Person: Theodore McCarrick

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world

Australian cardinal launches appeal against child sex abuse convictions

The most senior Catholic to be found guilty of sexually abusing children has lodged an appeal in Australia's highest court against his convictions for molesting two choirboys in a cathedral more than two decades ago.

comment-analysis

Bombshell of sex and lies fails to detonate

A new book paints a picture of rampant homosexuality in the Catholic Church but builds castles on the sands of rumours and innuendo, writes TP O’Mahony.

ourview

Struggling to sustain relevance - Vatican conference on abuse

Apart from achieving independence, joining the European Union, and almost unlimited access to education, nothing has changed this society as dramatically as the Catholic Church’s spectacular loss of power.

ourview

It’s time to fire the three monkeys: Silence is still an engine of subjugation

world

Pope Francis says fear of migration 'making us crazy'

Everything is basically as it was before the Pope arrived here

Papal visit: Major security operation under way

A major security operation swings into action today as Pope Francis arrives in

Sat, 25 Aug, 2018

Silent Pope blesses crowd with sign of cross

People’s hands flew to their faces and some wept as they witnessed Pope John Paul’s struggle in front of a microphone, where he managed only a few sounds before he gave up and delivered his Easter blessing with a sign of the cross.

Mon, 28 Mar, 2005