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October 31, 2023

Slovenian bishops distance themselves from incardination of Rupnik

October 31, 2023

ROME – Both the alleged victims of Slovene Fr Marko Ivan Rupnik and the bishops of his native Slovenia have spoken out about the disgraced artist’s welcome into a new diocese. In the wake of Pope Francis’s decision on Friday to waive the statute of limitations in canon law, five of Fr Rupnik’s presumed victims

Force is sometimes needed to crush evil, says Rome’s chief rabbi as Pope pleads for peace

October 31, 2023

ROME – Rome’s chief rabbi has said that while armed conflict is always “an offence against human dignity” at times it is necessary to defeat evil with force. Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni (pictured) made his comments in response to Pope Francis’s repeated pleas for an end to the war in Gaza and his recent day

The Church has moved on from the 1970s – the Rupnik scandal shows the Pope must do so too

October 31, 2023

One of the worst accusations against the integrity of the Catholic Church arise from the continuous sexual abuse scandals that have emerged in recent decades. In particular the “Spotlight scandals” of clerical abuse in Boston found their way into the news in 2002. The Church authorities responded by saying they were shocked and appalled, offered

The green shoots of hope at a conference built on truth

October 31, 2023

I had been hearing whispers about the hotly anticipated ARC conference for some time before, to my great surprise, my own golden ticket arrived. The excitement upon opening it up is where the similarity with Charlie Bucket ended because ARC is offering something diametrically opposed to the instant gratification and self-indulgence of the chocolate factory.