Three US bishops are “devout schismatics” who try to diminish the authority of Pope Francis, says a Church historian. “They are devout in the sense that they publicly display their preference for a traditionalist Church and its devotions, such as the rosary. “They are schismatics because they openly promote the undermining of the bishop of Read more
Pope Francis has appointed Mark Brennan (72) of Baltimore to head the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia. Brennan has been a Baltimore auxiliary since his episcopal ordination in 2017. He replaces Bishop Michael Bransfield who left under a cloud of allegations of sexual and financial misconduct. Brennan said he is deeply honoured by the appointment Read more
Poland’s Bishops’ Conference has condemned violent assaults on a weekend gay rights Equality Parade by nationalists who claimed to be defending their Catholic cathedral. At the same time the bishops said the Church will continue speaking out against the “deadly sin” of homosexuality. “Violence and contempt can never be justified or accepted – acts of Read more
Questions about Boris Johnson, the new British prime minister’s Catholic baptism and whether he’s actually a Christian have been occupying the airwaves on the Spectator newspaper’s Holy Smoke podcast. The podcast said as a baby Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson was baptised into the Catholic faith of his mother, Charlotte Fawcett. He was then confirmed Read more
During a search for the remains of a young Italian woman missing for more than 30 years, workers discovered an enormous number of bones inside two ossuaries in a building next to a Vatican cemetery. Further studies on the remains will be carried out starting July 27, but it was not yet possible to predict Read more
Former Trump strategist Steve Bannon says he used location-based data from smartphones to target Catholic church attendees with vote advertisements. Bannon says a message was sent to church-goers from CatholicVote, “…not to go vote for a specific guy, but for all Catholics to go out and do their duty and they’re going to put out Read more
A parent of a young rugby player has made disturbing claims about the radical teachings of former Wallaby star Israel Folau’s church. The mother became concerned when Folau started inviting fellow players to the Truth of Jesus Christ Church in Sydney’s north-west. The church was set up by Folau’s father Eni in 2013. The mother Read more
German churches lost 430,000 Catholic and Protestant members last year. The losses were fairly evenly divided, with over 200,000 members departing from each of them. Every departure hurts,” said Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, president of the German Bishops’ Conference (EKD). “Since people today, unlike in the past, decide out of freedom whether they want to belong to Read more
Seventy people, including numerous priests and religious, were arrested last Thursday during a protest against the treatment of child migrants. They were part of a coalition of Catholic clergy members and supporters at Washington’s Capitol making their concerns known about the children being held in detention facilities along the US southern border. Capitol Police say Read more