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 the above documentary in the Muslim Times as well:
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. The Church previously shrouded sexual abuse cases in secrecy, in what it said was an effort to protect the privacy […]
Did Jesus Die on Cross — BBC Documentary
Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Religious belief. Most Swiss Christians don’t believe story behind Easter Video: Cat Stevens’ Path to Islam My Journey to […]
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, lawyer Adam Slater gazes out the window of his high-rise Manhattan office at one of the great symbols of the […]
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 […]
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 […]