The Catholic Church in Poland says they have recorded cases of 382 clergymen who have abused 625 victims under the age of 18 since 1990. The figure includes 198 priests and friars who abused minors under 15 years old and 184 clergy who abused victims between 15 and 18, according to Wojciech Sadlon, head of Read more
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Vatican says China should not fear Church
Monday, March 18th, 2019A Vatican official says China’s government should not fear “distrust or hostility” from the Roman Catholic Church, amid speculation over whether President Xi Jinping will meet Pope Francis this week. Read more
Bishop hospitalised after parishoners attack
Thursday, March 14th, 2019
A Catholic bishop was hospitalised for two days after parishioners in southern India attacked him because of his role in a 50-year land dispute. A security guard who tried to protect Bishop Jerome Dhas Varuvel was seriously injured in the 10 March violence, which involved about 130 men and women. The guard is still in Read more
Cardinal Pell’s prison sentence draws mixed reactions
Thursday, March 14th, 2019
Reactions in Australia to Cardinal George Pell’s six-year prison sentence were mixed when was it broadcast live from Victoria’s County Court in central Melbourne. Some clerical sex abuse survivors were reported as saying “even a week would have been enough”. Others said the ruling is too lenient. Some described the prosecution as proof the church Read more
Western powers use religion for subversive purposes
Thursday, March 14th, 2019
Western powers are trying to use Christianity to influence China’s society and even subvert the government, says the head of the National Committee of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement of the Protestant Churches in China. Xu Xiaohong is vowing to rid Christianity in the country of any Western “imprint,” calling for further “sinicisation” of religion. Xu Read more
Married Catholic priest to be keynote speaker
Thursday, March 14th, 2019
A married Catholic priest will be the keynote speaker at a public dinner later this month. Father Gregory Elder, who is the first canonically ordained and married Catholic priest in the Diocese of San Bernardino, will speak at the Italian Catholic Federation’s gala dinner on Thursday next week. Elder, who was brought up in the Read more
Former priest accused of abusing boys shot, killed
Thursday, March 14th, 2019
A former priest accused of sexually molesting dozens of boys in the 1970s and ’80s has been found shot dead at his Nevada home. Police are treating the death of John Capparelli, who was 70, as a homicide. According to the coroner’s office the former priest had been shot in the neck. Although police say Read more
9,000 religious venues will be lost by 2020
Thursday, March 14th, 2019In Canada alone, 9,000 religious venues will be lost by 2020. The National Trust for Canada says this amounts to one-third of faith-based buildings. Their imminent closure is a result of funding shortfalls. Read more
Bishops attack government over corruption
Thursday, March 14th, 2019Catholic bishops of Papua New Guinea have attacked the government for failing to take action on corruption. They have also attacked it for what they call its general incompetence. Read more