In the US, FBI opens sweeping probe of clergy sex abuse in New Orleans
New Orleans, USAP The FBI has opened a widening investigation into sex abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in New Orleans going back decades, a rare federal foray into such cases looking specifically at whether priests took children across state lines to molest them, officials and others familiar with the inquiry told The Associated Press. […]
In the US, New Orleans archdiocese urges Catholics to avoid new Johnson & Johnson vaccine
RNS The Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans has declared the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson “morally compromised” and asked Catholics to avoid it if given the choice, citing concerns about the use of cells with distant ties to abortion “in development and production”. The archdiocese issued the statement on Friday, stating that while the decision […]
Black Catholics’ history: Will US Catholic schools teach it?
DAVID CRARY, of Associated Press, reports on calls for Catholic schools to teach more about the church’s past links to slavery and segregation, and how Black Catholics have persevered…