Source: CT This is an especially painful, tragic issue as it is connected with consecrated people, who devoted themselves to serving the church, other human beings. They have social trust and this social trust was so tragically violated,’ Archbishop Marek Jedraszewski said at a news conference. Polish bishops last year […]
Soul searching: Australia loses faith as sexual abuse cases mount Source: Reuters BALLARAT, Australia (Reuters) – Ballarat was the sort of regional Australian town where mothers with Irish surnames prayed […]
The most senior Catholic ever convicted of child sexual abuse, Australian Cardinal George Pell, jailed for 6 years https://t.co/aLwkmftWfj — BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) March 13, 2019 Suggested reading by […]
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred; killing one is like triggering a genocide. (Al Quran 5:32) Source: The Guardian It is a Guardian Editorial Some have accused him of […]
By Andrew Dickson White, the Founding President of the Cornell University [This is a chapter from the book A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom. Volume: […]
Source: The Guardian By Melissa Davey Despite saying he could not comment “too much” on the conviction of Cardinal George Pell for child sexual abuse, with the matter filed for appeal, 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 […]
This post collected by Rafiq Tschannen, a Swiss convert to Islam Source: The Local The Swiss Federal Statistics Office has just published new figures on the religion in the country. Here […]
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 […]
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 […]
Melbourne, Australia (CNN) One of the most powerful men in the Roman Catholic Church was found guilty of multiple historical child sex offenses at a secret trial in Melbourne in […]
Why the Priesthood Needs Women Source: New York Times By Alice McDermott, who is a novelist and essayist. Far more than celibacy or sexual repression, barring one gender from the […]
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer, Katherine Shaver and Maria Sacchetti For decades, he was one of the faces of the Catholic church, representing the Vatican all over the world — and nowhere […]
By Nicole Winfield VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis’ high-stakes sex abuse prevention summit is meant to call attention to the crisis as a global problem that requires a global […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The best way to demystify Trinity and other dogma of Christianity, where they differ from Judaism […]
By Ben Westcott (CNN) The Vatican has revealed that it maintains secret guidelines for priests who father children despite their vows of celibacy. “I can confirm that guidelines exist; it […]
Source: Huffington Post By Nicole Winfield and Angela Charlton Author Frederic Martel is claiming Catholic priests publicly denounce homosexuality while privately leading double lives. VATICAN CITY (AP) — A gay […]
Source: The Conversation By Timothy D. Lytton; Distinguished University Professor & Professor of Law, Georgia State University Pope Francis is gathering 200 bishops and heads of religious orders from around 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 New York Times KOCHI, India — When Bishop Franco Mulakkal agreed to personally celebrate the First Communion for Darly’s son, a rare honor in their Catholic Church in India, […]
