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Women's voices key to addressing clergy sexual abuse

"It's important to hear voices from women because there are so many that have not been heard yet," says journalist Pauline Guzik

29 die in stampede at Liberian prayer gathering

Local media said the event was a Christian prayer gathering on a football pitch in New Kru Town

Ex-pope Benedict under scrutiny in German child abuse probe

A report will analyze how abuse cases were dealt with in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising between 1945 and 2019

Polish diocese apologizes after claim altar server enjoyed rape

The diocese said that in 2017, after a diocesan court trial, the Vatican barred Father Wodniak from ministering

30 years after peace accords, Salvadoran grateful not to run for her life

The accords signed in January 1992 put an end to 12 years of civil war that left tens of thousands of civilians dead

Irish bishops condemn attitudes to women after teacher's murder

Thousands of people stood along the funeral route to express solidarity with Ashling Murphy's grieving family

Pray, carry emergency bag, advises Kenyan priest caught in terror attack

The 2019 attack was just yards from the Consolata Missionaries' regional house

Rescue workers search for survivors after deadly Afghanistan quake

At least 26 dead after the 5.3-magnitude shallow quake jolted the province of Badghis and wrecked houses

North Korea fires more suspected missiles, flouts sanctions

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff say North Korea fired two unidentified ballistic missile toward the East Sea

Spanish bishops vow to investigate sex abuse cases after meeting pope

Bishops assure Pope Francis that every diocese has established a commission that will investigate allegations

Ukrainian Catholic priests appeal for prayers and support

The clergy are uncertain how a widely expected Russian invasion could affect lives of Catholics in the Eastern European nation

Kazakhstan Catholics 'shocked' by January riots

The violence triggered by fuel price hikes has left 160 killed and more than 700 injured since Jan. 2

Tributes paid to Vietnam's leading Zen master

Buddhist master of mindfulness dies in Vietnam

St. Irenaeus is officially declared a doctor of the church

Court upholds ruling against Vatican bank ex-managers

Women's voices key to addressing clergy sexual abuse

Timor-Leste records spike in dengue fever cases