Tue, 21-Oct-2025

France summons archbishop over ‘confession above law’ stance

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PARIS – The French government on Thursday summoned for an explanation a top archbishop who said priests should not go to the police after hearing about child sexual abuse during confession. Archbishop Eric de Moulin’s-Beaufort remarked after a government inquiry lifted the lid on “massive” sexual assault in the French Catholic Church, estimating 216,000 victims over … Read more

“Christmas reminds us that God loves us all,” Pope Francis

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Pope Francis has said in a Christmas event that God loves everyone, even the worst of us. Pope Francis, while speaking to a mass group during a Christmas Eve that God loves everyone; “even the worst of us.” He was speaking to a great number of people in a ceremony held in St Peter’s Basilica … Read more