Movie: Appealing to God, a Disoriented Space Alien Hopes There’s Help Out There
Source: New York Times By Rachel Saltz Dec. 19, 2014 No religions were harmed in the making of this film. That’s the gist of a title card that runs before […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 in the hearts of those who accepted him compassion and mercy. But monasticism which they invented for themselves — We […]
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 […]
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) […]
Australian court upholds sex abuse verdict of Cardinal Pell
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian appeals court Wednesday upheld convictions against Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic to be found guilty of sexually abusing children, in a decision […]
The Friar Who Saved Christendom from Islam and Gave Us Cappuccino
Source: The National Catholic Register By Solène Tadié The Italian Capuchin who is said to have inspired the creation of the world-famous beverage was beatified by John Paul II in […]
Is Christianity dying; 70% don’t believe in Eucharist?
Just one-third of U.S. Catholics agree with their church that Eucharist is body, blood of Christ Source: Pew Research Center Transubstantiation – the idea that during Mass, the bread and wine used for Communion become the body and blood of Jesus Christ – is central to the Catholic faith. But […]
Timeline Video: The Mary Magdalene Conspiracy
Suggested reading and viewing Resurrection did not happen, say quarter of Christians 65 Reasons to Believe Jesus Did Not Die on the Cross Three Videos: Debates about Jesus’ Crucifixion and ‘Resurrection’ Debate: Did […]
Pope encourages priests disheartened by sex abuse fallout
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday sent a new letter to priests worldwide offering encouragement in light of the global sex abuse scandal that has shaken the Roman […]
Ahmadiyya Islam and Christianity – An Interesting situation arising in Germany
By Zubair Khan, the Muslim Times’ Editor for Germany It was dawn 13.07.2019 which witnessed appearance of almost two dozens plakarts of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat in the city of Bensheim […]