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  • Friday, 6 December, 2019
    Hong Kong
    Hong Kong’s Catholics defy Vatican over protests

    Church deeply divided as Holy See accused of not wanting to offend Beijing

  • Sunday, 24 November, 2019
    Japanese society
    Pope Francis decries nuclear weapons during Nagasaki mass

    Pontiff’s visit comes as new immigrants boost small but historic Catholic population

  • Monday, 18 November, 2019
    Vatican City
    Vatican’s top financial regulator becomes latest official to leave

    Police had raided AIF agency as part of probe into luxury London property investment

  • Tuesday, 29 October, 2019
    Maternal health
    Italian doctors go on trial after refusing abortion

    More than two-thirds of obstetricians exercise ‘right to object’ to terminations

  • Friday, 18 October, 2019
    Vatican spent over a year examining Angolan oil investment

    Custodian of donations to Church was approached by businessman with links to senior cardinal

  • Thursday, 17 October, 2019
    Due Diligence
    The Vatican, the financier and the Chelsea property deal Premium

    Welcome to Due Diligence, the FT’s daily deals briefing

  • Thursday, 10 October, 2019
    FT Magazine
    Poverty, priests and politics: why Peronism is back in Argentina

    As ‘slum priests’ try to fill the gap left by the state, the populist movement is on the rise again

  • Friday, 4 October, 2019
    Vatican hires anti-Mafia prosecutor to head tribunal

    Giuseppe Pignatone appointed after claims of financial misconduct at heart of church

  • Saturday, 17 August, 2019
    Ireland
    Church sells properties as Ireland turns away from religion

    Catholic orders downscale, with some offering funds as redress for abuse victims

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  • Friday, 12 July, 2019
    Maestro quits pope’s choir as scandal hits wrong note

    Massimo Palombella resigns as Vatican investigates claims of fraud and embezzlement

  • Friday, 28 June, 2019
    France
    French state architects warn Notre-Dame not stabilised

    Reconstruction will ‘take time’ despite Macron’s vow to rebuild in 5 years

  • Monday, 17 June, 2019
    Vatican may ordain married priests in remote areas

    Reform continues under Pope Francis with South American summit tackling shortage of clergy

  • Sunday, 16 June, 2019
    AnalysisThe Big Read
    Catholic Church: paedophilia scandal dents Poland’s faith

    In the face of intense scrutiny and allegations can the country’s clerics restore trust?

  • Tuesday, 11 June, 2019
    FT AlphavilleJemima Kelly
    The Rick Santorum-backed coin for Catholics

    “Cathio, the Catholic blockchain.”

  • Thursday, 9 May, 2019
    Pope Francis puts pressure on bishops over abuse

    Clerics to be directly accountable for covering up cases

  • Friday, 29 March, 2019
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Mexico and Spain need to heal history’s wounds

    López Obrador’s politics of national grievance will lead nowhere

  • Wednesday, 13 March, 2019
    Cardinal George Pell sentenced to six years for sexual abuse

    Australian cleric is most senior Roman Catholic official to be convicted of the crimes

  • Thursday, 7 March, 2019
    French cardinal Barbarin convicted of child abuse cover-up

    Archbishop of Lyon to resign over latest child sex scandal to rock Catholic church

  • Wednesday, 27 February, 2019
    Cardinal George Pell’s bail revoked after sex abuse conviction
  • Tuesday, 26 February, 2019
    Vatican finance chief convicted of child sex abuse

    Cardinal George Pell is highest profile Catholic official to be found guilty of the crime 

  • Tuesday, 26 February, 2019
    Cardinal George Pell convicted of sexual abuse

    Most senior official in Catholic Church to be convicted of child sex offences

  • Sunday, 24 February, 2019
    Religion
    Pope vows ‘all-out battle’ against child abuse in Church

    Vatican summit of 190 bishops ends without concrete measures for prevention

  • Thursday, 21 February, 2019
    Pope Francis opens summit on child abuse

    Hundreds of Catholic leaders gather in Rome in attempt to defuse global crisis

  • Thursday, 21 February, 2019
    Sexual misconduct allegations1 min
    Pope vows 'concrete' measures at child sexual abuse summit

    Hundreds of Catholic leaders gather in Rome in attempt to defuse global crisis

  • Friday, 15 February, 2019
    LatAm Viva
    Nicolás Maduro, testing even the Pope’s patience

    Venezuelan cardinal says country’s leader has no real interest in dialogue

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