Source: The New York Times By WILLIAM GRIMES Photo Mother Divine with her husband, Father Divine, in September 1953.CreditPeter Stackpole/The LIFE Picture Collection, via Getty Images It came as a […]
Source: Los Angeles BY Alene Tchekmedyian Contact Reporter Pope Francis made headlines across the globe when he suggested he was open to the idea of ordaining married men as a way […]
Source: The Atlantic By EMMA GREEN In an interview with the German magazine Die Zeit this week, Pope Francis spoke about the Roman Catholic Church’s priest shortage, which has left Catholics […]
Source: USA Today ROME (RNS) — Lurid accusations of priests involved in sex orgies, porn videos and prostitution have emerged from several parishes in Italy recently, sending shock waves all the […]
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 […]
Source: The Washington Post By Emily Rauhala March 4 Relatives and friends of victims of extrajudicial killings leave Manila’s Baclaran Church for a vigil Feb. 17, 2017. (Jes Aznar/For The […]
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer Jaime Maldonado-Aviles, a former neuroscientist at Yale, decided to become a priest at Catholic University’s Theological College in Washington. (Linda Davidson/The Washington Post) […]
Source: Los Angeles Times By Associated Press A mass grave containing the remains of babies and young children has been discovered at a former Catholic orphanage in Ireland, government-appointed investigators […]
Source: Boston Globe By Lisa Wangsness GLOBE STAFF MARCH 03, 2017 Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley vowed Thursday to make sure clergy sexual abuse victims have a voice on a Vatican […]
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer March 2 Cardinal Donald Wuerl at a 2015 news conference at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in the District, announcing Pope Francis would […]
Source: The Guardian By Kristina Keneally Every Muslim who speaks out is expected to own, explain and condemn any act carried out by Muslims worldwide. The same doesn’t apply to […]
Source: Reuters Pope Francis delivered another criticism of some members of his own Church on Thursday, suggesting it is better to be an atheist than one of “many” Catholics who […]
Source: The Local When you receive the urn of a deceased loved one, you generally assume you’re only going home with that family member. But a Regensburg crematorium is suspected of slipping other people’s body parts into the mix. Employees of a crematorium in Regensburg, Bavaria, are currently under investigation […]
Presenter: Natana J. DeLong-Bas This presentation covers major themes in Islam, including the role of the Qur’an and the Prophet Muhammad, the 5 Pillars, and common beliefs and scriptural ties […]
Source: RNS By David Gibson (RNS) A Catholic priest who fled to the U.S. from war-torn Vietnam as a youth has written to President Trump offering to surrender his American […]
Source: Associated Press By GERRY SHIH Yesterday BEIJING (AP) — The head of the Catholic church in Hong Kong has expressed optimism that the Vatican and Beijing can overcome the […]
Source: The Guardian By Christopher Knaus The average age of alleged victims was 10.5 for girls and just over 11.5 for boys In one order 40% of religious brothers are believed […]
Source: BBC An inquiry examining institutional sex abuse in Australia has heard 7% of the nation’s Catholic priests allegedly abused children between 1950 and 2010. In one religious order, over […]
Ibrahim Noonan; Galway – Ireland Maryra, also known as Hazrat Mariam by Muslims, is one of the most popular names given to Christian girls living in Western Europe. If you are firmly established in your Christian faith, then as a girl you would know that you had been named after […]
ASSOCIATED PRESS SYDNEY, Australia Reuters File Photo. Seven percent of priests in Australia’s Catholic Church were accused of sexually abusing children over the past several decades, a lawyer said Monday as officials investigating institutional abuse across Australia revealed for the first time the extent of the crisis. The statistics were […]