Catholic priest is sentenced to time served after 2018 break-in at nuclear naval base
RNS Since his arrest nearly three years ago on trespassing charges after invading a nuclear submarine base with six others as part of a symbolic nuclear disarmament action, Rev Stephen M Kelly has been held in a Brunswick, Georgia, county jail. On Thursday, Kelly, a 71-year-old Jesuit priest, considered the leader of the group that […]
On the Screen: ‘Fatima’ a sympathetic retelling of a century old story of faith
DAVID ADAMS watches ‘Fatima’…
Priest, a seminary rector, slain in El Salvador
San Salvador, El SalvadorAP A Roman Catholic priest has been shot to death along a road in El Salvador and church authorities on Saturday called for investigation of the slaying. The church celebrated a Mass on Saturday for Rev Ricardo Antonio Cortez, who was rector at the seminary named for recently canonized Oscar Arnulfo Romero […]
In the US state of Minnesota, Catholic, Lutheran churches to defy governor and hold services
Minneapolis, USAP Roman Catholic and Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod congregations across Minnesota plan to resume worship services in defiance of the state’s ban on gatherings of more than 10 people, their leaders said Thursday, the strongest direct challenge to Governor Tim Walz’s restrictions to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The leaders said at a […]
US archdiocese files for bankruptcy amid clergy abuse costs
New Orleans, USAP The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans announced Friday that it is seeking federal Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection amid growing legal costs related to sexual abuse by priests. The filing for reorganisation could free the archdiocese from the threat of creditors’ lawsuits while it reorganises its finances. The New Orleans archdiocese is […]
POSTCARDS: PACZKI DAY BRINGS CHICAGOANS TOGETHER FOR ONE LAST INDULGENCE BEFORE LENT
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, reports on how a Polish tradition is marked in the US city of Chicago…
Pope names 13 new cardinals, cements majority vote and the power to reshape the Church
Vatican CityRNS During a ceremony welcoming new cardinals into the Catholic Church, Pope Francis spoke of the danger that occurs “when a man of the church becomes an official”, calling them to more “compassion” in a time when the Vatican faces financial scandals and internal divisions. “So many disloyal actions on the part of ecclesiastics […]
KNOW IT ALL: LIECHTENSTEIN
The European principality of Liechtenstein is this year marking its 300th anniversary. DAVID ADAMS takes a look at some facts and figures…
US Catholic bishops head for global meeting on sex abuse anxious for progress
RNS There was a lot of talk but not a lot of action. When American clerics at the US Conference of Catholic Bishops began their annual fall gathering in Baltimore on Monday, they were eager to take bold, decisive steps to address what many see as the biggest issue facing the church in years: the […]
UGANDA: CATHOLICS PROTEST AS ARCHBISHOP ASKS GOVERNMENT TO ENFORCE TITHE
DOREEN AJIAMBO, of Religion News Service, reports on moves in Uganda to have the government collect a tithe from Catholic worshippers…