What happened to St Maximilian Kolbe’s beard? The answer may surprise you

St. Maximilian Kolbe, pictured just prior to his arrest on Feb. 17, 1941. / Church in Poland Denver Newsroom, Feb 18, 2022 / 16:15 pm (CNA). On Thursday, the Catholic Church in Poland shared a photo commemorating the 81th anniversary of St. Maximilian Kolbe’s arrest by the Nazis. The image, the last one taken of […]

Sri Lankan court acquits security officials over Easter attacks

April 21, 2021: Catholics mark the second anniversary of the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka that killed more than 260 people. / Ruwan Walpola/Shutterstock Colombo, Sri Lanka, Feb 18, 2022 / 13:00 pm (CNA). A court in Sri Lanka on Frid… […]

Detroit Restores Falsely Accused Priest

DETROIT (ChurchMilitant.com) – After nearly three years, a falsely accused Michigan priest is being reinstated to active ministry.  The archdiocese of Detroit is restoring faculties to Fr. Eduard Perrone, wrongly accused of sexually assaulting a male teen 40 years ago.  Even so, instead of the archdiocese issuing a public apology for injuring the priest’s reputation, Fr. Perrone is being […]