Why conservative Christians would have hated Jesus
Epigraph: Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be […]
The Rebel of St. Peter’s Square: Where Is Pope Francis Steering the Church?
By Walter Mayr spiegel.de DPA In the third year of his pontificate, criticism is growing of Pope Francis. Members of the Vatican establishment are turning against him and he even shocks his own staff with his free thinking. Where does this enigmatic pope want to […]
The Rebel of St. Peter's Square: Where Is Pope Francis Steering the Church?
By Walter Mayr spiegel.de DPA In the third year of his pontificate, criticism is growing of Pope Francis. Members of the Vatican establishment are turning against him and he even shocks his own staff with his free thinking. Where does this enigmatic pope want to […]
Catholic Church: Swiss Bishops Conference rejects gay blessing
CATHOLIC CHURCH Swiss Bishops Conference rejects gay blessing By swissinfo.ch and agencies MAR 6, 2015 – 14:33 The priest of Buerglen, Wendelin Bucheli, failed to receive support from the Swiss Bishops Conference after he blessed a lesbian couple (Keystone) The blessing of a same-sex partnership is contrary to church doctrine […]
Germany: Catholics: Numbers of Church resignations increases significantly
Editor’s Note: Please excuse the grammar, ‘google translate’ being used: Last year the Catholic Church in Germany lost almost 180,000 people, significantly more than in 2012; reason for this may […]
Ireland Investigates Alleged Discovery of 800 Babies in Sewer Tank
by Alexander Smith NBC NEWS Grim reports that nearly 800 dead babies were discovered in the septic tank of a home run by nuns has set off a round of soul-searching in Ireland and sparked calls for accountability from government and Catholic Church officials. Fresh research suggests that some 796 […]
Pope John Paul II’s Canonization: The Making of a Miracle
Pope John Paul II’s Canonization: The Making of a Miracle By Alexander Smoltczyk SPIEGEL.DE Meridith Kohut / DER SPIEGEL Pope John Paul II will be canonized in April. […]
God is not dead , he only loses the Christian face
by Hugo Stamm on Tuesday the 17th December 2013 TAGESANZEIGER.CH The Christian churches are stuck in an identity crisis . Less than ten percent of the population regularly visit a church any more, not even half of the Swiss believe in a personal God, as represented by the Christian faith […]
Pope Francis attacks ‘tyranny’ of markets, calls for more Christian rights in Muslim states
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis attacked unfettered capitalism as “a new tyranny” and beseeched global leaders to fight poverty and growing inequality, in a document on Tuesday setting out a platform […]
Leading English prelate addresses Muslims
Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster addressed the Muslim Council of Wales on the topic of “The Need for Spirituality in the Modern World.” After discussing the transcendence of God and […]
Catholic Church sold to Muslims after it was forced to shut over lack of worshippers
By: Greg Heffer EXPRESS St Peter’s Catholic church in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, has now closed its doors to the shrinking congregation following the sale. Church leaders have reassured Christians the local […]
Pope Francis La Repubblica Interview Rocks Church!
Religion News Service | By David Gibson HUFFINGTON POST (RNS) Pope Francis has done it again: Just two weeks after the publication of a lengthy, detailed interview in which he […]
Do young Catholics even understand their religion?
Washignton Post: Bishop Fulton Sheen, the earliest and perhaps best known Catholic televangelist, once famously said, “There are not a hundred people in America who hate the Catholic Church. There are millions of people who hate what they wrongly believe to be the Catholic Church — which is, of course, […]
Pope Francis, King Abdullah II Of Jordan On Syria: Dialogue Is The ‘Only Option’
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis and Jordan’s King Abdullah II reaffirmed that dialogue is the “only option” to end the conflict in Syria, just as the United States and its […]
Catholic Church in Egypt Release Statement on Violent Protests
Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac States Situation is Not Political Struggle But a War on Terrorism Cairo, August 19, 2013 (Zenit.org) Junno Arocho Esteves | 193 hits The Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts, Ibrahim Isaac released a statement today regarding the dire political situation occurring in Egypt. Violence erupted after Muslim […]
Empty coffers? Church tax issue divides Swiss Catholics
by Terence MacNamee, swissinfo.ch July 17, 2013 – 11:00 Campaigns to abolish church tax on companies have triggered a wide-ranging debate on state support for religion in Switzerland. The future […]
Confronting the Vatican on the Rights of Children
Huff Post: This week in Geneva, the United Nation’s Committee on the Rights of the Child is hearing closed-door testimony about official Catholicism’s compliance with the 1989 Convention on the […]
Switzerland: Hotel students boycott church graduation event
Certain students who concluded their studies at the Swiss Hotel Management School are boycotting the graduation ceremony because it is being held in a Catholic church. The school, which promotes […]
Church Whistle-Blowers Join Forces on Abuse
Source: NY Times They call themselves Catholic Whistleblowers, a newly formed cadre of priests and nuns who say the Roman Catholic Church is still protecting sexual predators. Jeffrey Phelps for The New York Times The Rev. James Connell, in Sheboygan, Wis., is a member of Catholic Whistleblowers. Several members of […]
Pope Francis gives Catholic church hundreds of new saints
Two Latin American women canonised by Argentinian pontiff, as well as 813 ‘martyrs of Otranto’ slain in 1480 by Turkish invaders Pope Francis has given the Catholic church a raft […]