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Appeals court says Fulton Sheen’s body should go to Peoria

March 05, 2019

A New York appeals court has unanimously ruled that the earthly remains of Venerable Fulton Sheen should be moved to Peoria, Illinois – a ruling that could pave the way for the archbishop’s beatification unless there is another appeal. A statement from the Diocese of Peoria on Tuesday welcomed the decision and called on the

Police investigate desecration of Virgin Mary statue as hate crime

March 01, 2019

New York police officials have declared an act of vandalism against a statue at a local Catholic church last week to be a hate crime. The incident occurred at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Park Slope, Brooklyn. “At approximately 12 p.m. noon on Wednesday, February 20, 2019, a man wearing a hooded sweatshirt entered the

Big rise in public lynchings of Christians in India

February 28, 2019

Violent attacks including public lynchings against Christians in India are reportedly becoming increasingly common, with international NGOs and the country’s Catholic bishops raising their voices in protest against mob violence. “The common man of the country is feeling insecurity in his own country due to the increasing cases of mob lynching,” Archbishop Leo Cornelio of

The Church is experiencing a ‘crisis of not following Jesus Christ,’ says Archbishop Gomez

February 27, 2019

Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles responded to the Vatican’s summit on abuse by stressing the need for a renewal of fidelity within the entire Catholic Church. “This crisis in the Church is an issue of accountability and transparency. But most importantly, at its heart, this is a crisis of personal fidelity,” he said in

Cardinal Pell no longer prefect of Vatican’s economy secretariat

February 26, 2019

Alessandro Gisotti, interim Holy See press office director, confirmed Tuesday via Twitter that Cardinal George Pell is no longer prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy. Pell’s term as prefect was to have expired February 24. His resignation has not been noted in the bollettino, so it is believed his term lapsed and was not

Australian archbishop faces questions over handling of abuse allegations

February 25, 2019

Archbishop Mark Coleridge of Brisbane is being investigated by his former archdiocese over his alleged handling of information on child sex abuse given him by a woman during a 2006 meeting. As president of the Australian bishops’ conference, Coleridge attended the February 21-24 Vatican summit on the protection of minors in the Church. Guardian Australia

Venezuelan bishops call for humanitarian aid to be distributed

February 24, 2019

The Venezuelan Bishops’ Conference is calling on Nicolas Maduro’s government to allow humanitarian aid to enter the country and be peacefully distributed to people who are desperately in need of it. The bishops of the country urged Nicolas Maduro to listen to the “cry of the people,” stressing that the humanitarian aid is responding to

California bill would force priests to violate seal of confessional

February 22, 2019

A state senator in California introduced a bill Wednesday which would seek to force priests to violate the sacramental seal of confession in suspected cases of child abuse or neglect. Clergy are already mandatory reporters in the state of California, but there is a legal exemption for material disclosed in the confessional. Senator Jerry Hill

Sodalit founder expelled from congregation

February 22, 2019

The founder of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae has been formally expelled from the group, and forbidden from contacting any member of the Sodalitium, the group announced in a statement released on February 20. Figari is also forbidden from returning to his native Peru. On January 30, 2017, the Vatican’s Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated

Tagle: Confront the ‘stench of filth’ caused by abuse

February 22, 2019

An expert on abuse prevention offered “practical suggestions” to participants at a Vatican summit on child sexual abuse on Thursday, while two cardinals encouraged bishops to work together to support victims of clerical abuse. Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna, adjunct secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith told the Vatican’s Meeting of the

Dubia cardinals ask bishops to confront ‘plague of the homosexual agenda’

February 21, 2019

Catholic bishops around the world need to combat the homosexual agenda in the Church, two cardinals said in an open letter addressed to the presidents of the world’s conferences of bishops. Cardinal Walter Brandmüller and Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke wrote in a Feb. 19 letter that the “horrible crime” of clerical sexual abuse of minors

Dutch cathedral may be sold due to poor attendance

February 21, 2019

St Catherine’s Cathedral in Utrecht is expected to be closed and sold due to an ongoing decrease in attendance, as the aging building has become more expensive to maintain. The cathedral will likely be sold to the Museum Catharijne Convent, a former convent that was turned into a religious art gallery. A hearing for the

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