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Catholic Church
The Roman Catholic Church is the largest church within Christianity.
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Sri Lankan Catholics cancel Mass again
Catholic services are being canceled in Sri Lanka for a second weekend.
Paris Easter Mass-goers pray for Notre Dame's reconstruction
The Easter mass was moved from Notre Dame to a smaller church. The archbishop honored the city's fire brigade.
Catholic Church has a duty
Christoph Strack
If the Catholic Church really wants to win back trust it must stand up for those in need, says Christoph Strack.
Coming to terms with Catholicism
Thomas Frings has remained a priest despite the crisis surrounding the Church and is seeking new kinds of spirituality.
Pope Francis decries suffering of migrants, children
The pope has spoken of "all the crosses" borne by the suffering in the world, including migrants and abused children.
Good Friday in the Philippines — a gory affair
Catholics in the Philippines celebrate the start of Easter with ritual crucifixions and other blood-soaked displays.
Ex-Pope Benedict blames hippies for sex abuse
Ex-Pope Benedict XVI says the sexual revolution of the 1960s is to answer for child sex abuse in the Catholic Church.
Training camp for populists in Italy
An Italian monastery has been transformed into an academy for right-wing populists.
Vatican upholds Guam archbishop sex abuse conviction
A Vatican tribunal has confirmed the child abuse conviction of former Guam Archbishop Anthony Apuron.
Pope Francis issues sweeping sex abuse legislation
Pope Francis issues sweeping sex abuse legislation covering all personnel who work for the Vatican
Vatican accepts Chilean archbishop's resignation
The Catholic Church is fighting for its reputation after a series of sexual abuse cases and cover-ups.
Cologne Cardinal suspends top priest over harassment claim
Cardinal Rainer Woelki said "we do not tolerate any form of sexual assault."
Pope rejects resignation of sex abuse cover-up cardinal
Cardinal Philippe Barbarin is one of the highest-ranking officials to be found guilty in a sex abuse-related case.
Poland admits clergy sexually abused children
Poland's Catholic Church has released a report that admits hundreds of clergymen abused children between 1990 and 2018.
It's time to reform the Catholic Church
Christoph Strack
Pope Francis once made Cardinal Pell one of the Vatican's most powerful men. Now, he's going to prison for sexual abuse.
Cardinal George Pell sentenced to six years jail
Pell is the most senior Catholic Church official to be convicted of sex crimes.
Church 'cover-ups must stop!'
Was Pope Pius XII a silent bystander during the Holocaust or did he secretly contribute to saving Jews?
Confronting sexual abuse in the Catholic Church
Former nun and rape survivor Doris Wagner speaks about her ordeal and the challenges of confronting clerical abuse.
New beginnings
A French couple is desperate to repatriate their grandchildren from the ruins of Islamic State and Russian bands push back against the government's crackdown on Western pop music. Plus, we hear from a former nun who is speaking out against the sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of the Catholic Church and women in India march against the culture of victim blaming.
France's top cardinal guilty of sex abuse cover-up
Cardinal Philippe Barbarin has been sentenced to a six-month suspended sentence for covering up the abuse of minors.
Spotlight on Europe - 01 March 2019
The number of homeless people increases in Germany, the UK, and France+++ Pedophilia in the Catholic Church
Inside Europe: France grapples with clerical abuse
Many Catholics hope the Vatican summit on sex abuse will lead to tangible change in the church. For others, it's a revisit to a painful past. That's the case of nominally Catholic France, where last week's four-day meeting coincided with the release of an explosive movie on a pedophilia scandal along with a book on homosexuality in the priesthood. Lisa Bryant reports.
Vatican to open probe into Cardinal George Pell
The inquiry could see the top cleric and former adviser to Pope Francis expelled from the priesthood.
Top Vatican cleric Cardinal George Pell's bail revoked
A jury in December found Pell unanimously guilty of molesting two 13-year-old boys in 1996.
Top Vatican cleric convicted of child sex crimes
Cardinal George Pell, who helped elect popes, has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two choirboys.
An end, and something of a beginning
Christoph Strack
The Vatican's conference on sexual abuse was exemplary and necessary, says DW's Christoph Strack.
Pope vows end to child sexual abuse cover-ups
Pope Francis has promised to stop cover-ups of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Chuch, "as was usual in the past."
India: Sexual abuse by priests
In Kerala, a nun has been speaking out about systemic sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in India.
World Stories - The Week in Reports
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German cardinal says pedophile documents 'destroyed'
Vatican officials worked to silence the victims, a German cardinal told the summit on tackling pedophilia.
Church sex abuse survivor calls for 'zero tolerance'
Sexual abuse survivor Juan Carlos Cruz told DW the Catholic Church needs a "zero tolerance" policy.
Vatican opens landmark sex abuse summit
While abuse survivors hope for real change in the Catholic Church, fundamental reforms are likely a long way off.
Pope to open sex abuse summit
Among those who will be attending is abuse survivor and campaigner Marek Lisinksi.
Sex abuse scandals in the Catholic Church
The string of scandals around the globe involving priests abusing children has shaken the Catholic Church to its core.
Catholic hospital's firing of divorced doctor unlawful
The decision could have major implications for church-run employers and the rights they enjoy in Germany.
Nuns fight sexual abuse in India's Catholic Church
DW spoke with Catholic nun Sister Anupama about how the church has stonewalled their attempts at getting justice.
India: Sex abuse by priests
In Kerala a nun has been speaking out about systemic sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
Vatican defrocks US ex-cardinal McCarrick
The Vatican has defrocked the ex-archbishop of Washington, Theodore McCarrick, over numerous charges of sex abuse.
Abuse of power: A church in denial?
Is the abuse of power in the Catholic Church a structural problem?
Defrocked Chilean bishop returns from Germany
Former Chilean bishop Francisco Cox had been living with a Catholic organization in Germany for 17 years.
8 films portraying Catholic Church sex abuse
"By the Grace of God," premiering in Berlin, depicts the Church's attempted cover-up of a sex abuse scandal.
Doris Reisinger: 'I was the perfect victim'
The Vatican must do more to protect nuns who are being sexually assaulted by Catholic priests, a rape survivor tells DW.
Inside Europe: Meet Italy's most famous exorcist
Angelo van Schaik joined some of the faithful hoping for an audience with Rome's most famous exorcist, Padre Vincenzo.
Pope Francis in the UAE: A historic milestone
Christoph Strack
Pope Francis' historic trip to the United Arab Emirates has given new hope to interfaith dialogue.
Muslims ask for imams to join Bundeswehr clergy
The Bundeswehr provides Catholic and Protestant clergy for Christian soldiers, but no spiritual counsel for Muslims.
Pope Francis wraps up UAE trip with Mass
Francis is the first leader of the Catholic Church ever to set foot on the Arabian peninsula, the birthplace of Islam.
'The UAE is not a tolerant state'
Although the UAE is considered relatively religiously tolerant, activists say it harshly cracks down on dissent.
German Catholic Church 'needs urgent reform'
Eight theologians have urged more tolerance towards gays, the ordination of women and a change to celibacy rules.
Christians in the United Arab Emirates
Pope Francis is set to visit the United Arab Emirates, a country that is home to some 800,000 Christians.
Youth grill Pope Francis on church sex abuse
It was the first time he directly broached the subject during the multi-day World Youth Day celebrations in Panama.
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