Australia’s new PM vows to protect religious freedom
Australia’s new Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said he will change laws to ensure religious freedom, in an interview with The Age newspaper. Morrison told the newspaper that new religious freedom laws were needed to safeguard personal liberty. “Just because things haven’t been a problem in the past doesn’t mean they won’t be problem in […]
SEX ABUSE SCANDAL: US STATES LAUNCH INVESTIGATIONS IN WAKE OF PENNSYLVANIA REPORT INTO CATHOLIC CLERGY ABUSE OF CHILDREN
In this in-depth report, JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, looks at how US states have responded to a “bombshell” report from Pennsylvania which detailed the alleged sexual abuse of more than 1,000 children by hundreds of Catholic priests by launching their own investigations…
US Catholic donor denies he consulted on Viganò allegations against Pope Francis
RNS Timothy Busch, a conservative Catholic lawyer and donor, is denying claims he was consulted on a letter written last month by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò alleging, among other things, that Pope Francis ignored accusations of sexual abuse by a prominent cleric in Washington, DC. Viganò’s 11-page letter alleges Francis rescinded sanctions placed on Cardinal […]
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