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Legatus will not collect annual tithe to Holy See

November 20, 2018

The Wall Street Journal says last year's tithe would have been about $820,000

Algerian martyrs are models for the Church, archbishop says

November 18, 2018

Archbishop Paul Desfarges of Algiers has said that Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in Algeria between 1994 and 1996, are “models for our lives as disciples today and tomorrow.” The Algerian martyrs will be beatified Dec. 8 at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Holy Cross in Oran. “The

Italy should get back taxes from Vatican, court rules

November 17, 2018

Catholic leaders are open to discussing with the Italian government a court ruling saying Italy has the right to recover millions of dollars from the Church from a previous tax exemption. According to DW, an exemption was established in the beginning of 2012, which allowed for non-commercial Church properties to be exempt from paying an

At least 42 dead in cathedral attack in Central African Republic

November 17, 2018

At least 42 people have died in an attack Thursday on the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Alindao, in the Central African Republic, according to local reports. At least one priest was among those killed in the Nov. 15 attack. Some unofficial estimates have said the death toll could reach as high as 100.

Bishop Malone criticized for $200,000 house renovation

November 16, 2018

Bishop Richard Malone of Buffalo, New York has come under fire for reportedly spending an estimated $200,000 to renovate his new home – a former convent near St. Stanislaus Church. Malone had announced in April that he would sell his bishop’s mansion to help pay for compensation for victims of sexual abuse in the diocese.

Sex abuse inquiry examines England’s Birmingham archdiocese

November 16, 2018

An independent government inquiry is investigating how the Archdiocese of Birmingham handled allegations of child sexual abuse made against four priests. Fr John Tolkien, who died in 2003, allegedly abused a boy during Saturday morning “reading lessons” at the priest’s home in 1970, and afterwards told the boy to keep the abuse a secret. Fr