Ex-Pope Benedict contradicts Pope Francis in unusual intervention on sexual abuse Source: Washington Post By Chico Harlan and Stefano Pitrelli ROME — Breaking years of silence on major church affairs, Pope Emeritus Benedict […]
Benedict Speaks Source: First Things By RR Reno Sex, scandal, the Church, and a general atmosphere of disintegration: That’s the main focus of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s unexpected intervention into today’s unhappy […]
Catholic missionaries are evangelizing on college campuses and trying to bring back the ‘nones’ Source: The Conversation More than 20% of all adults and over a third of millennials in the […]
Source: BBC April 2017 A quarter of people who describe themselves as Christians in Great Britain do not believe in the resurrection of Jesus, a survey commissioned by the BBC […]
Source: Associated Press By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Priests at a Catholic parish in northern Poland have drawn criticism after they burned books, including from the “Harry Potter” […]
Source: HP VATICAN CITY, April 4 (Reuters) – Pope Francis named the first African-American to the Catholic Church’s most senior U.S. position on Thursday, seeking to end a period of upheaval in a job whose previous two occupants were caught in sexual abuse scandals. Former Atlanta archbishop Wilton Gregory, 71, […]
Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein March 27 The Catholic clergy sex abuse crisis is caused by a too-fawning deference to clerics called “clericalism.” Or a failure to guard against […]
Pope requires sex abuse claims be reported in Vatican City By Nicole Winfield VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has issued sweeping new sex abuse legislation for the Vatican City State and Vatican diplomats that requires the immediate reporting of allegations to Vatican prosecutors, as he seeks to create a […]
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is forging ahead with promoting moderate Islam during a weekend trip to Morocco, seeking to build on warming ties with the Sunni world while […]
By AFP – Mar 28,2019 – JORDAN TIMES African Christian migrants pray in a church ahead of the Pope’s visit, in Rabat, Morocco, on Sunday (Reuters photo) VATICANCITY — Pope Francis […]
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer March 21 As the Catholic Church quakes through one sexual abuse scandal after another, Pope Francis recently announced a policy he wants to implement […]
Source: CT This is an especially painful, tragic issue as it is connected with consecrated people, who devoted themselves to serving the church, other human beings. They have social trust and this social trust was so tragically violated,’ Archbishop Marek Jedraszewski said at a news conference. Polish bishops last year […]
Source: The Washington Post By Editorial Board March 19 THE ALL-BUT-IMPREGNABLE wall of power and influence that for decades blocked victims of child sex abuse from seeking justice and compensation from […]
Source: The Guardian, March 2019 Philippe Barbarin, the French Roman Catholic cardinal convicted this month of failing to report sexual abuse allegations, said on Tuesday that Pope Francis had turned […]
Source: NPR BY SYLVIA POGGIOLI In February, Pope Francis acknowledged a longstanding dirty secret in the Roman Catholic Church — the sexual abuse of nuns by priests. It’s an issue […]
Source: Associated Press By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA 1 of 3 Archbishop Wojciech Polak, right, the Roman Catholic primate of Poland, addresses the media during a news conference at the episcopate building […]
Source: Associated Press By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA 1 of 3 Archbishop Wojciech Polak, right, the Roman Catholic primate of Poland, addresses the media during a news conference at the episcopate building […]
Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein and Sarah Pulliam Bailey The percent of U.S. Catholics who say the clergy sex abuse crisis has them questioning whether to leave the faith has […]
Source: The Economist IF PEOPLE in the eastern half of Europe were as devoted to their faith, and as convinced of God’s existence, as they tell pollsters, then one would […]
Source: The New York Times By Damien Cave and Livia Albeck-Ripka SYDNEY, Australia — Despite a series of sexual abuse scandals stretching back decades, Australia’s Roman Catholic Church displays a veneer of strength. […]