Suspended Catholic priest, Geoffrey Farrow is selling a Catholic Nuptial Mass for gays and heterosexuals. A Nuptial Mass costs $750 and secular wedding services cost only US$500. Farrow, a former military chaplain and priest for 25 years was suspended back in 2008 over his support for gay marriage. While offering nuptial masses for sale on Read more
Irish Prime Minister and practising Catholic , Enda Kenny, on Wednesday launched an unprecedented and stinging attack on the Vatican saying that Ireland – Vatican relations could never be the same again. Kenny accused the Vatican for what he said was the first time in Ireland, the Holy See sought to frustrate an inquiry in a democratically Read more
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, who was recently snubbed as a speaker at the Vatican’s first major conference of bishops and heads of religious orders on clerical child abuse, said he feels angry at the ‘non-response’ of the church to children who had been abused or put at risk. There are groups in the Vatican and the hierarchy, Read more
Catholic priests in Ireland say they will not reveal peoples’ sins told to them in confession, despite the Irish government requiring priests to report alleged incidents of child abuse. “More than any other issues, it is probably the one that will unite both the liberal and conservative winds of the Church,” Fr Tony Flannery said Read more
Predominantly Muslim Malaysia and the Holy Seee have established diplomatic ties. The announcement came after talks between the Malaysian Prime Minister, Najib Razak and Pope Benedic XVI. “In the cordial conversations, the positive developments in bilateral relations were discussed, and an agreement was reached to establish diplomatic relations between Malaysia and the Holy See,” the Vatican Read more
A national survey released by Relationships Australia says the Y Generation, those born between 1981 and 1994, are the most lonely generation. 30% of Australians aged 25-34 and who responded to the 2011 Relationships Indicators Survey said they were frequently lonely. This was far more than any other group. The survey polled 1204 adults and highlighted connections Read more
A leading church official rejected harsh criticism of the Vatican in the wake the Cloyne report. Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, told Vatican Radio July 19 that much of the criticism failed to take into account the efforts of Pope Benedict XVI and other church officials to prevent future cases of child sexual Read more
In light of the ‘souring’ relations between the Irish Government and the Vatican, Pope Benedict’s visit to Ireland is likely to be ‘shelved’. Relations between Ireland and the Vatican have cooled recently in response to the revelations that the retired bishop of Cloyne, John Magee, allegedly acting under Vatican orders, failed to report that 19 Read more
The Vatican has excommunicated another newly ordained Chinese bishop, the second in as many weeks. The excommunicated bishop, Joseph Huang Bingzhang, was ordained without Papal approval, and according to The Telegraph, in the presence of four kidnapped bishops who ‘witnessed’ the ceremony. The ordination has brought relations between the Vatican and China to a new Read more
The Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelisation is planning a “Metropolis Mission” in the major cities in Europe. “This is an initial response to the request made by the Pope during our first plenary meeting, to overcome division and to show signs of unity,” Archbishop Salvatore Fisichella told Vatican Radio. Archbishop Fisichella chaired the summit Read more