Source: NPR BY Scott Neuman India has ordered its state governments to inspect child care facilities run by the Missionaries of Charity — the Roman Catholic order founded by Mother […]
Source: The Washington Post By Joshua Partlow MANAGUA, Nicaragua — The first student I met outside the Church of the Divine Mercy had a fresh bullet hole in his lower […]
Source: Huffington Post By Brandi Miller, Columnist Let’s be honest, Christians. For professing a belief in a relatively unpredictable God, we have incredibly predictable defensive patterns whenever people question or critique […]
Source: Religion News Service BY Tom Heneghan PARIS (RNS) — If you’re a Protestant married to a Catholic in Germany, you might be able to receive Communion along with your spouse […]
Source: The Globe and Mail BY GLORIA GALLOWAY PARLIAMENTARY REPORTER The Vatican’s ambassador to Canada says Pope Francis is opening the door to an apology to the country’s Indigenous people […]
Source: Associated Press MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Masked supporters of Nicaragua’s government attacked a group of Roman Catholic priests led by Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes on Monday as they arrived to […]
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Jake Maxwell Watts July 9, 2018 8:52 a.m. ET A public feud between President Rodrigo Duterte and the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines […]
Source: Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president, who recently sparked outrage for calling God stupid, has courted new controversy in his largely Roman Catholic country by saying […]
Source: NPR A Roman Catholic archbishop in Australia convicted of covering up child sex abuse by a fellow priest that occurred more than four decades ago, has been sentenced to […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times According to the Pew Research Center, majorities in most countries agree with the idea that they […]
Source: BBC News A Catholic priest in Kenya has been suspended from leading public mass for a year because he rapped during sermons, his superior has told the BBC. Father […]
Source: Religion News Service BY Jack Jenkins WASHINGTON (RNS) — In February 2012, about a year after John Garvey was named 15th president of the Catholic University of America, Stephen […]
Source: BBC News By Judith Burns A drama that spans a continent and 2,000 years, includes the execution of a Pope by drowning and a central London car break-in, has […]
Source: Associated Press MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaragua’s Roman Catholic hierarchy has suspended a dialogue with the government aimed at ending a two-month political crisis. The Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua […]
Source: CNN By Hilary Clarke, Valentina DiDonato and Carol Jordan (CNN)Pope Francis compared having an abortion to avoid birth defects to the Nazi era idea of trying to create a […]
Source: The Guardian Adelaide’s acting archbishop says confessional is sacred and its nature can’t be changed Australian Associated Press Bishop Greg O’Kelly, acting archbishop of Adelaide, told ABC radio confession […]
Source: Associated Press By PATRICIA LUNA SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Police and prosecutors raided Roman Catholic Church offices in two Chilean cities Wednesday looking for files, investigative reports and documents […]
Source: Reuters BY Aislinn Laing SANTIAGO (Reuters) – The Vatican’s top sex abuse investigators arrived in Chile on Tuesday saying they had orders from Pope Francis to ensure the Roman […]
Source: The New York Times By Ed O’Loughlin DUBLIN — Last week, Ireland voted to repeal a constitutional ban on abortion. Almost before that epochal change can sink in, […]
Source: Religion News Service ROME (RNS) – Disagreements between Catholic bishops in Germany about plans to give Communion to Protestants have spilled out into the wider Roman Catholic Church. Last Monday […]