Catholicism has experienced a greater net loss due to religious switching than has any other religious tradition in the U.S. https://t.co/VBRLJn14fK pic.twitter.com/o85kAqF1Wr — Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) January 20, 2019 […]
Source: The New York Times By Rick Rojas The schools are among the most recognizable Catholic institutions in New York, with reputations extending far beyond the church’s followers and the city’s […]
Percentage who say they believe in God with absolute certainty: 🇦🇲 Armenia: 79% 🇬🇪 Georgia: 73 🇧🇦 Bosnia: 66 🇵🇱 Poland: 45 🇵🇹 Portugal: 44 🇸🇰 Slovakia: 37 🇨🇭 Switzerland: […]
cruxnow.com: ROME – Once Pope Francis embarks on his trip to Panama to celebrate the Catholic Church’s World Youth Day on Jan. 23, it’s essentially off to the races. For the rest of the spring, he’ll have a jam-packed papal itinerary that will focus heavily on dialogue with the Islamic […]
Suggested Reading The Ever Present Question of Suffering The Best Collection to Introduce Islam to the Fellow Christians Joel Osteen: Enlarging the Circle of Love The Question of Suffering tackled by Dr. Charles Stanley […]
Epigraph: I (Allah) have created men high and low, only to worship Me. (Al Quran 51:56/57) The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles for interfaith tolerance among the […]
Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl knew of sexual misconduct allegations against ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick and reported them to the Vatican in 2004, church officials confirmed […]
Source: Reuters (This Jan. 10 story corrects the priest’s comments and removes the words “played down”) MANILA (Reuters) – President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday denounced bishops in the Catholic-majority country […]
Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein January 7 The global Catholic community Opus Dei in 2005 paid $977,000 to settle a sexual misconduct suit against the Rev. C. John McCloskey, […]
Source: Associated Press By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY LYON, France (AP) — The Roman Catholic Church faces another public reckoning when a French cardinal goes on trial Monday for his alleged failure […]
Source: The Guardian By Ruth Maclean in Dakar Electoral commission officials count ballot papers in Kinshasa on Friday. Photograph: Baz Ratner/Reuters Pressure is growing on the electoral commission of the Democratic Republic […]
Source: Reuters By Aislinn Laing Two victims of sexual abuse by a Roman Catholic Church priest in Chile launched a fresh attack on the country’s bishops on Wednesday, accusing them […]
Epigraph: And you shall assuredly find those who say, ‘We are Christians,’ to be the nearest of them in love to the believers. That is because amongst them are savants […]
Source: Associated Press By TIM SULLIVAN KURAVILANGAD, India (AP) — The stories spill out in the sitting rooms of Catholic convents, where portraits of Jesus keep watch and fans spin […]
Source: Reuters BY Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican spokesman and his deputy resigned on Monday over disagreements on strategy, ending a year of upheaval in the Holy […]
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke (CNN) A prominent cardinal resigned in disgrace. Grand jurors accused hundreds of Catholic clerics of secretly abusing children. A former Vatican ambassador urged the Pope himself to […]
Ed Kessler, head of the Woolf Institute, presents the 19th part in a series on belief and skepticism Indy/Life S is for… Sex May the wine go straight […]
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Americans’ confidence in religious leaders’ honesty and ethical standards has been tanking in recent years. The level of trust Americans have in clergy members […]
Source: The New York Times By Robert D. McFadden Sister Wendy Beckett, a Roman Catholic nun who interrupted a cloistered life of prayer in England in 1991 and soared to […]
Source: National Catholic Reporter By Joshua J. McElwee ROME — Three former members of Pope Francis’ commission on clergy sexual abuse are calling on the pontiff’s February Vatican summit on child protection […]
