All news on the topic: Roman Catholic Church

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Boy, 17, killed as boarding school wall collapses on him days before birthday
Dávid Gábor was just 17 years old when he died after the walls collapsed on top of him in the dormitory where he was staying, while three girls were also injured
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Defrocked priest marries 18-year-old he 'groomed' before pair ran away together
Alex Crow, a priest who dabbled in the art of exorcism 'groomed' an 18-year-old girl at the high school he worked at before whisking her away to Italy - and they are now married
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Man banned from every single church in the UK after decades-long stealing spree
Christopher Coulthard has been stealing money from churches since the 1970s. After finally being caught this year, he admitted to being a serial church burglar
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Priest accused of grooming teen offers advice to young women in creepy video
In a video shot before the now-defrocked priest allegedly took a teen girl that he is accused of grooming and fled to Italy, he's caught giving a creepy sermon that talks about 'tyrant' parents and offers helpful tips on 'qualities to look for in a man'
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Defrocked priest who 'groomed teen and fled to Italy' had been exorcised himself
A priest from Alabama who allegedly groomed and flew to Italy with a young teenager has previously said he had an exorcism performed on him. Police are looking for Father Alex Crow
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Bible chapter written 1,500 years ago finally rediscovered after going missing
The verses were erased from the Gospel of Matthew by a scribe in Palestine back in the 3rd Century, around the time the text was written, which was a common practice in the day due to the scarcity of manuscripts
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Virgin Mary statue appears to shed tears during church service in Easter miracle
A statue called the Our Lady of Sorrows at a Roman Catholic church in Ecuador was filmed "weeping" during a service on Good Friday - leaving churchgoers stunned
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Remains of abandoned children's home with haunting past captured in eerie images
The former St Gabriel’s Convent has stood in Liverpool for almost two centuries and has been left abandoned for years. But the building holds a dark past where many horrendous crimes against children took place.
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Vatican to investigate unsolved mystery of teen who went missing 4 decades ago
Emanuela Orlandi, 15, was last seen going to a music lesson in central Rome before she disappeared in what has become one of Italy's most high-profile mysteries of all time
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Multiple people dead after bomb explodes in Catholic church during baptism
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Horrific footage from the scene shows congregants in their Sunday best reeling after the blast and hauling injured parishioners on to pick up trucks