Over 220 former boy scouts, altar boys and students have begun a sex abuse lawsuit against 35 Catholic leaders in Guam’s archdiocese. Court documents show a systemic pattern of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy took place on the US territory of Guam for over 60 years. The sex abuse scandal and church cover-up that dates Read more
Pope Francis’s reforms to the Vatican Bank and attempts to restore its ethical credentials include new statutes. On Saturday Francis signed the new statutes and approved other changes to bolster the reforms that have cleaned out the once scandal-ridden institution. The reforms were initially launched by Francis’s predecessor Pope Benedict. Until Benedict and Francis sought Read more
Over 1,000 Catholics marched through central Hong Kong by candlelight last Thursday night to call for calm and a break from hostilities in the recent political crisis that has seen thousands of protesters clash with police. The vigil was organised by the Justice and Peace Commission of Hong Kong Diocese, Hong Kong Federation of Catholic Read more
A 52-year-old Caritas volunteer helped rescue more than two dozen families from a recent flood in Karachi, Pakistan. Francis Javed, a father of six who works as a cobbler, told ucanews.com that he received a phone call from Caritas Pakistan Karachi at 11 a.m. on July 30. They warned him about an overflowing dam not Read more
The Court of Appeal has been dealing with last-minute questions about the way George Pell’s jury was empanelled as it prepares to deliver its ruling on one of the nation’s biggest legal cases. The three judges have been examining the law around how Pell was arraigned when no jury panel members were physically present in Read more
Clinicians are calling for an urgent national inquiry into the safety and ethics of giving unproven hormone drug treatment to ever younger children who are confused about sex and gender. A detailed submission, arguing that risks including infertility and lifelong regret outweigh the benefits to trans children and teenagers, was sent yesterday to Health Minister Read more
A disgruntled “serving Catholic” from the Archdiocese of Melbourne has leaked details of Archbishop Peter Comensoli’s big spend on a private residence. The residence comes complete with an indoor pool. The leak follows a recent announcement by the archdiocese making dozens of staff redundant. The Australian newspaper learned that in virtually the same breath as warning Read more
Texan archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller has deleted his tweets attacking President Donald Trump because they “were not focused on the issues but on an individual.” He had posted several tweets to Trump after Saturday’s mass shooting in El Paso, Texas where 22 people were killed. Garcia-Siller was one of many people who, in the aftermath of Read more
A Catholic high school is appealing to Rome after losing its Catholic identity because its employee policy allows a teacher in a same-sex marriage to be on the staff. Indianapolis’s Brebeuf Jesuit high school is appealing Archbishop Charles C. Thompson’s decision to strip it of its Catholic name because it refused his request to sever Read more
Police disrupted the funeral for a Catholic lawyer last week in Ho Chi Minh City, amid a disagreement over land ownership. Police and plainclothes security officers closely monitored Therese Tran Thi Ly Hoa’s funeral service, which was held at a local church. A group of masked men then followed the funeral procession to a cemetery Read more