Reuters

• Vatican says Pope will meet victims of sexual abuse during Ireland visit

  Pope Francis will meet victims of clergy sexual abuse during his visit to Ireland this weekend, the Vatican said on Tuesday.

• Pope condemns 'long ignored' sexual abuse after damning Pennsylvania grand jury report

  Pope Francis, facing simultaneous clergy sexual abuse crises in several countries, on Monday wrote an unprecedented letter to all the world's Catholics asking each of them to help uproot "this culture of death".

• Vatican breaks silence to voice 'shame and sorrow' over damning Pennsylvania sex abuse report

  In a long statement that broke the Vatican's silence over a damning US grand jury report, spokesman Greg Burke said the Holy See was taking the report 'with great seriousness'.

• President Trump says Andrew Brunson is a 'great patriot hostage', threatens Turkey with more sanctions

  US treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin assured President Donald Trump at a Cabinet meeting that sanctions were ready to be put in place if Brunson was not freed.

• Newspaper editorials across US rebuke Trump for attacks on media

  The Boston Globe organised the editorial push, which was joined by the New York Times and a number of smaller newspapers.

• 37 confirmed dead in Italy bridge collapse, sparking national anger

  The 50-year-old bridge collapsed during torrential rain on Tuesday, sending dozens of vehicles crashing onto a riverbed, a railway and two warehouses.

• Damning dossier reveals decades of abuse by Pennsylvania Catholic clergy

  Roman Catholic priests in Pennsylvania sexually abused thousands of children over a 70-year period and silenced victims through 'the weaponization of faith'.

• Australian archbishop begins home detention over sex abuse cover-up

  A former Australian archbishop was spared jail on Tuesday when he was ordered to serve his one-year sentence at home.

• Former monk held over killing of bishop at Egyptian monastery

  The killing last month of Bishop Epiphanius, a 64-year-old scholar who had led the Abu Makar Monastery in Wadi Natroun, prompted the church to impose strict new measures on its clergy.

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  Churches hold vigils after shooting leaves four dead in eastern Canada

  Four people, including two police officers, were killed in a shooting in eastern Canada on Friday in the latest eruption of gun violence across the country that has led to calls for weapons bans in cities.

• Egypt security forces stop attempted church suicide bombing - state television

  Egyptian security forces have thwarted a suicide bomb attack on a church just outside of Cairo, state television said on Saturday.

• UK voters should make final Brexit decision if talks with EU collapse – poll

  Twice as many respondents favoured the public rather than parliament taking a decision between remaining in the EU or leaving the bloc without a deal.