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Footprint was found close to a house (file image)

Footprint found in Chile is 'oldest' in Americas

Science / 28 Apr

Ricardo Ezzati faces multiple charges of covering up abuse

Pope accepts resignation of cardinal over abuse charges

Cardinal George Pell faces charges related to sexual abuse in Australia

Pope removes two cardinals from group of close advisers

World / 13 Dec 18

Defrocking, officially called "reduced to the lay state", means they have been expelled from the priesthood

Pope defrocks two Chilean bishops over sex abuse crisis

World / 13 Oct 18

Fernando Karadima pictured in 2015

Pope defrocks priest at centre of Chile abuse crisis

Chile / 28 Sep 18

Last week Chilean prosecutors and police raided the offices of four Catholic dioceses

Pope accepts resignation of two more Chilean bishops

Catholic Church / 21 Sep 18

Mary McAleese said the pope's mode of thinking in putting the defence of the institution first was due to his formation as a priest and as a bishop

McAleese: Pope putting church defence ahead of victims

Ireland / 18 Aug 18

Pope Francis has accepted the resignations of five Chilean bishops

Chilean government asks Vatican for sex abuse documents

World / 15 Aug 18

Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet's appointment as UN human rights chief is expected to be approved tomorrow

Chile's Michelle Bachelet picked to be UN rights chief

United Nations / 09 Aug 18

Regional prosecutor Emiliano Arias speaks to reporters in the Chilean capital of Santiago

Top Chilean priest held over allegations of child abuse

World / 13 Jul 18

Chilean abuse victim Juan Carlos Cruz

Pope told gay man 'God made you this way'

World / 22 May 18

Pope Francis sent a special investigator to Chile to investigate the allegations

34 Chilean bishops offer resignation over abuse scandal

Chile / 18 May 18

Pope Francis initially defended Juan Barros

Pope sends sexual abuse investigator to Chile

religion / 31 Jan 18

Carlos Ciuffardi Elorriga and Paula Podest Ruiz

Pope Francis performs marriage ceremony at 36,000 feet

Pope Francis / 18 Jan 18

Pope Francis departs Rome for Chile

Pope warns world one step away from nuclear war

World / 15 Jan 18

Rescue workers were continuing to search through the debris for at least 15 people

Five dead, 15 missing following Chile mudslide

World / 17 Dec 17

Neruda's body was exhumed in 2013 and previous tests have found no evidence of poison but are ongoing

Doubts raised over death of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda

News / 21 Oct 17

$2.5bn iron-mining project rejected to protect Humboldt penguins

Chile rejects iron mine to protect endangered penguins

Environment / 22 Aug 17

Rescue workers search for survivors of the floods

Floods leave millions without clean water in Chile

News / 27 Feb 17

A truck drives by next to damage caused on a highway on Chiloe Island off the Pacific coast of southern Chile

Major quake jolts Chile tourist region

News / 25 Dec 16

Chile's government accuses the companies of breaching the law by using children's characters on packets of various products classed as 'high in' certain unhealthy ingredients

Chile sues Nestle, Kellogg's in anti-obesity drive

Business / 22 Nov 16

The E-ELT will cost €1.1 billion to complete

Contracts signed for world's largest telecope

Science / 25 May 16

Chilean authorities at the scene of the train crash in Talca, Chile

7 killed after train collides with car in Chile

News / 08 Feb 16

Regulatory approval for the new agreements could take between 12 and 18 months

IAG deepens ties with LATAM Airlines

Business / 15 Jan 16

President Michael D Higgins received the honour at a ceremony at Trinity College

President Higgins honoured for role in Chile

News / 14 Jan 16

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