Source: CNN By Daniel Burke This week is Holy Week, when millions of Western Christians mark the death and resurrection of Jesus. Under normal circumstances, Notre Dame cathedral in Paris […]
Source: Reuters BY Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican is working on a papal document that would establish procedures for Catholics to report bishops suspected of sexual abuse or […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Palm Sunday was this weekend, April 14, marking the last Sunday before Easter. The sacred Christian holiday commemorates the entry of […]
By Joaquin Flores, who is Editor-in-Chief of Fort Russ News, as well as the Director of the Belgrade based think-tank, the Center for Syncretic Studies. Flores explains that despite some […]
Pope Francis says the Catholic Church should support women’s rights Source: Washington Post Pope Francis said it’s time for the Catholic Church to acknowledge its history of male authoritarianism and […]
Ex-Pope Benedict contradicts Pope Francis in unusual intervention on sexual abuse Source: Washington Post By Chico Harlan and Stefano Pitrelli ROME — Breaking years of silence on major church affairs, Pope Emeritus Benedict […]
Benedict Speaks Source: First Things By RR Reno Sex, scandal, the Church, and a general atmosphere of disintegration: That’s the main focus of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s unexpected intervention into today’s unhappy […]
Catholic missionaries are evangelizing on college campuses and trying to bring back the ‘nones’ Source: The Conversation More than 20% of all adults and over a third of millennials in the […]
Source: BBC April 2017 A quarter of people who describe themselves as Christians in Great Britain do not believe in the resurrection of Jesus, a survey commissioned by the BBC […]
Source: Reuters BY Philip Pullella, Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT (Reuters) – Pope Francis told the tiny Catholic community in predominantly Muslim Morocco on Sunday that their mission was not to covert their neighbors […]
Source: HP VATICAN CITY, April 4 (Reuters) – Pope Francis named the first African-American to the Catholic Church’s most senior U.S. position on Thursday, seeking to end a period of upheaval in a job whose previous two occupants were caught in sexual abuse scandals. Former Atlanta archbishop Wilton Gregory, 71, […]
Pope requires sex abuse claims be reported in Vatican City By Nicole Winfield VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has issued sweeping new sex abuse legislation for the Vatican City State and Vatican diplomats that requires the immediate reporting of allegations to Vatican prosecutors, as he seeks to create a […]
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is forging ahead with promoting moderate Islam during a weekend trip to Morocco, seeking to build on warming ties with the Sunni world while […]
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 […]