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Thou shalt not troll! Roman Catholic Priests are warned by their leaders about social media after a Cardinal was criticised by child sexual abuse inquiry By Steve Doughty Social Affairs Correspondent For The Daily Mail Published: 00:56 GMT, 28 November 2020 | Updated: 02:09 GMT, 28 November 2020 Roman Catholic priests have been warned by their … Read more
The Pope mingles with the crowd and kisses newly-ordained priest’s hand – all while not wearing a face mask – at Vatican event Pontiff has gone without mask at the first Wednesday general audiences since they resumed on September 2 The 83-year-old today kissed one of his brethren on the hand, chatted intimately with newlywed … Read more
A judge has ordered that the £5m estate of paedophile priest Michael Studdert, who died in 2017, should be used to provide support for his potential victims A paedophile priest’s almost £5 million estate – most of which he left to a charity he set up to support families of clergy of the Church of … Read more
Builder sues church for ‘religious discrimination’ after he was kicked out of grace-and-favour priest’s home to make way for new minister Jonathan Bennetts moved into manse owned by St Just Free Church in Cornwall In return for reduced rent, Mr Bennetts would undertake ‘voluntary caretaking’ He refused to leave manse after church said a new … Read more
Sixty Italian priests have died amid country’s coronavirus pandemic and Pope’s call for them to be brave enough to attend the sick Among Italy’s 5,476 dead are at least 60 priests who tested positive for the virus Pope Francis called on priests to ‘have courage to go out to the sick’ this month In Bergamo, in … Read more
Catholic priests kept their distance from Pope Francis over coronavirus fears today as Italy’s 3ft safety rule reached the Vatican. Francis held an audience in his private library with his clerical translators sitting a yard apart – the distance which Italy is demanding in public spaces to stop the spread of the virus. St Peter’s … Read more