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Cillian Murphy as Bill Furlong in Small Things Like These.

An Oscar changes everything for most actors. Not Cillian Murphy

The Oppenheimer star went straight back to the low-key life he loves. In his latest film, he delivers his best performance yet.

  • Stephanie Bunbury

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St George Pell? Now that would be a miracle

The late cardinal George Pell has been credited with interceding to save the life of a little boy. But a sign of Pell’s humanity was always the mystery many of us were looking for while he lived.

  • Thomas Keneally
The primary school is less than 5km from the Brisbane CBD.

Brisbane primary school to close to make way for high school students

Parents of the 73 students have been told their school will be shutting down after next year’s classes to allow for construction of a new high school.

  • Rosanna Ryan
Pope Francis in February.

Pope Francis no longer in imminent danger, say doctors

The 88-year-old Pope remains stable and has improved in recent days, as shown by blood tests and positive responses to drug treatments.

  • Nicole Winfield
Pope Francis at the Vatican in August.

Pope Francis suffers new breathing crises, is placed back on ventilation, Vatican says

The pontiff was alert, oriented and co-operated with medical personnel, according to the Vatican, but his prognosis remained guarded.

  • Nicole Winfield

Louise Milligan on the monster priest no one will grieve

Paedophile Gerald Ridsdale, who died last week, was convicted of abusing 70 children. But those who enabled his sick crimes are just as culpable, Louise Milligan tells Fitz.

  • Peter FitzSimons
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Greg Barclay is a victim of historical sexual abuse at the hands of a Catholic school teacher, but is currently prevented from proceeding with legal action against the school/order because of a recent High Court decision.

Controversial High Court ruling could be used against sex abuse victims like Greg

Greg Barclay was sexually assaulted by a Marist brother in 1970, but his quest for compensation has been blocked by a controversial High Court judgment that found the Catholic Church was not legally responsible for the misconduct of its clerics. 

  • Cameron Houston
Faithful pray outside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, where Pope Francis has been hospitalised since Friday.

Pope suffered ‘isolated breathing crisis’ in health setback

The 88-year-old pontiff also had “an episode of vomiting with aspiration and a sudden worsening of the respiratory condition”, the Vatican says.

  • Joshua McElwee

Lawyers, warrants, sermons: How churches became the final frontier in Trump’s deportation plan

President Donald Trump’s threat to deport millions of undocumented immigrants has US religious institutions on high alert.

  • Liz Gooch
Worshippers recite the rosary for the Pope in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Monday night.

Vatican starts nightly prayers for ‘slightly improved’ Pope

Vatican No.2 Cardinal Pietro Parolin led the first night of prayers in St Peter’s Square for the Pope, who remains in a critical condition in hospital.

  • Nicole Winfield and Trisha Thomas

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