From Yahoo: Cody Coots is a fourth-generation snake-handling pastor at the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Jesus’ Name church in Middlesboro, Ky. In.
Are We Headed For Married Priests?
It’s not there yet — allowing priests to marry; no, the crisis would have to explode yet greater, and continue.
Harrisburg Bishop Apologizes
From Associated Press: HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania bishop named in a grand jury report on rampant sexual abuse.
Evangelicals Confront Sex Abuse Problems In The #MeToo Era
From AP: As the Roman Catholic church struggles with a new wave of clergy abuse cases, several prominent evangelical institutions.
Burke: A ‘Very Grave Crisis’
From Catholic News Agency: Cardinal Raymond Burke said Thursday that the Catholic Church is facing “a very grave crisis” due.
Mailbag: Prayer To Recover What Was Lost
From Janet Klasson: Prayer to Re-Capture What Was Lost In the Name of Jesus Christ Ascended, in the Divine Will,.
U.S. Bishops Ask Vatican To Investigate
From Associated Press: VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican expressed “shame and sorrow” on Thursday about a scathing Pennsylvania grand.
Evangelical Mega-Church Paid Huge Settlement
From the Christian Post: Willow Creek Community Church in Illinois reportedly paid $3.5 million in lawsuits over the sex abuse.
Archdiocese Takes Down Website Defending Wuerl
From Catholic Herald: The Archdiocese of Washington has deleted the “Wuerl Report” website defending the cardinal’s handling of sex abuse.
Wuerl Says He Won’t Resign
From Fox5: In his first public comments since the report, Wuerl told his parishioners on Wednesday, “The pain and the.
Vatican Declines To Respond To Abuse Report
From The Hill: The Vatican turned down an opportunity to respond to an explosive grand jury report detailing more than a.
Florida Schools Put ‘In God We Trust’ Back In Schools
From Fox News: Florida students returning to classes this week will see the state’s motto, “In God We Trust,” etched.
Shocking Reports
From the Philadelphia Inquirer [caution, upsetting, graphic]: HARRISBURG — Top Roman Catholic leaders in Pennsylvania covered up decades of child.
Did Angel Rescue Famous Race Car Driver?
Denver Bishop Tells Priests To Offer Up Masses
From Catholic News Agency: Denver, Colo., Aug 14, 2018 / 01:01 pm – Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver issued a.
Toll Nationwide: At Least 17,000
From Associated Press: Six Roman Catholic dioceses in Pennsylvania joined the list this week of those around the U.S. that.
Why Do They Call Liquor ‘Spirits’?
https://vinepair.com/articles/why-liquor-called-spirits/
More Than 1,000 Children Abused By Pa. Priests
From Associated Press (caution, graphic): HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Roman Catholic priests across Pennsylvania used religious rituals, symbols of the.
Obituary: Father DeGrandis
Rev. Paul Robert “Fr. Bob” DeGrandis SSJ (1932 – 2018) Rev. Paul Robert “Fr. Bob” DeGrandis, SSJ, age 86, a resident of Baltimore, MD and former.
Chaotic Scene As Police Question Bishop
From Crux Now: MUMBAI, India – It was a chaotic scene outside the bishop’s residence in Jalandhar, India, as police.
Prayer Need: Nun Caught Smuggling Cocaine
From Newshub: A US nun has been busted after attempting to smuggle over 1kg of cocaine into Australia. Denise Marie.
Statue Artist
You may remember the recent stories — for instance, from the Washington Post: “Inside a Catholic church in New Mexico,.
Sex Abuse Scandals Continue Plaguing Catholic Church
From The Times-Picayune: With revelation after revelation, a new wave of sexual abuse scandals is rocking the Roman Catholic Church.
Strange Fire Limited To Cross
From WIVB: TONAWANDA (CITY), NY (WIVB) – A City of Tonawanda church’s Cross caught fire on Sunday morning. The City’s.
In The Sacristy?
From Lifesitenews: GRAN CANARIA, Spain, August 1, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – A priest in the Canary Islands posed with drag queens.
Holy Water Notre Dame Tainted?
From the Sun: The London Sun reports that “Churchgoers have been taken ill following fears holy water has been poisoned.”.
Pope: Fight Evil With Love
From Catholic News Agency: It is not enough for Catholics to not do bad things, they must counter evil by.
Bishop: Some Accused Still Serve
From The News-Item: The bishop of Pittsburgh’s Roman Catholic diocese said a few priests named in a soon-to-be-released grand jury.
Can Pope Still Connect With A Changed Ireland?
From The Guardian: In the past four decades Ireland has become a different country, but you wouldn’t know it in.
Strong Believers Persist
While Christianity and Catholicism in particular have been taking hits, big-time — while clergy/bishop scandals continue to erupt; while evangelical.