From Pope Benedict XVI's legacy to Andrew Tate's arrest – Here's your January 2 news briefing
Former Pope Benedict XVI left behind a unique and complex legacy.
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The controversial legacy of former Pope Benedict XVI
Former Pope Benedict XVI left behind a unique and complex legacy in the history of the Catholic Church.
The Pope apologizes to Indigenous tribes in Canada
For more than a century and running to the late 20th century, Canada separated more than 150,000 Indigenous children from their parents and forced them to go to residential schools, many of which were run by the Catholic church, where they were emotionally, physically and sexually abused and punished
Catholic cleric released as Australian High Court overturns sex abuse conviction
The most senior Catholic cleric ever convicted of child sex abuse, Cardinal George Pell, has been released after spending 13 months in prison for a six-year sentence. According to Australian Associated Press (AAP), the Australian cardinal of the Catholic Church arrived at a Melbourne monastery on April 7 after his
Late Catholic leader reportedly found guilty of molesting 60 minors
Founder of the Legionaries of Christ in Mexico, the late Marcial Maciel, has reportedly been found to have sexually abused minors from the 1940s until the 1960s and was made to retire in 2006. He, however, denied all allegations before his death in 2008: “I never engaged in the sort