Trosly-Breuil, Feb 23, 2020: A religious leader who founded a celebrated organization for people with learning difficulties had sexually abused six women in France, an internal report says. Canadian Jean Vanier set up the global network L’Arche (The Ark) in France in 1964. He died in 2019 aged 90. NoneContinue Reading
Geneva, Switzerland, Feb. 20, 2020″ The first Catholic Mass in nearly five hundred years will be celebrated at a cathedral in Geneva later this month. Mass will be said in the Cathedral of Saint-Pierre de Genève on Feb. 29, in a decision announced by the Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva andContinue Reading
Mosul, Iraq, Feb 20,2020: The rebuilding of a Syriac Catholic church in Mosul, Iraq, destroyed by ISIS will begin soon, the U.N.’s heritage agency (UNESCO) announced last week. Al-Tahera church, in the old city of Mosul, was severely damaged after ISIS invaded the city in June of 2014. Among numerousContinue Reading
Indianapolis, Feb 17, 2020: When Father John Hollowell went to Mayo Clinic for brain scans after what doctors thought was a stroke, he received a shocking diagnosis. The scans revealed that instead of stroke, he had a brain tumor. While it is a serious diagnosis, Hollowell, a priest of theContinue Reading
Vatican City, Feb. 18, 2020: Pope Francis has requested that priests in formation for the Holy See’s diplomatic service be required to spend one year in missionary work, the Vatican announced Monday. The pope has asked the change to go into effect for the 2020/2021 academic year. He called forContinue Reading
Beijing, Feb 18, 2020: A hospital director at the epicentre of China’s virus epidemic died Tuesday, state media said, the latest medical worker to fall victim to the new coronavirus spreading across the country. The COVID-19 virus, which is believed to have originated in Wuhan late last year, has infectedContinue Reading
Burkina Faso, Feb 17, 2020: At least 24 people were killed after unidentified gunmen attacked a church in northern Burkina Faso, officials said on Feb. 17, in the latest assault against places of worship in the West African nation. The attack took place on Feb. 16 during a weekly serviceContinue Reading
The revenue of China’s wedding industry has declined since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus as many couples were forced to postpone their weddings during Chinese Spring Festival. According to a Global Times report, industry analysts and business sources said that foreign marriage companies that conducted and managed the marriageContinue Reading
Moscow, February 16, 2020: An attacker injured two people in a Moscow Orthodox church with a knife on Feb 16 before being arrested, police said, adding they were not treating the incident as terrorism. The man came running into the altar area of the church in central Moscow and stabbedContinue Reading
By Sumeyya Ilanbey Victoria, Feb 16, 2020: Laws requiring clergy to report child abuse to authorities — even if it’s heard in the confession box — will come into effect on February 17, ending the “special treatment” for Victoria’s religious institutions. The seal has now been lifted for the suspectedContinue Reading
