French priest recounts how he abused boy scouts over decades
By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY LYON, France (AP) — A former priest detailed Tuesday how he systematically abused boys over two decades as a French scout chaplain, and said his superiors knew […]
Catholic Video: Christians Should Study the Qur’an
Suggested reading Our Favorite Christian Prayer by Saint Francis Pulitzer Prize Winner, Garry Wills Talks About the Quran for 50 Minutes
The Muslim Times Leading the Way to Interfaith Tolerance Among Abrahamic Faiths
Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times A Slight Twist Makes David Attenborough a Great Teacher for God of the Abrahamic Faiths Majority of the Americans Believe […]
Should Psalms be taken out of the Old Testament?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The seventy some books of the Bible got into the canon, sacred collection of books to make […]
Violence is wrong – but does it really matter that the Pope slapped that woman’s hand away?
Source: Letters to the Indepenent An 83-year-old man gets his arm grabbed causing obvious pain, and as the person won’t let go, he slaps her hand twice, for which he […]
Catholicism, Priest’s Marriage and Child Abuse
In Brazil – home to the world’s largest Catholic population – a majority of Catholics (56%) were in favor of allowing priests to marry in our 2013/2014 survey. https://t.co/k9GoR0A9Vw — […]
The Unaffiliated Reach 26% in US
Source: Pew Research Center 19 striking findings from 2019 BY JOHN GRAMLICH Every year, Pew Research Center publishes hundreds of reports, blog posts, digital essays and other studies on a wide […]
Pennsylvania dioceses offer $84M to 564 clergy abuse victims
By Michael Rubinkam – Associated Press Pennsylvania’s Roman Catholic dioceses have paid nearly $84 million to 564 victims of sexual abuse, a tally that’s sure to grow substantially in the […]
What the Muslims and the Quran Say About Jesus, Christmas and the Virgin Birth
Suggested Reading: Merry Christmas to the 300 million Orthodox Christian brothers and sisters; celebrating on Jan 7 Source: Newsweek By Cristina Maza, who is an award-winning journalist who has reported from countries […]
Timeline Documentary: Who Was The Real Jesus Christ?
Suggested reading and viewing Did Jesus Die on Cross — BBC Documentary How Jesus became a God: A Four Hour PBS Documentary Refuting William Lane Craig’s: ‘The Birth of God’ We have saved […]
Pope lifts ‘pontifical secret’ rule in sex abuse cases
Source: BBC The Pope has declared that the rule of “pontifical secrecy” no longer applies to the sexual abuse of minors, in a bid to improve transparency in such cases. […]
Did Jesus Die on Cross — BBC Documentary
Suggested reading Video: Cat Stevens’ Path to Islam My Journey to Islam – Myriam Francois-Cerrah Joel Osteen: Enlarging the Circle of Love 25% of Christians do not believe in resurrection and Queen’s former […]
Just 8% of the US Catholics say they are ‘very close’ with the clergy at their church
U.S. Catholics less likely than Protestants to express confidence in advice from clergy Source: Pew Research Center By Claire Gecewicz Most U.S. adults who attend religious services express confidence in […]
Catholic abuse legal reckoning: New wave of lawsuits could cost church over $4B
Source: Global News By Bernard Condon and Jim Mustian At the end of another long day trying to sign up new clients accusing the Roman Catholic Church of sexual abuse, […]
Majority of the Americans Believe in Guided Evolution and God of Nature and the Quran
Epigraph: He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner. His are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him, and He is […]
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 […]
