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| UpdatedIt's been more than 200 years between drinks for monks at the Grimbergen Abbey but a tradition of beer making that dates back to the 12th century is being revived.
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| UpdatedNine Australian religious leaders unite to write letters to Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten over concerns that Israel Folau's clash with Rugby Australia sets "a dangerous precedent" on religious freedoms.
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A four-year study into faith communities has found Muslims experience acts of violence on an individual basis like no other religious adherents.
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| UpdatedAn investigation is underway after video emerged of an Ohio pastor encouraging students to spit on him, slap him and slash him with a steak knife, in what was purportedly intended to be a lesson on crucifixion before Easter.
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The Catholic Church must acknowledge a history of male domination and sexual abuse of women and children, and repair its reputation among young people or risk becoming "a museum", says Pope Francis.
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| UpdatedOne of Australia's leading Muslim clerics gives a passionate speech in Darwin, calling for unity and to reject ignorance in the wake of Friday's mosque massacre of 50 worshippers in Christchurch.
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Sixty years ago the Dalai Lama fled Tibet, a decision that helped spread Tibetan Buddhism globally. Now Beijing and exiled Tibetans are at odds over the religion's future.
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Anna Swain from Knowmore, a legal advice service for sexual abuse survivors, confirms the effects of Cardinal George Pell's conviction and sentencing.
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Cardinal Pell will have a non-parole period of 3 years 8 months with a full sentence of 6 years.
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The judge sentencing George Pell presents his reasoning of his decision, remarking how grave the offences are.
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| UpdatedThe former prime minister says George Pell's conviction for child sex offences does not alter his opinion of the man, while Melbourne's Archbishop says Pell remains his friend and he plans to visit him in prison.
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| UpdatedGeorge Pell is the most senior member of the Catholic Church to be found guilty of child sexual abuse and in many ways his conviction is uncharted territory for the Vatican. So what happens now?
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| UpdatedGeorge Pell had grown accustomed to walking from court to his car in relative peace, but it was a different scene as he made the short journey on Tuesday morning as a convicted paedophile.
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| UpdatedThe survivor of child sexual abuse committed by Cardinal George Pell says he has experienced "shame, loneliness, depression and struggle" in the years since.
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| UpdatedOne of the two boys who George Pell abused died having never revealed it. It fell to his friend to explain what happened to both of them after Sunday mass in the room at the rear of the cathedral in December 1996.
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The first woman to speak at a Vatican conference on the sexual abuse of minors in the Catholic Church has called for bishops to deal with the crisis by taking responsibility and kneeling before victims and their families.
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| UpdatedAbuse victims have hit out at comments made by Pope Francis after he said "defects" from the church had to be denounced as "friends, cousins and relatives the devil".
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The Paris prosecutor's office opens an investigation into alleged "sexual aggression" by Catholic Archbishop Luigi Ventura, the Vatican's envoy to France, who allegedly "caressed and fondled" a man's buttocks.
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The 46-year-old builder, Dennis Christiansen, is the first to be prosecuted under the new laws which some see as a violation of the Russian constitution's freedom of religion guarantee.
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| UpdatedPope Francis publicly acknowledges the scandal of priests and bishops sexually abusing nuns for the first time, saying he is committed to doing more to fight the problem.
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| UpdatedPope Francis arrives in the United Arab Emirates hours after issuing his strongest condemnation of the war in Yemen — where his host has a leading military role.
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