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1. 14 Priests Suspended Over 'Improper Conduct'

Catholic church authorities in the Chilean city of Rancagua on Tuesday suspended 14 priests while they are investigated for "improper conduct," a development that could deepen the crisis the church is facin ...

Created on 23 May 2018

2. Pope Francis Could Purge Catholic Hierarchy ...

Thirty-four Chilean bishops summoned to the Vatican over a cover-up of sexual abuse by clergy began crisis meetings with Pope Francis on Tuesday that could result in a purge of Chile's Catholic hierarchy ...

Created on 15 May 2018

3. Pope on Sexual Abuse Cover-up: 'I Was Part of the Problem'

Pope Francis told Chilean victims of clerical sexual abuse "I was part of the problem" and apologized for dismissing accusations of a cover-up by Catholic bishops, one of the victims said on Wednesday ...

Created on 04 May 2018

4. Pope Francis Adviser Pleads Not Guilty to Sexual Crimes, Must Face Trial

Vatican Treasurer George Pell must face trial on charges of historical sexual offenses, an Australian court ruled on Tuesday, making him the most senior Catholic official to be tried on such allegations. ...

Created on 01 May 2018

5. Cardinal to Saudi Leaders: Christians Cannot Be Second-Class Citizens

... citizens. French cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran's trip, the first by such a senior Catholic figure, raised hopes of more openness in the kingdom, which is home to Islam's holiest sites but bans the practi ...

Created on 26 April 2018

6. Pope Invites Leaders of All Christian Denominations in the Mideast to Peace Summit

Pope Francis has invited leaders of all Christian denominations in the Middle East to join him in Italy in July to discuss how they can help bring peace to the region, the Vatican said on Wednesday. The ...

Created on 25 April 2018

7. Pope Francis Calls Out Satan Himself After Alleged 'No Hell' Comments

... In the document known as an Apostolic Exhortation called "Gaudete et Exsultate," (Rejoice and Be Glad), the pope also bewails the amount of defamation and slander spread online by some Roman Catholic blogger ...

Created on 09 April 2018

8. Change of Heart? China Makes Effort to Open Relations With Church

... of bishops. Chinese Catholics are split between those who attend officially sanctioned churches run by government-approved bishops and technically illegal "underground" churches, the vast majority of whic ...

Created on 03 April 2018

9. Did Pope Francis Really Just Deny the Existence of Hell?

... l doesn't exist, the disappearance of sinning souls exists." The universal catechism of the Catholic Church says "The teaching of the Catholic Church affirms the existence of hell and its eternity." I ...

Created on 29 March 2018

10. Pope Francis: These People Cannot Call Themselves Christians

... Italy, such as Sicily's Cosa Nostra and Calabria's 'Ndrangheta, see themselves as part of a religious, cult-like group. Particularly in smaller towns and cities in the south, they take part in Catholic s ...

Created on 28 March 2018

11. Hundreds of Catholic Leaders to Petition for Clean Dream Act ...

As the March 5 deadline for DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) looms, the Catholic community is escalating its demands for a compassionate response to the crisis faced by an estimated 800,000 ...

Created on 22 February 2018

12. Come Wednesday, Christians Will Face Unique Conundrum for the First Time Since WWII

... food, reflecting and carrying out extra acts of charity. Heavily Irish-American Roman Catholic dioceses in the United States often make an exception when St. Patrick's Day falls on a Lenten Friday, allow ...

Created on 12 February 2018

13. Former Pope Makes Stunning Confession

Former pope Benedict said in a letter published in an Italian newspaper on Wednesday that he is in the last phase of life and on a "pilgrimage towards home." Benedict, who in February 2013 became the first ...

Created on 08 February 2018

14. Pope Expresses 'Pain, Shame' Over Church Sex-Abuse Scandal

Pope Francis expressed "pain and shame" on Tuesday over a sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church in Chile, seeking forgiveness for a crisis that has scarred its credibility and left many faithful skeptica ...

Created on 16 January 2018

15. Pope Orders Vatican Takeover

Pope Francis has ordered the Vatican takeover of an elite Catholic society in Peru whose founder is accused of sexually and physically abusing children and former members of the group. The move, announced ...

Created on 11 January 2018

16. Cardinal Who Covered Up Significant Sex Abuse Dies

Cardinal Bernard Law, the former Archbishop of Boston who resigned in disgrace after covering up years of sexual abuse of children by priests and whose name became a byword for scandal in the Catholic Church, ...

Created on 20 December 2017

17. 13 Roman Catholic Beliefs I No Longer Embrace ...

... tsunami strength, crested over the continent of Europe, then flowed unstoppably into the rest of the world. Did Luther's admonitions significantly change the Roman Catholic Church? Or have the adherent ...

Created on 28 November 2017

18. Does Robert Jeffress Really Think Catholicism Is a 'Cult-Like Pagan Religion' Founded by Satan? ...

...  Jeffress of being "viciously anti-Catholic." Newsweek reported Jeffress said Catholicism is a "cult-like pagan religion" and the success of the religion is due to "the genius of Satan." Jeffress veheme ...

Created on 25 October 2017

19. Church Forbids Grave Marker Mentioning 'Rapist Priests'

A Catholic diocese in Michigan forbade a grave marker mentioning a deceased woman's support for "priest rapist victims," sparking outrage from the woman's son. The Catholic Diocese of Joliet told Jack R ...

Created on 23 October 2017

20. US Catholics, Protestants Agree: 500 Years After Reformation, They Have More in Common Than Not ...

... e traditionally Catholic than they are Protestant. "I think it's fair to say the differences between the two groups have diminished to a degree that might have shocked Christians of earlier centuries,"  ...

Created on 01 September 2017