A copyright infringement case has been brought to court alleging Bernadette Farrell’s 1993 song “Christ Be Our Light” is a copy of the song “Emmanuel” composed by Vincent A. Ambrosetti in 1980 and published that same year. A lawsuit between Ambrosetti and his publishers against Farrell and her publishers has been filed with the federal Read more
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Pope commends nuns for ‘standing on front line’ against human trafficking
Monday, September 30th, 2019Speaking to a network of religious sisters that helps human trafficking victims, Pope Francis on Thursday told them to work closely with the local church, because this is necessary for their project to be successful. “I want to reiterate that the journey of consecrated life, both female and male, is the path of ecclesial insertion,” Read more
In South Korea, abortion performed on wrong woman by mistake
Monday, September 30th, 2019Police in South Korea are investigating a doctor who mistakenly performed an abortion on the wrong woman in August. The mix-up was due to an inadvertent switch of medical charts, and a failure to confirm the patient’s identity before the procedure, CNN reports. A Vietnamese woman pregnant with a 6-week-old baby entered a gynecology clinic Read more
Married father of six ordained Catholic priest
Thursday, September 26th, 2019
A married man with six children has just been ordained as a Latin-rite (Roman Catholic) priest in Montreal. Robert Assaly (59) was ordained by Archbishop Christian Lépine last Sunday after 10 years’ preparation. His wife Nancy and children assisted with the Mass. Assaly and his wife were formally admitted into the Catholic Church in 2015, Read more
Invest big in media says Pope
Thursday, September 26th, 2019
No investment is too big to spread the Word of God through media, Pope Francis says. On Monday he spoke to group of bishops and media professionals at the start of the plenary assembly of the Dicastery for Communications, which was held at the Vatican from Monday until Wednesday this week. Communication is a mission Read more
It’s women’s Church too: Women leaders required
Thursday, September 26th, 2019
While women’s advancement as leaders in the church and society is to be celebrated, there is still much work to do. Speakers tapped to speak at the second Women of the Church conference next month say with work, churches, businesses and governments can benefit from the gifts and talents of half the human race. The Read more
Radical change proposed for Australian seminaries
Thursday, September 26th, 2019
Australia’s Catholic Church may scrap the centuries-old system of training priests in seminaries. Two years after a royal commission exposed the scale of child abuse in the church, Catholic leaders are reshaping the way clergy are appointed. This includes new screening and monitoring protocols for candidates and a revamped “national program of priestly formation” being Read more
Vatican restores Catholic status to school with gay teacher
Thursday, September 26th, 2019
The Vatican has stopped an Indianapolis Archdiocese from stripping Jesuit high school of ‘Catholic’ label because it refused to sack a gay teacher. The teacher’s husband then lost his teaching job at another school when it followed the archdiocese’s directive. He is currently suing the archdiocese. The standoff between the Jesuit school and the archdiocese Read more
Vietnam diocese trains laity to become church reporters
Thursday, September 26th, 2019A diocese in northern Vietnam has started training parishioners how to become reporters so they can help promote evangelization and share church news with local people. The Hung Hoa Diocesan Communication Committee and Yen Bai Deanery held the first ever course on communication skills Sept. 19 and 20. The 24 attendees, mostly in their 20s Read more
Chinese churches made to replace Ten Commandments with Xi Jinping quotes
Thursday, September 26th, 2019Christian churches in China have been ordered to take down displays of the Ten Commandments and replace them with quotes from Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to reports. According to Bitter Winter, a magazine covering religious liberty and human rights in China, churches belonging to the country’s state-run “Three-Self Patriotic Movement” Protestant denomination have been Read more