Indian bishop, 2 cardinals face charge in sex assault case (UCANews)
Three Indian prelates have been accused of not taking action against Father Vincent Pereira, a priest of the Diocese of Pune who has been arrested for an alleged sexual assault of a 15-year-old boy. The priest has been accused of abuse multiple times. The prelates are Bishop Thomas Dabre of Pune; Cardinal Oswald Gracias of […]
Bishop, priest freed after months of detention in Eritrea (ACI Africa)
Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim of Segheneity, who had spoken out against human rights violations in the East African nation (map), was arrested in October; his life was feared to be at risk in a notorious prison.
Courage for 2023
Early into our family’s extended holiday vacation in Georgia with my in-laws, I made a very foolish mistake while hiking with my four older children. It had been wet and rainy, and we reached a very slick length of rock. Stubborn to reach the top and see the view, I pushed my children on, not […]
Kansas parish damaged in attempted burglary (KSN-TV)
The parish, St. Joseph Catholic Church, is located in Scott City, a town of 4,000 in the Diocese of Dodge City. Since 2020, there have been at least 182 other acts of vandalism, arson, and other destruction at parishes and other Catholic sites in the United States.
Polish archbishop criticizes presidential veto in Christmas sermon (Notes from Poland)
Under pressure from protests, President Andrzej Duda of Poland has vetoed a bill whose purpose was to to protect students from LGBT indoctrination. In his homily at Midnight Mass, Archbishop Marek Jedraszewski of Kraków, Poland’s second-largest city, criticized the veto.
The Rupnik scandal: Leading canonist dissects handling of startling case (Catholic Herald)
In a two-part interview (part 1, part 2), Father Gerald Murray, JCD, a priest of the Archdiocese of New York, analyzes different aspects of the scandal involving Father Marko Rupnik, SJ—from the gravity of the accusations, to “baffling” delays by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, to the lifting of his excommunication in […]
Indonesian president makes unannounced Christmas visit to cathedral, calls for tolerance (AsiaNews)
The visit to a cathedral by Indonesian President Joko Widodo is significant because Indonesia has more Muslims than any other nation. The Southeast Asian nation of 275 million (map), the world’s fourth most populous, is 80% Muslim and 12% Christian.
This Venetian Renaissance painter rarely met a detail he didn’t like
One learns early on in the National Gallery’s major exhibition “Vittore Carpaccio: Master Storyteller of Renaissance Venice” that there is equal danger of over- and under-interpreting the artist’s extensive details.
1972 album celebrates The Rolling Stones’ enduring rock music rebellion
A person who listens to a recording of a specific moment thinks of the person holding the instrument and feels known in a way by a person from another place, in another time, who does not know them.
Where is the newborn king of the Jews?
The Magi come into history asking a simple question: “Where is the newborn king of the Jews?” It is a question that seekers are asking even today. Where is Christ? In a world so often shrouded in despair, where is hope?