May 30, 2024: A Filipino priest, who advocated for peace and fought drug killings in the Philippines, has passed away. Fr. Amado “Fr. Picx” Picardal, a Redemptorist priest, died on May 29, according to a statement from his congregation. He died on the 47th anniversary of his religious profession, atContinue Reading
Rome, January 15, 2023: A Catholic priest burned to death on Jan. 15 after bandits set fire to his parish rectory in northern Nigeria. The body of Father Isaac Achi was found among the charred parish building of Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church on Jan. 15, according to theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Alappuzha: June 1, 2022: A Catholic priest was found hanging inside the parish hall of St Paul’s Church, Kalath, in Alappuzha May 31. Father Sunny Arackal’s body was found by the parishioners at 4:30 pm when they came for a meeting. He was a native ofContinue Reading
Kochi: The Kerala High Court has dismissed the plea of Robin Vadakkumchery, a former Catholic priest convicted of raping a minor, to grant him bail so that he could “marry the survivor.” The court said it could find no merit the petition. Dismissing the plea, Justice Sunil Thomas stated thatContinue Reading
Rome: A recently ordained Catholic priest died in hospital January 21 after an explosion destroyed a parish building in the Spanish capital, Madrid. Fr. Rubén Pérez Ayala was ordained to the priesthood last June. His first assignment was at the Virgen de la Paloma parish near the Puerta de ToledoContinue Reading
South Carolina: A Catholic priest in the US state of South Carolina has taken his own life just a day after testing positive for Covid-19. Michel Bineen Mukad, administrator of St. Mary Our Lady of Ransom Catholic Church in Georgetown, had sent an email to parishioners the day before heContinue Reading
San Sebastian, Spain: Fr. Juan Pablo Aroztegi became the youngest priest in the diocese of San Sebastian, Spain, when he was ordained last weekend by Bishop José Ignacio Munilla at Good Shepherd Cathedral. According to reports , Aroztegi, began to discern his vocation after an agnostic friend asked him why heContinue Reading
Mexico: A Catholic priest was killed in the west-central Mexican state of Jalisco, the second priest murdered within one week in the country. Juan Miguel Contreras Garcia, 33, was performing the sacrament of penance on April 20 when attacked at a parish in Tlajomulco de Zuniga, on the outskirts ofContinue Reading
Mexico City: A Mexican priest has been stabbed to death in his parish, the latest attack on clergy in the heavily Catholic country. Father Ruben Alcantara Diaz, 50, was attacked April 18, just prior to the 6:30 p.m. Mass at Our Lady of Carmen Parish in Cuautitlan Izcalli, the DioceseContinue Reading
Chicago: A Chicago priest active in a hotel workers union blessed the Las Vegas hotel room where a sniper fired shots at attendees of a music festival. The Rev. Clete Kiley told the Chicago Sun-Times he felt surrounded by “the mystery of evil” when he conducted a Roman Catholic ChurchContinue Reading
