A newly installed Roman Catholic priest has been removed from his suburban New York parish after church officials on Thursday said he secretly fathered a child while attending seminary.
The removal of Reverend Casmir Mung’aho, 34, from his post at
Batley schoolboy with Down’s Syndrome barred from first Holy Communion
THE Roman Catholic Church is preventing a seven-year-old boy with Down’s Syndrome from taking his first Holy Communion.
Little Denum Ellarby goes to church, knows who Jesus is and is old enough to take part in the special ceremony.
But
Archbishop orders priests to oppose or stay silent on gay-marriage
“There ought not be open dissension on this issue,” is the message the Catholic hierarchy is telling priests in Minnesota — “this issue” being same-sex marriage.
In a private speech to Minnesota’s priests last October, Archbishop John C. Nienstedt said
Thoughts on the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter
COMMENTARY by Lisa Fullam
The New York Times reported on the launch January 1 of the new ordinariate (like a diocese, but nation-wide in scope,) for Anglicans wishing to swim the Tiber and become Catholics. (For more about the ordinariate,
Miami’s Catholic leaders accused of running underground gay sex mafia
In disturbing news: One of Florida’s most powerful Catholic leaders is being accused of running the Miami Archdiocese like a gay sexual mafia boss.
Gawker reports that a group of Catholics from South Florida calling their organization Christifidelis had launched
Poland Complains to Vatican Over Priest’s Remarks
By VANESSA GERA
A Polish priest and media mogul has sparked uproar in Poland by calling the country a totalitarian state that “hasn’t been ruled by Poles since 1939” — a statement many interpret as code for saying Jews are