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“#One priest’s message to the church: ‘Shut your mouth and just listen’” Last Sunday, Father Paul Bringleson of St. Ann’s Roman Catholic Church in Flin Flon, Man., delivered a homily about the Catholic Church’s role in residential schools in Canada, and notably, its failure to apologize and account for its “horrendous visible sin.” His message…
“#Pilgrims return to Spain’s Camino de Santiago after pandemic shutdown” Pilgrims are returning to Spain’s Camino de Santiago after COVID-19 restrictions kept them away, according to reports. The centuries-old Catholic pilgrimage route ends at the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in the northwestern region of the country, where St. James is said to…
“#Vatican law criminalizes sexual abuse of adults by priests, laity” Pope Francis has changed church law to explicitly criminalize the sexual abuse of adults by priests who abuse their authority and to say that laypeople who hold church office can be sanctioned for similar sex crimes. The new provisions, released Tuesday after 14 years of study, were contained in the revised criminal law…
“#Pope orders inquiry into German Church’s handling of abuse allegations” Pope Francis has dispatched two senior foreign bishops to investigate the archbishop of Cologne’s handling of sexual abuse allegations in Germany’s largest archdiocese, the pontiff’s representative in Germany said in Berlin on Friday. Archbishop Rainer Maria Woelki has been criticized for his handling of historic child sex abuse allegations, in particular for his decision to shelve a…
“#Jesus statue toppled, American flag burned in Brooklyn church attack” A statue of Jesus was smashed and an American flag burned outside a Catholic church in Brooklyn — in what cops are calling a possible hate crime. The incident occurred around 10 p.m. Thursday when an unknown person hopped the fence at St. Athanasius Church…
“#NYC priest sexually abused depressed divorcée: lawsuit” A Staten Island priest has been accused of grooming a recently divorced and depressed parishioner who sought counseling from him for years to eventually sexually abuse her, new court papers say. Father Basil Akut in 2015 offered weekly counseling to the woman “in order to isolate, manipulate, and…
“#Catholic leaders draw blowback for advising against J&J vaccine” Roman Catholic leaders in Long Island have drawn blowback for advising the faithful not to take the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine because the shot is produced using a cell line derived from an aborted fetus. The Diocese of Rockville Centre recently joined several others from…
“#NYC churches give to-go packets of ash for Ash Wednesday” It’s do-it-yourself repentance. Churches in the Big Apple got creative on Ash Wednesday to avoid spreading the coronavirus — in some cases offering to-go packets of priest-blessed ash for at-home ceremonies, church leaders said. Elderly and home-bound worshipers who requested to-go packets of the burned bits…
“#The New York Times dilemma and other commentary” Media critic: The Times’ Dilemma The New York Times’ media critic Ben Smith examines recent events and muses that the paper’s “unusual, perhaps unhealthy, central place in American news, culture and politics” makes it “an object of obsession” for others, intensified by its “media ambitions” as it “seeks to…
“#Vatican clears retired US bishop of multiple abuse claims” ROME — The Vatican has cleared a retired U.S. bishop of multiple allegations he sexually abused minors and teenagers, rejecting lay experts’ determination that a half-dozen claims were credible and instead slapping him on the wrist for what it called “flagrant” imprudent behavior. The Vatican’s Congregation…