The Silence of the Lambs
Source: New Republic Are Protestants concealing a Catholic-size sexual abuse scandal? BY KATHRYN JOYCE June 20, 2017 It was a hot day in July, a Saturday afternoon, and Kim James […]
Catholic groups launch conversation about female deacons
Source: Religion News Service By Josephine McKenna | June 15, 2017 VATICAN CITY (RNS) Several progressive Catholic groups are launching an initiative aimed at giving lay Catholics and clergy across […]
Catholic plan to combat homophobic bullying praised by education experts
Source: The Guardian A new Catholic schools policy says they have an obligation to provide a safe and inclusive learning environment ‘for same-sex attracted and gender diverse young people’. Photograph: […]
Priest Says He and 200 Others Are Being Held Hostage in the Philippines
Source: Time BY Jim Gomez / AP (MARAWI, Philippines) — A Catholic priest who was taken hostage by militants linked to ISIS says he’s being held alongside 200 other captives, including […]
Justin Trudeau asks Pope for apology
Source: MSN Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a request for Pope Francis: say sorry for the role of the Catholic Church in a Canadian school system where indigenous children […]
Anthony Foster: Tireless fighter against Catholic sex abuse
Source: BBC By Jay Savage Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionAnthony Foster’s advocacy helped launch an inquiry into institutionalised sexual abuse Clutching a photo of two smiling girls, Anthony Foster last year […]
War over gay clergy brings a whole religion to “the brink of schism”
Source: Salon NICO LANG Bishop Karen Oliveto said she was destined to gaze up at the stars. When she was a young girl, her mother — a recent divorcée — […]
To ease fears, U.S. Muslim schools reach out to neighbors
Source: Reuters By Laila Kearney | HUNTINGTON, N.Y. At a Roman Catholic high school in New York’s Long Island suburbs, two dozen visiting Muslim students knelt and prayed while teens […]
Pastor was assessing woman for demons just days before decapitation
BY OLIVER MORRISON Rachael Hilyard had asked a friend: Where could she get an exorcism? Her friend told her Pastor Terry Fox. A few days after Fox visited Hilyard’s home […]
Senior doctor resigns over plan to hand Dublin hospital to order of nuns
Source: The Guardian By Henry McDonald Ireland correspondent Dr Peter Boylan condemns plan to transfer ownership to Sisters of Charity, which ran some of Ireland’s notorious ‘Magdalene laundries’ A protest held […]
Chicago Archdiocese to pay $4.45M to settle priest abuse lawsuits
Source: Chicago Tribune BY Manya Brachear Pashman The Archdiocese of Chicago will pay $4.45 million to settle three lawsuits brought by three men who allege they were sexually abused more than […]
How the Catholic Priesthood Became an Unlikely Haven for Many Gay Men
Source: Slate Back in March, Pope Francis sparked a wave of headlines when he hinted at the possibility of ordaining married men as priests. Since there’s no evidence that church […]
Conservative opposition to Pope Francis spurs talk of a schism in the Catholic Church
Source: Los Angeles Times By Tom Kington Of all the recent attacks launched by conservatives against Pope Francis, one stood out more than most. It came from a German cardinal […]
On Easter, Mary Magdalene will be maligned as a prostitute. Except she wasn’t.
Source: The Washington Post By Petula Dvorak, Columnist Here’s who Mary Magdalene was: one of Jesus Christ’s original followers, the last to stay with him while he was nailed […]
Catholic Church must reform confession, abuse survivor says
Source: BBC By Hywel GriffithBBC News, Sydney An Australian child abuse survivor has called on the Catholic Church to reform its laws on confession to ensure crimes are reported to […]
Suffer the Little Children: Church Cruelty in Ireland
Source: The New York Times By SADHBH WALSHE TUAM, Ireland — Last year, during the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising that led to Irish independence, the writer Colm Toibin […]
Mass graves in Ireland: A long history of Church abuse
Source: Aljazeera When infant remains were found in a former home for unwed mothers last month, it didn’t come as a surprise to everyone. The Catholic Church has faced a […]
My calling is to help spiritually deficient West, says new bishop
Source: The Times BY Kaya Burgess, Religious Affairs Correspondent The Church of England’s first black bishop in more than 20 years has said that he came to Britain from Nigeria as a missionary […]
Pope’s Egypt visit offers chance to improve Catholic-Muslim ties
Source: Reuters Pope Francis will make a trip to Egypt next month, the Vatican said on Saturday, giving the pontiff another opportunity to promote better relations between Catholics and Muslims. […]
Australia’s Anglican church gets 1,115 child abuse complaints
Source: BBC More than 1,100 complaints of child sexual abuse have been made against the Anglican Church of Australia, a royal commission inquiry has heard. The allegations, dating from 1980 […]