The woman who said Jesus would return – to Bedford, UK
Source: BBC By By Alex Pope Two centuries ago, a 64-year-old woman called Joanna Southcott announced she was pregnant with the Messiah. She died in December 1814, months after making […]
Did Pope Francis say that Jesus isn’t God? Don’t believe the report, Vatican says
Vatican City, Oct 9, 2019 / 12:11 pm (CNA) – The Vatican said Wednesday that an Italian journalist it has previously corrected was not speaking accurately when he claimed that […]
Joe Biden was denied communion at Catholic church in South Carolina
Source: CNN By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN)Former Vice President Joe Biden was denied communion Sunday at a Catholic church in South Carolina over his support for abortion rights. Father Robert Morey, the […]
Pope’s Amazon synod proposes married priests, female leaders
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic bishops from across the Amazon called Saturday for the ordination of married men as priests to address the clergy shortage in the region, an historic […]
Catholic bishops approved a proposal allowing some married men to be ordained as priests in the Amazon region
Catholic bishops approved a proposal allowing some married men to be ordained as priests in the Amazon region, where there is a shortage of priests. Pope Francis would have to […]
Catholic priests in Colorado sexually abused at least 166 children in the past 70 years
CNN: At least 166 children were abused by dozens of Catholic priests in Colorado since 1950, a report released Wednesday says. The 263-page report details decades of misconduct and reveals […]
Catholic Church: Could Pope Francis say ‘yes’ to married priests?
Source: BBC News By Lebo Diseko Catholic bishops from around the world are meeting at the Vatican to discuss the future of the Church in the Amazon. Over the next […]
Opposition to Amazon synod spurs new right-wing coalition in Brazil
Source: Religion News Service BY Eduardo Campos Lima SÃO PAULO (RNS) — While the most vocal opponents of the Catholic Church’s upcoming Amazon synod have been conservative Catholic cardinals such […]
Vatican defends married priest proposal on Amazon agenda
Epigraph: Then We caused Our Messengers to follow in their footsteps; and We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow them, and We gave him the Gospel. And We placed […]
He Sued Over a Priest’s Abuse. Then the Diocese Filed for Bankruptcy.
By Corina Knoll The Rochester diocese’s move has left many who were promised justice under New York’s Child Victims Act feeling betrayed. Peter Saracino was in elementary school when, […]
Cardinal George Pell to appeal to high court over child sexual abuse conviction
Source: The Guardian Former Vatican treasurer has maintained his innocence after the Victorian court of appeal ruled two-to-one against his appeal • George Pell’s failed appeal and why his chances […]
A penthouse, limousines and private jets: Inside the globe-trotting life of Bishop Michael Bransfield
Source: The Washington Post It was billed as a holy journey, a pilgrimage with West Virginia Bishop Michael J. Bransfield to “pray, sing and worship” at the National Shrine in […]
Minnesota archbishop opens investigation into fellow bishop
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Roman Catholic archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis said Wednesday that he has opened an investigation — the first known of its kind under a new […]
Christian Boy Dies For 3 Minutes, Meets Allah in Heaven
Source: The Daily Currant A young Christian boy who briefly died on a surgeon’s operating table this weekend says he met someone named Allah in heaven. Bobby Anderson, the son […]
Survivors demand US investigation of Mississippi abuse deals
Source: Associated Press By MICHAEL REZENDES and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Joshua K. Love sits in the living room of his home in Greenwood, Miss., Saturday, June 8, 2019. Love says […]
In Landmark Ceremony, a Catholic Bishop Is Installed in China
Source: The New York Times By Ian Johnson A state-sanctioned Catholic church in Shanghai. A deal in 2018 aimed at ending decades of animosity and estrangement between “underground” Catholics loyal […]
‘Millennial nuns’ are a myth as Catholic women’s religious orders still face uncertain future
Source: The Columbus Dispatch By Danae King The Columbus Dispatch The popular notion that more and more women in their 20s and 30s are flocking to the cloistered life does […]
Pope Francis says key to Christian faith is to ‘obey God before men.’ But what does God want?
Pope Francis says key to Christian faith is to ‘obey God before men’. Source: Religion News Service By Claire Giangravé VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis prayed for the strength […]
Demystifying the Mysteries of The Shroud with Bruno Barberis
Source: Review of Religion The Shroud of Turin has been a source of fascination for the academic world for hundreds of years. The ‘alleged’ burial cloth of Jesus Christ (as) […]
Guam’s ex-archbishop shielded culture of clergy sex abuse
Source; Associated Press By MICHAEL BIESECKER AGAT, Guam (AP) — Walter Denton wanted to grow up to be just like Father Tony Apuron, until the night he says the parish […]
