatican cardinal accuses papal critic of 'calumny and defamation'

4:57am, 7th October, 2018

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Top Vatican cardinal accuses papal critic of 'calumny and defamation'

A top Vatican official on Sunday issued a scathing open letter accusing an archbishop who launched an unprecedented attack on Pope Francis of mounting a "political frame job devoid of real foundation".

Leading Asian cardinal calls for Vatican foreign minister to resign over China dealings

12:15pm, 20th September, 2018

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Leading Asian cardinal calls for Vatican foreign minister to resign over China dealings

A Hong Kong cardinal who has spearheaded opposition to the Vatican's rapprochement with China called on Thursday for the Pope's secretary of state to step down, saying any deal with Beijing would amount to a betrayal of the Catholic faith.

Cardinal Wuerl's name taken off Pittsburgh school due to scandal

11:20am, 22nd August, 2018

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Cardinal Wuerl's name taken off Pittsburgh school due to scandal

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh on Wednesday said it had removed Cardinal Donald Wuerl's name from a high school after a grand jury report on sex abuse in the Church found he reassigned some priests who had been accused of abusing child...

U.S. cardinal steps down amid mushrooming sex abuse scandal

9:01am, 28th July, 2018

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U.S. cardinal steps down amid mushrooming sex abuse scandal

Pope Francis on Saturday accepted the resignation of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, one of the U.S. Catholic Church's most prominent figures who has been at the center of a widening sexual abuse scandal.

Pope accepts McCarrick resignation as cardinal following sex abuse scandal

6:53am, 28th July, 2018

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Pope accepts McCarrick resignation as cardinal following sex abuse scandal

Pope Francis on Saturday accepted the resignation as a cardinal of Theodore McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington, D.C. and one of the U.S. Catholic Church's most prominent figures, who has been at the center of allegations of sex abuse...