Pope Francis has defrocked two Chilean bishops who have been caught up in the country’s widening sexual abuse crisis, the Vatican said on Saturday.
Pope Francis Defrocks Two Chilean Bishops Caught in Sexual Abuse Crisis
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San Salvador’s Archbishop Oscar Romero to be Canonized by Pope Francis as Catholic Saint
Esther Chavez vividly remembers the day in 1980 when a voice through a university loudspeaker delivered the news: San Salvador’s Catholic Archbishop, Oscar Arnulfo Romero, had been fatally shot.
Pope Francis Compares Abortion to Hiring a Hit Man to ‘Take Out a Human Life to Solve a Problem’
Pope Francis compared abortion to a mafia-style killing Wednesday, saying it’s the equivalent of hiring a hit man to “take out a human life to solve a problem.”
Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi’s Last Appeal Against Death Sentence for ‘Blasphemy’ to be Heard Today
Pakistan’s Supreme Court said it had reached a judgement Monday after hearing the final appeal of a Christian mother on death row for blasphemy, but that it will announce its ruling later in the notorious case, which has gone all the way to the Vatican.
Pope Francis Warns of Rebirth of Anti-Semitism and Historic Revisionism
KAUNAS, Lithuania — Pope Francis on Sunday warned against historic revisionism and any rebirth of the anti-Semitism that fueled the Holocaust, as he marked the annual remembrance for Lithuania’s centuries-old Jewish community that was nearly wiped out during World War II.
Indian Catholic Bishop Arrested on Charges of Raping Nun
A Roman Catholic bishop was arrested in the south Indian state of Kerala on Friday on charges of raping a nun, police said, a day after the Vatican accepted the bishop’s request to be temporarily relieved of his duties.
Bono Meets Pope Francis, Discusses Catholic Child Sex Abuse Scandals
Bono, the lead singer of rock group U2, met with Pope Francis at the Vatican Wednesday where the two talked in part about the multiple child sex abuse scandals.
Is Pope Francis Really the So-Called ‘Vicar of Christ’ or Just Another Politician?
One day in 1970 I sat in the White House executive dining room with a senior member of President Richard Nixon’s inner circle, who offered me a job in the political liaison office.
Pope Francis Refuses to Confirm or Deny Allegations That He Covered Up Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s Alleged Sex Abuse
In the midst of an already contentious visit to a country ripe with anger over neglected abuses within the Catholic church, Pope Francis declined to address the contents of a letter released Sunday morning alleging that he knew about sex abuse allegations against former Washington, D.C., archbishop […]
Bombshell Letter Accuses Pope Francis of Participating in Cover-Up of Sex Abuse Charges Against Cardinal McCarrick. There is no hope in the pope and no peace in the priest. Trust Jesus Christ as Savior.
The Vatican’s former ambassador to the United States has purportedly written an explosive letter claiming that Pope Francis knew about sex abuse allegations against disgraced ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick for years, but chose to cover for him and elevate his position within the church before accepting […]
Revelations of US Cardinal’s Sex Abuse Will Force Pope’s Hand
Revelations that one of the most respected U.S. cardinals allegedly sexually abused both boys and adult seminarians have raised questions about who in the Catholic Church hierarchy knew — and what Pope Francis is going to do about it. If the accusations against Cardinal Theodore […]
Two of Pope Francis’ Advisers Publish Article Criticizing “Prosperity Gospel” as ‘Dangerous’ Teaching Tied to President Trump and “American Exceptionalism”
A Vatican-approved journal has dismissed “prosperity gospel” as a pseudo theology dangerously tied up with the American dream and President Trump’s politics, launching the publication’s second major critique of American evangelicals in as many years.
