Category: World

– Tej Francis ROME, ITALY POPE FRANCIS: ABUSE REVELATIONS ARE PURIFYING THE CHURCH (CNA) God is purifying his Church through the painful revelations of the abuse scandals, so do not be discouraged, Pope Francis said Thursday in a meeting with…

– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro I find it strange, now, after all these months, that Professor Yonten Dargye, during our conversation in one of the beautiful halls of the Library of Thimphu, had made no allusion to an evocative coin…

– Tej Francis MELBOURNE/ AUSTRALIA BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT: WAS PELL CONVICTED WITHOUT FEAR AND FAVOR? (Featured Image) (The age) George Pell is a polarizing figure, which is perhaps why there are now two warring camps – those who want him…

Msgr Alejandro Aclan (center) addresses local media after his appointment as auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, March 5. (Photo from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles) – Roy Lagarde (CBCP News) Pope…

Pablo Elton Cardinal Pell is being held in a prison in Melbourne, Australia. He awaits his sentence on March 13. He has appealed against his conviction on five counts of sexual abuse, allegedly for acts committed in 1996 or 1997.…

Featured Image: La Stampa – Aurelio Porfiri The past week a meeting was held in the Vatican to address the serious problem of child abuse by the clergy. In the Church the most significant problem is the abuse of adolescents,…

– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro As we have already said, Shabdrung Rinpoche established himself in Bhutan in 1616 as a political refugee from Tibet, and in the space of a decade manages to unify the entire western region. With him…

– Tej Francis SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA BILL WOULD REMOVE REPORTING EXEMPTION FOR PRIESTS IN CONFESSIONAL (CNA) A state senator in California introduced a bill Wednesday which would seek to force priests to violate the sacramental seal of confession in suspected…

Featured Image: Tony Gentile / Reuters (Vatican News) “The time has come, then, to work together to eradicate the evil” of the abuse of minors, Pope Francis said, in a speech delivered at the close of the final Mass for…