A sweeping, year-long study of sexual abuse by Catholic priests and others in Switzerland has turned up more than 1,000 cases since the mid-20th century, as the Swiss church becomes the latest in Europe to reckon with the abuse scandal. With few exceptions, those accused of wrongdoing were all male. Nearly three-fourths of the documents Read more
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Sweeping study finds 1,000 cases of sexual abuse in Swiss Catholic Church
Thursday, September 14th, 2023Archbishop Coleridge advocates for constitutional recognition of the Voice
Monday, September 11th, 2023
Australia stands on the brink of a transformative moment as the nation prepares for a referendum on the Voice to Parliament, according to the Archbishop of Brisbane Mark Coleridge. In a recently released letter, Archbishop Coleridge (pictured) encouraged all Australians to educate themselves on this crucial matter, advocating for a shift in focus from potential Read more
Vatican beatifies Polish family martyred for sheltering Jews during WWII
Monday, September 11th, 2023
The Vatican has officially beatified a Polish family of nine. The family included a pregnant mother and small children, whom the Nazis executed during World War II for their courageous act of sheltering Jews. This beatification of the Ulma family took place on Sunday during a solemn Mass held in the village of Markowa in Read more
Pope Francis chastised for pro-Russian stance
Monday, September 11th, 2023
Mykhailo Podolyak, a senior advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, has publicly criticised Pope Francis for his pro-Russian stance. Ukraine’s Eastern Rite Catholic bishops echoed Podolyak’s comments. Podolyak firmly rejected any notion of the Vatican mediating in the ongoing Russian war in Ukraine and hinted at possible Russian influence within the Vatican bank. Podolyak’s criticism Read more
Jews sheltered from Nazis by Rome Catholics
Monday, September 11th, 2023
Newly discovered documents at Vatican City’s Pontifical Biblical Institute may shed some light on what happened to many Roman Jews during the Nazi occupation in WW2. The documents contain the names of 3,200 Jews whose lives Catholics protected during the occupation. Rome’s Jewish community organisation has verified the listed Jews’ identities. Researchers from the Pontifical Read more
Teen goes global with rosary business
Monday, September 11th, 2023
Faith and mission are behind 15-year old William Henry’s international business selling rosaries. “My mission is to spread the power of the rosary and our faith to the world through my business,” Henry says. It all started a few years ago when a friend made Henry an Irish penal rosary made up of just one-decade, Read more
Florida man charged with double homicide in killing of girlfriend who refused abortion
Monday, September 11th, 2023Police in Sanford, Florida, charged a 21-year-old man with double homicide in the killing of his pregnant girlfriend and preborn child, an action police believe was motivated by her refusal to get an abortion. Sanford police arrested the former boyfriend, Donovan Faison, on Tuesday, Aug 29, for the November 2022 killing. He was charged with Read more
Seattle archdiocese asks pastors to resign ahead of parish consolidation
Monday, September 11th, 2023The Archdiocese of Seattle has requested that all parish pastors submit their resignations from office as part of a years-long parish consolidation process across the archdiocese, which is expected to reduce the number of parishes by more than half. Archdiocesan officials say the move comes after considerable consultation with clergy and is meant to streamline Read more
Australia to require AI-made child abuse material be removed from search results
Monday, September 11th, 2023Australia will make search engines like Google and Bing take steps to prevent the sharing of child sexual abuse material created by artificial intelligence, the country’s internet regulator said on Friday. A new code drafted by the industry giants at the government’s request will require search engines to ensure that such content is not returned Read more
As persecution worsens in Burkina Faso, Christians come back to the Church
Monday, September 11th, 2023An expert on anti-Christian persecution says that escalating jihadist violence in the African nation of Burkina Faso is producing the paradoxical effect of inducing lapsed Christians to return to religious practice. Maria Lozano of the pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) described the phenomenon as “a beautiful message of faith.” In a Read more