The New York owners of a 250-year-old synagogue in Rhode Island deny trying to evict its tenants.
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Pope expands ranks of cardinals who’ll likely pick successor
Sixteen are younger than 80 and eligible to participate in a conclave – the casting paper ballots to elect a new pontiff.
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Vatican shelves assault probe into Canadian cardinal claims
The Vatican determined there were no grounds to proceed further with a canonical investigation or trial.
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Southern Baptists say denomination faces DOJ investigation
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating several entities of the Southern Baptist Convention in the wake of reports of widespread sexual abuse within the church.
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Pope Francis meets transgender guests of Rome church
The Blessed Immaculate Virgin community in the Torvaianica neighborhood on Rome’s outskirts opened its doors to transgender people during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Maine religious leaders hope to stem drop in attendance
Religious attendance is on the decline in Maine, the third least religious state in the nation, according to Gallup polls.
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Pope says he’ll slow down or retire: ‘You can change the pope’
Pope Francis says he can no longer travel like he used to because of his strained knee ligaments.
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Catholic Church says sexual abuse allegations against Maine priest were unfounded
An investigation of the 2 allegations found that the abuse, which allegedly took place in the 1980s, ‘could not have occurred,’ the Portland Diocese said.
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Pope apologizes for ‘catastrophic’ school policy in Canada
The long-awaited apology opened Pope Francis’ weeklong ‘penitential pilgrimage’ to Canada.
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Pope lands in Canada, set for apologies to Indigenous groups
Indigenous groups are seeking more than just words, as they press for access to church archives, justice for the abusers, financial reparations and the return of Indigenous artifacts held by the Vatican Museums.