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11 nations oppose ‘reproductive rights’ focus of Nairobi Summit
November 15, 2019
On the sidelines of the Nairobi Summit, the US and 10 other nations delivered a joint statement Thursday indicating their commitment to women’s health, and their concern over the summit’s process and content. The statement echoes concerns that the international gathering is too focused on “reproductive rights”. “We are … concerned about the content of
Polish actor read saint’s diaries to inspire her performance in new film
November 04, 2019
Kamila Kamińska, the Polish actress playing St Faustina Kowalska in the new movie “Love and Mercy: Faustina”, has said she read the saint’s diaries to help prepare for the role. “It was an amazing experience,” Kamińska told Catholic News Service during a telephone interview from New York, having flown in from Poland to take part
Missing priest found dead in Kenya
October 20, 2019
A Catholic priest who disappeared from his family home was found dead in a shallow grave in southeastern Kenya a week after he was reported missing. Police investigators and pathologists exhumed the body of Fr Michael Maingi Kyengo, 43. They said his body had been stashed in a sack. Onlookers watched in shock as Fr
Cardinal Araujo dies aged 95
October 10, 2019
Brazilian Cardinal Serafim Fernandes de Araujo, retired archbishop of Belo Horizonte, died on October 8 in Brazil at the age of 95. With dozens of Brazilian bishops at the Vatican for the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon, Pope Francis and other synod members offered special prayers that evening for the repose of his soul.
Pope accepts New Zealand bishop’s resignation after investigation
October 06, 2019
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Charles Drennan of Palmerston North. Bishop Drennan tendered his resignation following an investigation into a complaint of unacceptable behaviour of a sexual nature. The complaint was made by a young woman. Upon receiving the complaint, the New Zealand Church’s independent investigation body, the National Office of Professional
Scottish Church condemns ‘staggeringly intolerant’ attack on Catholic schools
September 20, 2019
A spokesman for the Catholic Church in Scotland said Wednesday the suggestion that Catholic schools in the country are a cause for bigotry is “staggeringly intolerant.” “Scotland’s peculiar obsession with religious intolerance has been in the spotlight again recently following the offensive and ill-informed comments of a former police chief, who claimed that the existence
Pope appoints three cardinals to help lead synod on Amazon
September 10, 2019
Pope Francis appointed three delegate presidents for the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon. The pope named as delegate presidents for the October 6-27 assembly Cardinals Baltazar Porras Cardozo, 74, of Merida, Venezuela; Pedro Barreto Jimeno, 75, of Huancayo, Peru; and Joao Braz de Aviz, 72, prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life
Bishop Malone refuses to resign, calls recent case ‘convoluted’
September 05, 2019
Bishop Richard Malone of Buffalo said the majority of priests and parishioners in the diocese supported him and he would not resign over his handling of a situation involving two priests’ relationship with a seminarian. “I’m here because I feel an obligation as the one who was sent here to lead this diocese, to carry
McCarrick created ‘culture of fear and intimidation,’ Seton Hall review finds
September 04, 2019
Disgraced former cardinal Theodore McCarrick created a “culture of fear and intimidation” at the Seton Hall University seminary, according to a report released by the university on August 27. “McCarrick used his position of power as then-Archbishop of Newark to sexually harass seminarians. No minors or other University students were determined to have been affected
Marian pilgrimage draws hundreds to abandoned town in Pennsylvania
September 02, 2019
About 500 pilgrims came to a small church on the side of a Pennsylvania mountain on August 25 to pray for peace. They gathered at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church in Centralia, which overlooks the remains of an area mostly evacuated more than 30 years ago because of a mine fire.
Keep schools open, Cameroonian bishops tell Anglophone separatists
August 29, 2019
Some bishops in Cameroon have urged Anglophone separatists to allow schools to reopen, after militants abducted a bishop and two priests for condemning the school shutdown campaign. “All children deserve the right to education and a good future wherever they decide to spend their lives,” said members of the Bamenda provincial bishops’ conference. “Many parents
Dominicans elect first ever Asian Master
July 15, 2019
Members of the Dominican general chapter elected 51-year-old Fr Gerard Francisco Timoner to be the master general of the worldwide religious order. Father Timoner, a native of the Philippines, is the 88th superior of the Order of Preachers, founded by St Dominic Guzman, and the first Asian to lead the order. Elected July 13 during
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