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November 17, 2018

Only religion could have inspired the beauties of Venice

November 17, 2018

I have recently been engaged in reading back numbers of Plough Quarterly. This magazine is the inspired production of the Bruderhof movement, an international community of 23 settlements, comprising families and single people, who “seek to follow Jesus in the spirit of the Sermon on the Mount”. Following the first church in Jerusalem described in

Birmingham archbishop apologises for Church’s response to abuse survivors

November 17, 2018

A Catholic archbishop has apologised to the victims of child abuse during a government-backed inquiry that shed light on allegations against priests over half a century. Some of the allegations were made against Fr John Tolkien, the son of JRR Tolkien, the best-selling author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Archbishop

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.

Cupich and Wuerl collaborated on alternative sex abuse proposal

November 17, 2018

Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago and Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington collaborated extensively on a recently proposed policy for handling abuse allegations against bishops, CNA has learned. Cupich submitted the plan Tuesday to leaders of the U.S. bishops’ conference, proffering it as an alternative to a proposal that had been devised by conference officials and