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1. 'Bishops Not Above the Law': Former U.S. Cardinal Defrocked for Sex Crimes

The defrocking of former U.S. cardinal Theodore McCarrick is a "very important signal" to the Catholic Church hierarchy that no one is above the law, the Vatican's top sexual crimes investigator said  ...

Created on 16 February 2019

2. Pope Francis, Leading Imam Sign Covenant Pushing Us Toward One-World Religion

... the most important imam in Sunni Islam, and he arrived at the signing ceremony in Abu Dhabi with Pope Francis "hand in hand in a symbol of interfaith brotherhood." But this wasn't just a ceremony for Catholi ...

Created on 07 February 2019

3. Thousands of Muslims Among Those Who Gathered in Unprecedented Church Gathering

Tens of thousands of Catholics and several thousand Muslims attended an unprecedented public celebration of Mass on Tuesday by Pope Francis, the first pontiff in history to visit the Arabian peninsula. ...

Created on 05 February 2019

4. Cuba Opens First Church Since Communist Rule Began in 1959

Cuba is opening its doors to the first Catholic church on the island since the 1959 Communist Revolution ushered in an era of atheism. The Parish of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, one of three churches approved ...

Created on 30 January 2019

5. 20 Slain in Twin Church Bombings

... kened floor. 'DASTARDLY ACT' The attack followed Friday's announcement that the region, a mainly Muslim part of the predominantly Catholic Philippines, had ratified the creation of an autonomous area called Ban ...

Created on 27 January 2019

6. Priest Thrown Behind Bars for Sexual Abuse, Victims Labeled Witches

The former Catholic priest of the Polish village of Kalinowka is serving three years in jail for molesting five schoolgirls. But Marta Zezula, a mother whose testimony helped convict him, says the priest' ...

Created on 10 January 2019

7. How These Papal Prophecies Tie Into the New Age

Sixty-two prominent Catholic theologians charged Pope Francis with heresy in September, eschatologist Tom Horn says. Other conservative Catholics believe Francis will give rise to catechism 675, which ...

Created on 01 November 2018

8. Laying an Axe to Jezebel's Roots in the Philippines

... e Philippines formed a covenant with the spirit Jezebel. Ferdinand Magellan's cross was planted in Cebu in 1521. That's when the Spaniards gained a foothold in the Philippines. With Catholicism and all ...

Created on 15 October 2018

9. Pope Francis Calls on Angels to Deliver Catholic Church From Devil, Sex Abuse Scandal ...

The devil is alive and well and working overtime to undermine the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis says. In fact, the pope is so convinced that Satan is to blame for the sexual abuse crisis and deep ...

Created on 08 October 2018

10. Is It Time for Pope Francis to Resign?

... the accusations "speaks for itself." In a detailed 11-page bombshell statement given to conservative Roman Catholic media outlets during the pope's visit to Ireland, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano accus ...

Created on 28 August 2018

11. Mollie Tibbetts' Priest Calls for a Spirit of Forgiveness for Her Murderer

Mollie Tibbitts, a devout Catholic, was allegedly murdered by an illegal immigrant when she was out for a jog. In the wake of this travesty, an Iowa church has come together in prayer with the priest leading ...

Created on 23 August 2018

12. 3 Concrete Steps That Could've Circumvented Catholicism's Child Abuse Crisis ...

AUTHOR'S ADDENDUM: The day this commentary was submitted for publication, the pope released a global statement aligning with this third point. The Catholic Church in America is on the ropes. It breaks m ...

Created on 21 August 2018

13. Pope Demands Vows the Catholic Church Will No Longer Cover Up Sexual Abuse ...

Pope Francis, facing sexual abuse crises in several countries, wrote an unprecedented letter to all Catholics on Monday, asking each one of them to help root out "this culture of death" and vowing ther ...

Created on 20 August 2018

14. 300 Priests Abused More Than 1000 Children. Now What?

This week, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court released a grand jury report into child sex abuse, listing more than 300 accused Catholic clergy and over 1,000 child victims. The report documents that one group ...

Created on 16 August 2018

15. Report: Bishops Covered Up Decades of Priests' Sexual Abuse

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro has released a more than 1,300-page grand jury report detailing allegations of widespread sexual abuse of more than 1,000 children by Catholic priests in the ...

Created on 15 August 2018

16. NYT: Pope's 'Respect' for LGBT a Sign of Future 'Acceptance'

On Thursday, The New York Times published an op-ed that asked whether the Catholic Church would ever be able to get its progressive act together and shift its stance towards the LGBT community. While not ...

Created on 05 July 2018

17. Charismatic Catholic on Short List as Supreme Court Nominee ...

Amy Coney Barrett, a charismatic Catholic who has become somewhat of a hero to religious conservatives over the past year, has apparently been placed on the short list to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy ...

Created on 03 July 2018

18. Pope Calls for Christians to End 500-Year Conflict

...  Orthodox Christians. Its members represent about 500 million faithful, compared with 1.3 billion for the Roman Catholic Church, which is not a full member of the WCC. "After centuries of conflict ... chari ...

Created on 21 June 2018

19. 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

20. 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