From the State: Strong winds during Monday’s thunderstorms ripped the steeple from a South Carolina church and dropped it between.
New Bishop: Change Culture Among Clergy
From the Catholic Herald: The new Bishop of Jefferson City, Missouri has expressed his shock at the McCarrick scandal and.
Women Fear Afterlife More Than Men
From the American Council on Science and Health: As shown, men were the least likely to believe in the afterlife,.
Catholics Find Sermons Half As Important As Protestants
From Christianity Today: The most important reason for going [to church]: to become closer to God. Yet 1 in 5.
Wuerl: Investigate Bishops
From the Catholic Herald: The U.S. bishops’ conference should consider setting up a panel to investigate rumours against fellow bishops,.
Is Vatican Giving Prominence to Laity?
From Catholic Herald: It was thirty years ago this summer that St John Paul II promulgated Pastor Bonus, his reorganization.
Abuse Handling Brings Down Pope’s Poll Numbers
From Pew: Pope Francis meets with bishops in Krakow in 2016. (Wojtek Radwanski/AFP via Getty Images) + The long-simmering.
Death Penalty: Did Pope Give It Final Shove?
From NBC: Tears of relief began to fall from Vicki Schieber’s eyes early on Thursday morning when she heard on.
What A Shrine!
Harissa (AsiaNews) – The shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon, with the statue that dominates the entire coastline of the.
Why Are We Surprised (Or Discouraged)?
Missed amid the growing and understandable uproar over sexual abuse in the clergy — and of late, among the hierarchy.
Rock That Fell From Western Wall Was In Gay Area
From Religious News Service: You might have read about it. A huge rock fell from the Western Wall in Jerusalem, narrowly missing.
Pope Says Birth-Defect Abortions Are ‘Nazi’
From CNN: Pope Francis compared having an abortion to avoid birth defects to the Nazi era idea of trying to.
A Call To Pray For Priests
Message to Mirjana Soldo of August 2, 2018. Dear children, With a motherly love I am calling you to open.
A Franciscan Indulgence
From Catholic News Agency: New York City, N.Y., Aug 2, 2018 / 03:18 am – Today’s feast of Our Lady.
Seventy-One Abuse Priests Cited In Harrisburg Diocese
From the Catholic Herald: Harrisburg Bishop Ronald Gainer has released information from the diocese’s own internal investigation on child sex.
Names Of Former Bishops Stripped From Church Buildings
From The New York Times: Bishop Ronald Gainer, center, has ordered that the names of former bishops dating back to.
Pope Changes Teaching On Death Penalty
From Associated Press: VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has changed Catholic Church teaching about the death penalty, saying in.
Attorney General Appeals To Holy Father
From the Philadelphia Inquirer: HARRISBURG — Amid a still-boiling legal battle over a secret grand jury report into alleged Catholic clergy.
All Survive Plane Crash, Including A Priest
From NBC: Passengers who walked away from the fiery Aeroméxico crash are thankful to be alive but a safety expert on Wednesday.
Pope: Idols Of Money, Drugs Ruining Many
From Associated Press: VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has returned from a month’s vacation, blasting the “idols” of money,.
Video: Being A Priest Amid Crisis
From Youtube:
Sessions: Culture Less Hospitable To Persons Of Faith
From Yahoo: WASHINGTON (AP) — American culture has become “less hospitable to people of faith,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions said.
Shame: Church Turned Into Lurid Stage
From The New York Times: MONTREAL — For generations, parishioners whispered their sins in the dark wooden confessional booths of.
Australian Archbishop Resigns
From Reuters: VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Australian Archbishop Philip Wilson, the most senior Catholic cleric in the world found guilty.
Bishop: Boot McCarrick From Clergy Completely
From Catholic News Service: Bishop Olson’s July 28 letter said the former cardinal’s alleged crimes have caused “such further damage.
Pope’s Action On McCarrick Action Makes History
From Crux Now: It’s really not that often one can say with certainty that we witnessed history being made at.
Will Churches Pay Taxes?
From McClatchy: WASHINGTON Members of Congress should be able to work together to protect houses of worship from having to.
Ordered To Life Of Penance
From the Catholic Herald: Pope Francis has accepted the resignation from the College of Cardinals of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, retired.
Pope Accepts Resignation Of Cardinal McCarrick
From The New York Times: LONDON — The Pope has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, the former.
Grand Jury Report On Three Hundred Priests
From Fox News: A Pennsylvania grand jury’s landmark report, linking more than 300 “predator priests” to clergy child sexual abuse,.