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Oscar-winning composer Ennio Morricone dies aged 91
Ennio Morricone, whose scores for movies such as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Mission and Cinema Paradiso made him...
Pope Francis tells oil executives carbon pricing ‘essential’ for climate
Pope Francis says carbon pricing is “essential” to stem global warming – his clearest statement yet in support of penalising polluters – and appealed...
Former pope blames 1960s sexual revolution for church’s abuse crisis
Former Pope Benedict has blamed the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse scandal on the effects of the sexual revolution of the 1960s and...
Pope Francis targets sex abuse on his Vatican doorstep
Pope Francis enacted new legislation to protect children from sexual abuse within the Vatican and other Holy See institutions in Rome as...
Pope Francis defrocks disgraced US cardinal for decades of horrendous sex crimes
Former US Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has been expelled from the Roman Catholic priesthood after he was found guilty of sexual crimes against...
Pope gives message to predator priests
Pope Francis has urged predator priests who have sexually abused minors to turn themselves in, in one of his strongest comments ever...
Pope removes George Pell from his inner circle
Pope Francis has removed from his inner circle two cardinals including the Vatican’s economy minister, Australian George Pell. Cardinal Pell had already...
Pope tells homosexual priests: Be celibate or leave the priesthood
Men with deep-rooted homosexual tendencies should not be admitted to the Catholic clergy, and it would be better for priests who are...
Pope Francis holds talks in Myanmar amid the Rohingya refugee crisis
Pope Francis has held talks with Myanmar’s military chief at the start of a delicate visit to the country accused of “ethnic...
Pope Francis’ message to astronauts
The earth is a fragile thing that could even destroy itself, Pope Francis has told astronauts on the International Space Station, saying...