Rome: A priest in the Archdiocese of New Orleans, US, has been arrested along with two women and charged with obscenity after he was discovered filming a pornographic video on a parish church altar. Father Travis Clark, 37, the pastor of Sts. Peter and Paul in Pearl River, Louisiana, wasContinue Reading
Rome: Pope Francis told European anti-money laundering experts October 8 that the Vatican was committed to “clean finance,” as he denounced financial speculation amid a spiraling corruption investigation in the heart of the Holy See. It is rare for a head of state to meet with the Council of Europe’sContinue Reading
Rome: Italian priest Pier Luigi Maccalli, who was kidnapped in Niger, West Africa, two years ago, was freed on October 8. Maccalli is a priest of the Society of African Missions (SMA), an international religious congregation of men. “We have learned the news of the liberation of our brother, Maccalli,”Continue Reading
Stockholm: Hina Jilani, lawyer, pro-democracy campaigner and avid civil rights activist in Pakistan, has received the 2020 Stockholm Human Rights Award – bestowed annually by the Swedish Bar Association, the International Bar Association (IBA) and the International Legal Assistance Consortium. Jilani grew up in Pakistan. Her father was a politicianContinue Reading
Rome: The president of Italy conferred the highest honor for civil valor Oct 7 upon Fr. Roberto Malgesini, a priest who was stabbed to death near Lake Como last month. Fr. Malgesini was a 51-year-old priest known for his care for the homeless and migrants in the northern Italian DioceseContinue Reading
Rome: The nuns of the Order of Preachers, known as the Dominican nuns, have launched their first official international website, MonialesOP. The site is the first of its kind to be completely dedicated to the Dominican nuns, who represent approximately 2,500 sisters in 190 monasteries, across five continents. While theyContinue Reading
Lahore: A Pakistani court on October 6 acquitted a Christian man who was sentenced to death on blasphemy charges six years ago. Sawan Masih was sentenced to death by a trial court in Lahore for allegedly insulting the Prophet during a conversation with a Muslim friend in Joseph Christian colonyContinue Reading
London: The Church of England failed to protect children from sexual predators within its ranks for decades, allowing abusers to hide in an attempt to defend its own reputation rather than following its duty to protect young people, an inquiry said on October 6. The Church apologised for the abuseContinue Reading
Rome: Vocal Beijing critic Cardinal Joseph Zen returned to Hong Kong from Rome on September 28 after failing to meet Pope Francis, to whom he intended to object the possible appointment of a pro-Beijing bishop to lead the Hong Kong diocese. The Hong Kong Bishopric has been vacant since theContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis on Oct. 5 named Cardinal Kevin Farrell president of a committee to monitor internal Vatican financial decisions which fall outside of new accountability norms. Called the “Commission for Reserved Matters,” the five-member group is tasked with overseeing financial agreements which are exempted from Pope Francis’ newContinue Reading
