Posts Tagged ‘Conflict with Vatican’

Armed priest arrested as he tried to enter the Vatican

Thursday, May 9th, 2024

A priest armed with several weapons and dressed in a cassock tried to enter St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican to participate in the Regina Caeli prayer with Pope Francis on Sunday, May 5. According to the Italian news agency ANSA, the priest, who is from the Czech Republic, tried to pass through the metal Read more

The Bishop who ran a petrol station for 34 years

Friday, September 4th, 2015

After a disagreement with the Pope, a bishop resigned his position and spent the next 34 years working in a petrol station and writing a weekly column for his local newspaper. In 1903 Bonaventure Finbarr Francis Broderick, at the early age of 34, had been appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of San Cristóbal de Read more