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October 27, 2023
Poland: Bishop of Sosnowiec resigns amid ‘homosexual orgy’ scandal
October 27, 2023
Pope Francis has accepted Bishop Grzegorz Kaszak’s resignation following a public scandal over reports that a “sex party” involving at least one priest had taken place within his own Diocese of Sosnowiec. Neither Kaszak’s resignation letter, nor the Vatican, gave an official reason behind his decision to step down. However, Kaszak “asked everyone to forgive
Papal priorities? Traditional vestments cause ‘scandal’ while Rupnik returns to ministry
October 27, 2023
Pope Francis has accused young priests who wear traditional priestly garments of “clericalism”. Addressing hundreds of synodal participants in the Paul VI audience hall at the Vatican, the Pontiff stated that it was a “scandal” to “go to ecclesiastical tailors in Rome [and] see… young priests trying on cassocks and hats or albs and surplices
Rupnik: Pope Francis lifts statute of limitations to allow prosecution to go ahead
October 27, 2023
ROME – In response to a complaint from his own anti-abuse panel about “serious problems” in the handling of a case involving a prominent Slovenian artist and priest, Pope Francis has decided to lift the statute of limitations in church law which, up to this point, had barred a canonical prosecution. The Vatican made the
Supporting good, traditional parish music: the inaugural St Birinus Festival
October 27, 2023
The Chief Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra invites Herald readers to a feast of music in Dorchester-upon-Thames On a countryside walk one autumn day in 2015 my then-girlfriend Sophie and I reached the point at which the River Thame meets the River Thames, about 40 miles north-west of London. In the near distance
Gaza Christians are ready to get out, says Latin Patriarch
October 27, 2023
The Catholic leader of the Holy Land has predicted that “humanly speaking,” it will be difficult for Gaza’s tiny Christian community to resist the temptation to leave. There are an estimated 1,300 Christians on the Gaza Strip, amid an overall population of just over two million people. “On a human level, I think the desire
Parents fail to persuade European court to intervene to save ‘dying’ baby
October 27, 2023
A baby has been denied a transfer from an English hospital which has decided to remove her life-support treatment. Indi Gregory is being treated at the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham, and the city’s NHS Trust argued his life support should end. The eight-month-old girl has a rare mitochondrial disease and her parents have maintained
Video: ‘Are you praying for unborn children?’ police ask Catholic woman
October 27, 2023
A police officer has interrogated a woman outside an abortion clinic for silent prayer, saying, “Are you praying for the lives of unborn children?” Footage obtained by the Christian legal advocacy group, ADF has shown Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, being interrogated by a woman Police Community Support Officer employed by West Midlands police for silently praying outside a
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