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Ralph Fiennes as Cardinal Thomas Lawrence in the film Conclave.

Who will be the next pope?

The release of the film Conclave has once again thrown the spotlight on one of the most arcane, storied and secretive events in human history: the election of a new pope.

  • Rob Harris

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An Italian priest is being investigated for manslaughter over the death of a newborn baby left outside the doors of his church.

Priest investigated for manslaughter over death of newborn left on church doorstep

The newborn, believed to be a month old, was found dead on January 2 inside the church’s “thermal cradle”, a device set up for unwanted babies to be left anonymously.

  • Josephine McKenna
Sister Simona Brambilla in 2019.

Francis names the first woman to head a major Vatican office. Then gives her a male co-leader

Italian nun Sister Simona Brambilla will be responsible for every religious order, from Jesuit and Franciscan priests to the Mercy nuns and smaller movements.

  • Nicole Winfield
It’s embarrassing to be going to war over hair colour and dress codes in schools – chiefly because they don’t matter.

The bank of nan and pop has undermined the fair go

Jordan Baker’s article about the growing ubiquity of the bank of nan and pop in the payment of school fees should make us very concerned about the direction our society has decided to follow.

St Alipius Presbytary and church in Ballarat where ribbons are tied to the fence to symbolise the abuse of catholic priests.

Nation’s top lawmakers to meet after Catholic Church found not liable for clerical abuse

Attorneys-general offices will consider urgent legislative reform after a High Court decision that cleared the Catholic Church of paying damages over the abuse of a five-year-old boy.

  • Cameron Houston
Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican in Rome.

Has Mary Magdalene finally been found in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel?

The famous female disciple of Jesus may have been identified among 300 tangled figures depicted in the Sistine Chapel masterpiece.

  • Josephine McKenna
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Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher.

ACU is an educational institution, not a church

Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher’s attempt to theocratise the Australian Catholic University must fail.

Australian Catholic University walkout over anti-abortion speech

The abortion speech, the student walkout – and the Catholic civil war

A row over an anti-abortion graduation speech prompted high-ranking church officials and conservative lawyers to accuse the Australian Catholic University of failing to uphold the faith.

  • Jordan Baker
Julia Gillard, flanked by Nicola Roxon and Jenny Macklin, announce the commissioners for the royal commission into child sexual abuse in January 2013.

Gillard urges states to act after ‘deeply concerning’ ruling that Catholic Church is not liable in abuse case

The former Australian prime minister has spoken out after legal experts said the High Court decision could cast doubts over cases against religious orders nationwide.

  • Tony Wright

‘Free pass for sexually abusive clerics’: Catholic Church not liable, High Court rules

Attorneys general are being urged to push through new laws after the High Court found religious orders did not have vicarious liability for sexual abuse committed by their clerics.

  • Cameron Houston and Holly Hales

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