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Sacked care home worker’s vaccine beliefs were religious, employment judge rules

A care worker who was dismissed because she refused to have a coronavirus vaccine can argue that her reasons were religious, an employment judge has ruled. Patrycja Wierowska worked as a carer for HC-One care homes until she was fired on April 28, ...

19 Aug 2022 at 12:07

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Climate protesters target the Vatican’s Laocoon statue

Italian environmental activists have staged a second museum protest in as many months, gluing their hands to the base of one of the Vatican Museums’ most important ancient sculptures, the Laocoon. The statue was not damaged, said the ...

18 Aug 2022 at 20:58

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Pope to begin ‘penitential pilgrimage’ in Canada to apologise to Native peoples

The Pope’s trip to Canada to apologise for the horrors of church-run Indigenous residential schools marks a radical rethink of the Catholic Church’s missionary legacy, spurred on by the first pontiff from the Americas and the ...

23 Jul 2022 at 10:53

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‘You can change the pope’: Francis says he must slow down or consider retiring

Pope Francis has acknowledged he can no longer travel like he used to because of his strained knee ligaments, saying his week-long Canadian pilgrimage was “a bit of a test” that showed he needs to slow down and one day ...

30 Jul 2022 at 10:44

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Pope criticises ‘unjust’ Catholic missionaries at end of Canada trip

Pope Francis has criticised the Catholic missionaries who “supported oppressive and unjust policies” against Indigenous peoples in Canada. The pontiff vowed to pursue truth and healing as he wrapped up his pilgrimage ...

29 Jul 2022 at 18:50

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From broadcaster to the priesthood - Shaun Doherty’s unique journey

While every priest has a unique vocation that is specific to him alone, there are common signs and indications that are shared by most men who are called to serve at the altar. To hear the news that former Highland ...

13 Apr 2022 at 22:33

World

Ukrainian mayor attends Vatican Easter vigil

Pope Francis has called for “gestures of peace in these days marked by the horror of war” in an Easter vigil homily in St Peter’s Basilica attended by the mayor of the occupied Ukrainian city of Melitopol. The ...

16 Apr 2022 at 22:25

World

Pope calls for end to bombings in Ukraine ‘before cities reduced to cemeteries’

Pope Francis has decried the “barbarianism” of the killing of children and other defenceless civilians in Ukraine and pleaded for a stop to the attacks “before cities are reduced to cemeteries”. In some of ...

13 Mar 2022 at 13:55

World

Argentinian bishop jailed for abuse after initially being defended by Pope

An Argentinian court sentenced a Roman Catholic bishop to four and a half years in prison for sexual abuse of two former seminarians in a major blow to Pope Francis, who had defended Gustavo Zanchetta ...

04 Mar 2022 at 17:25

World

Pope condemns ‘repugnant and cruel’ war in Ukraine

Pope Francis has denounced Russia’s “repugnant war” against Ukraine as “cruel and sacrilegious inhumanity”. In some of his strongest words yet since Russia’s invasion began on February 24, Francis ...

20 Mar 2022 at 13:25

World

Pope names 21 new cardinals

Pope Francis said on Sunday that he will elevate 21 churchmen to the rank of cardinal in a ceremony at the Vatican this summer. Among the churchmen tapped by the pontiff to receive the ...

29 May 2022 at 13:02

World

Pope Francis fuels speculation on future

Pope Francis added fuel to rumours about the future of his pontificate by announcing that he is to visit the central Italian city of L’Aquila in August for a feast initiated by Pope ...

05 Jun 2022 at 09:48

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