Atheist clergywoman, Gretta Vosper, is “not suitable” to remain an ordained minister, the United Church of Canada has decided. She “came out” as being an atheist 15 years ago. Vosper of West Hill United Church of Toronto, Ontario, was declared “not suitable” to remain a church minister, according to a report released on Wednesday from Read more
Anglicans see Pope Francis as a role model and are among the thousands of pilgrims and visitors present in St Peter’s Square for the Pope’s general audience. Last Wednesday a group of Anglicans from all over the world taking part in a week long study course on Christian leadership were among the pilgrims. Organised by Read more
Ballarat bishop Ronald Mulkearns multimillion-dollar estate will be used to help victims of abuse, the Catholic diocese has said. Mulkearns, who died in April, was blamed for allowing paedophile priests to continue to operate in Victoria. The late bishop left a reported $2.1m to be used by the current bishop of Ballarat for the benefit Read more
IVF treatment is now a possibility for a 60 year-old UK woman who has been cleared to use eggs harvested from her dead daughter to give birth to her own grandchild The 60-year-old has been cleared by health experts to take her daughter’s eggs to the US for IVF treatment. There she hopes to use Read more
Human-animal embryo creation is a frontier that seems to belong in sci-fi rather than the real world. Taken to its extreme, it could result in animals with human brains and humans with animal brains – and raises an array of moral and ethical questions, which US bishops, among others, have spoken out about. Despite this, Read more
Global leaders, including presidents, chairmen, CEOs of the world’s top companies and also prestigious economists will be addressed by Pope Francis when they meet at the Vatican in December for the 2016 Fortune/Time Global Forum The unprecedented gathering will convene select global Fortune 500 CEOs, members of the Time 100 and non-profit, academic, religious and Read more
A sex education program recently released by the Vatican has been condemned by a renowned psychiatrist who has worked with victims of priestly sexual abuse and priest abusers. He says it is abusive and “the most dangerous threat to Catholic youth” he has seen in the past 40 years. The gravely concerned psychiatrist is Dr. Read more
President Obama says the United States has a “profound moral and humanitarian obligation” to support efforts to clear bombs its forces dropped on Laos during the Vietnam War. Eighty million cluster munitions did not explode, instead settling on farmland and around villages, only to later kill or injure 20,000 people. Obama spoke of that legacy Read more
DIY faith and making Jesus into the person we want him to be creates obstacles to a true relationship with Christ and his mercy says Pope Francis. “The admonition of Jesus is always present: even today man constructs images of God that prevent him from enjoying his real presence,” the Pope said during the general Read more
Vice President Chen Chien-jen attended the canonization of Mother Teresa of Calcutta on 4 September at the Vatican, describing the event as representing the universal values of peace, love, mercy and humanitarianism that the Republic of China (ROC) and Holy See share and put into practice. The Holy See is an important ally that has Read more