Dalai Lama meets alleged abuse victims
Source: BBC News The Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has met four victims of alleged sexual abuse in the Netherlands. The group had requested the meeting to discuss abuse […]
Source: BBC News The Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has met four victims of alleged sexual abuse in the Netherlands. The group had requested the meeting to discuss abuse […]
Source: The New York Times By Laurie Goodstein The blows seem to land nearly every day: Bishops are accused, investigations are ordered, resignations are demanded, damning documents are leaked. The […]
Source: The Catholic Herald By Benedict Rogers Almost three months after suicide bombers attacked three churches in Surabaya, Indonesia’s second largest city, I stood at the very spot where the […]
Thousands of sex abuse cases in German Catholic Church – report Source: DW More than half of the victims were younger than 13 and predominantly male. The study’s findings were […]
Suggested Reading for the best understanding of personal religion in the 21st century Deciding to Leave: The Last Straw that Broke a Catholic’s Back! Why it’s so hard to hold […]
Catholicism has experienced a greater net loss due to religious switching than has any other religious tradition in the U.S. https://t.co/c8HI8JVJ7C pic.twitter.com/mzQmJUb5TC — Pew Research Religion (@PewReligion) September 5, 2018 Suggested Reading for the best understanding of personal religion in the 21st century 7 facts about American Catholics Deciding to […]
Pope’s remedy to those seeking scandal: prayer and silence Source: Associated Press By Frances D’Emilio VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Monday recommended silence and prayer to counter those […]
Source: Christian Today The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC), the country’s top Catholic body, said it did not accept a recommendation from an official inquiry which would force priests by […]
Pope’s cover-up crisis turns battle lines into first salvo Source: Associated Press BY NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — The author of the bombshell accusation of sex abuse cover-up against […]
Source: Religion News Service By Carolyn M. Warner, who is associate director of graduate studies and a professor at Arizona State University. (The Conversation) — A grand jury report recently found shocking levels of child sex abuse in the Catholic Church. It uncovered, in six dioceses, the sexual abuse of over 1,000 […]
I’m A Lifelong Catholic. Here’s Why I’ve Finally Decided To Leave The Church. Source: The Huffington Post By Amanda Auchter; who is the author of The Wishing Tomb, winner of […]
Source: Associated Press By IVAN MORENO and JEFF KAROUB For decades, Michael Drweiga has opened his wallet whenever the donation basket comes around at church, but the latest revelations of […]
Source: CNN / MSN Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro is accusing Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the archbishop of Washington, of “not telling the truth” as he attempts to defend himself amid […]
Source: The Guardian Catholic priests in Ireland need to be missionaries in their own country to meet the challenges of a changing society, Eamon Martin, the most senior church figure […]
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke and Susannah Cullinane, CNN A new grand jury report says that internal documents from six Catholic dioceses in Pennsylvania show that more than 300 “predator priests” have […]
The Catholic Church has obliterated its ability to inspire trust Source: The Washington Post By Elizabeth Bruenig, who is an opinion columnist at The Washington Post. We live in an era of diminished trust and heightened cynicism. It is hard, now, to imagine someone expressing unqualified faith in government, the […]
Source: CNN By Valentina DiDonato, Dan Burke and Angela Dewan, CNN Rome, Italy (CNN) Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who once led the Archdiocese of […]
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: Huffington Post By Alanna Vagianos Australian Archbishop Philip Wilson was sentenced to 12 months in detention on Tuesday after being convicted in May of covering up a priest’s sexual […]
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 […]