Italian priest Father Bruno Maggioni has begun to garner quite the following for his wedding theatrics, singing and dancing his way through ceremonies in the Italian town of Limbiate, north of Milan. During a wedding this week, the he belted out 1980s pop song “Mamma Maria” from Italian group Ricchi e Poveri. The debate over whether Maggioni’s behaviour Read more
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Following Pope’s call, priest gives up Mercedes
Tuesday, July 16th, 2013
Taking to heart Pope Francis’s call for austerity, a priest in Columbia has decided to sell the white Mercedes Benz E200 convertible his family gave him. Father Hernando Fajid Alvarez Yacub, chaplain of Saint Michael’s Cemetery in Santa Marta, was given the car a year ago as a gesture of gratitude for caring for his Read more
That loving pugnacious priest, Andrew Greeley
Friday, June 7th, 2013
WASHINGTON – You wanted Father Andrew Greeley as your friend and not your enemy. You got the sense he was born with his fists up and his loyalties fully formed. He was ready to do battle at the first signs of disrespect toward those he cared about. Understanding Greeley, the priest, sociologist and novelist who Read more
Priests and alcoholism
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
Every week or so, Father Ray toted a suitcase past the rectory offices. “Dry cleaning,” he’d say. “Liquor bottles,” feared both the pastor and Mary Catherine Meek, who worked in the suburban Chicago parish. People caught whiffs of alcohol on Father Ray (not his real name) at Mass. He had undergone treatment for alcoholism before Read more
Mentors and abusers — a Catholic son’s story
Friday, April 19th, 2013
Brother Dennis of the Little Brothers of Mary, as they were originally known, was buried at a cemetery near Melbourne in March, 1992. His two families — the one he grew up with, and the clergy that he made his adult life with — were both present, and separate. The coffin lowered, the mourners were Read more
Catholic priest Emil Kapaun receives posthumous medal
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
They are all in their 80s now — these former POWs during the Korean War. One recalls in rapid-fire bursts how Father Emil Kapaun sneaked out of the barracks at night, risking his life to bring back morsels of food for his fellow prisoners. Another remembers seeing the young American priest use a rock and Read more
Meth-dealing priest ran adult video/sex toy shop
Tuesday, April 9th, 2013A suspended Catholic priest in Connecticut has admitted making more than $NZ350,000 from selling methamphetamine while also running an adult video and sex toy shop. Prosecutors said Kevin Wallin, 61, sold the drug from his apartment and bought an adult video and sex toy shop named Land of Oz & Dorothy’s Place, apparently to launder Read more
Cardinal O’Brien had relationship with priest, paper alleges
Tuesday, March 26th, 2013
Cardinal Keith O’Brien had a long-term physical relationship with one of the priests whose complaints against him led to his removal as Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, according to Church sources cited by the Herald Scotland. Cardinal O’Brien went into retirement after admitting “there have been times that my sexual conduct has fallen below Read more
Priest conceived in rape recounts journey to forgive father
Friday, February 22nd, 2013
A priest who was conceived in rape when his mother was only 13 years old is sharing the story of how he met, forgave and heard the confession of his father, who is now living a life of faith. “I could have ended up in a trash can, but I was allowed to live,” said Read more
Jailed Vietnamese priest nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Friday, February 15th, 2013A Vietnamese priest imprisoned for criticising human rights abuses has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by two members of the United States Congress. Father Thadeus Nguyen Van Ly, 65, has been nominated by members of Congress Chris Smith and Zoe Lofgren along with the Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam, the Read more