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Car crash reveals Santa Rosa priest embezzled $95,000
July 24, 2019
When EMTs rushed to the scene of a Santa Rosa car accident June 19, they found Fr. Oscar Diaz, a local pastor, stuck in the car with a broken hip and other injuries. They also found $18,305.86, in cash. Diaz told police the money was his salary. It wasn’t. The money belonged to Santa Rosa’s
Sri Lankan church re-consecrated, cardinal challenges government
July 24, 2019
One of the churches in Sri Lanka damaged in attacks on Easter was re-consecrated on Sunday. During the ceremony, the Archbishop of Colombo criticized the government’s investigation of the attacks. St. Sebastian’s parish in Negombo, nearly 25 miles north of Colombo, was re-consecrated on July 21 by Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith. The church was one of
UK High Court to hear case on medical treatment of Tafida Raqeeb
July 23, 2019
The High Court has agreed to hear in September a bid from the parents of Tafida Raqeeb to take her to Italy for treatment. The five-year-old girl has been comatose since February, and UK doctors want to remove her life-sustaining treatment. The UK doctors have barred Raqeeb’s parents from taking her abroad for treatment. Two
Catholic Church in Germany lost 200,000 members last year
July 22, 2019
Continuing a years-long trend, the Catholic Church in Germany saw a significant drop in membership this past year, losing more than 200,000 members in 2018. According to the German Bishops’ Conference, the Catholic Church in the country declined by 216,078 members last year. Protestant churches saw a similar drop, with 220,000 members leaving during that
Faggioli brands Chaput, Cordileone and Strickland ‘devout schismatics’
July 19, 2019
A Church historian at Philadelphia’s Villanova University has said three U.S. bishops are “devout schismatics” who try to diminish the authority of Pope Francis. “They are devout in the sense that they publicly display their preference for a traditionalist Church and its devotions, such as the rosary. They are schismatics because they openly promote the
UK Parliament ‘hijacking’ Northern Ireland on abortion, bishops say
July 19, 2019
The bishops of Northern Ireland noted their alarm Wednesday at the British parliament’s passage of a bill that will legalize abortion and same-sex marriage in the region, highlighting the value of human life and the importance of devolution. The House of Lords approved the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill July 17. It had passed the
New study suggests link between autism and gender dysphoria
July 19, 2019
A new study suggests a link between autism, autistic traits, and identifying as transgender or non-binary, raising new questions about the growing use of so-called “gender transition” procedures as a treatment for gender dysphoria. The study, which was released July 14 and will appear in the September issue of the academic journal European Psychiatry, was led
Parents fight hospital to move severely ill daughter to Italy
July 18, 2019
Parents of a comatose five-year-old are attempting to move their child to Italy from a London hospital after doctors in the United Kingdom declared any further medical treatment to be futile and ordered the removal of “life-sustaining treatment.” Tafida Raqeeb has been in a coma since February 9, after she suffered from a brain arteriovenous
Full text of Cardinal Mueller’s analysis on the working document of the Amazon synod
July 17, 2019
Cardinal Gerhard Mueller, who was prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 2012 and 2017, presented an analysis with a series of objections and criticisms of theInstrumentum Laboris, or working document, of the Synod on the Amazon, to be held in Rome in October. The following is the full text of
Cardinal Mueller criticizes ‘false teaching’ on revelation in Amazon synod doc
July 16, 2019
That the working document for October’s Synod of Bishops calls the Amazon region a source of revelation is a “false teaching,” Cardinal Gerhard Mueller said Tuesday. If in the Instrumentum laboris of the Amazon synod, “a certain territory is being declared to be a ‘particular source of God’s Revelation,’ then one has to state that
Lords challenge bill to force abortion on Northern Ireland
July 16, 2019
As the British parliament continues to consider a bill on Northern Ireland including amendments that would legalize abortion and same-sex marriage, a peeress from the region has warned the amendments are “not workable.” The bill and its amendments will take effect only if the Northern Ireland Assembly, which has been suspended the past two years
Car bomb near church in Syria wounds several
July 15, 2019
A car bomb exploded near a Syriac Orthodox church in Qamishli on Thursday, injuring about 11 people. It is unclear who is responsible for the attack. According to AFP, the July 11 bombing “slightly dented” the metal gate of the Church of the Virgin Mary located in the al-Wasta neighborhood of Qamishli, in Syria’s Al-Hasakah
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