A Filipino priest has been condemned by diocese authorities, after video of him gliding around church on a hoverboard during Christmas Eve mass went viral.
The priest, who has not been named, can be seen sailing up and down … Continue reading
Italian bishop protected paedophile priest: Report
An Italian bishop aided and abetted a paedophile priest, telling him to avoid the police and shrugging off warnings the prelate was meeting teenage boys on Grindr, Italian media reported on Sunday (Dec 20).
Priest Antonello Tropea, 44, was arrested
Girls abused by clergy members, and others, are focus of new team
Woman’s suit against Lutheran youth pastor is first in an effort to get more to step forward.
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This Greek bishop wants Christians to ‘spit’ on gay people: ‘They are freaks of nature!’
Greece parliament prepares to legalize same-sex unions
Groups concerned about Walgreens’ ties to Catholic hospital
Nineteen groups led by the American Civil Liberties Union sent a letter Monday to drug store chain Walgreens expressing concerns about the company’s plans for a Catholic hospital to run its in-store health clinics in Washington state and Oregon.
Priest paid his male ‘sex master’ from collection plate: lawsuit
By Julia Marsh
A Catholic priest swiped collection-plate donations to pay for drug-fueled sex romps with a heavily muscled S&M “master,” a new lawsuit charges.
Parishioners claim the Rev. Peter Miqueli has stolen at least $1 million since 2003 while
Minnesota diocese files for bankruptcy after sex abuse award
By JEFF BAENEN
The Diocese of Duluth, a sprawling but sparsely populated Roman Catholic diocese in northeastern Minnesota, filed an emergency petition for federal bankruptcy protection Monday after a jury found it partially responsible for millions of dollars awarded in
Dominican cardinal calls gay US official a ‘wife’ in spat
A Dominican cardinal upset over comments that the U.S. ambassador made about corruption in his country has said the openly gay diplomat should focus on homemaking.
Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez spoke out against U.S. ambassador
My Emancipation From American Christianity
By John Pavlovitz
I used to think that it was just me, that it was my problem, my deficiency, my moral defect.
It had to be.
All those times when I felt like an outsider in this American Jesus
Pope Orders Audit of Church’s Wealth as Whistleblowers Pursued
By John Follain
Pope Francis, galvanized by a scandal over Vatican finances, has ordered the most powerful bodies in the city-state to launch an unprecedented audit of its wealth and crack down on runaway spending.
At the suggestion of his