2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (784+ words) Lawyers for an English bishop accused of raping a minor have asked the court to dismiss the case. Bishop David Oakley of Northampton appeared in court at the Old Bailey in London on Sept. 10. The bishop had been expected to…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (833+ words) Twenty-three Eastern Catholic Churches are in full communion with the Bishop of Rome. Six are headed by a patriarch: the Coptic, Syriac, Melkite Greek, Maronite, Chaldean, and Armenian Catholic Churches. Four more are headed by a major archbishop, an office…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (988+ words) A group of more than 200 victims of spiritual abuse and their relatives is asking Pope Leo XIV to take concrete steps to prevent and respond to instances of spiritual abuse within the Church. In a Sept. 7 letter, published in La…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1149+ words) Pope Leo XIV issued on Saturday a reform to the Code of Canons for Eastern Churches, the common legal framework for the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches sui iuris. The new law creates a mechanism for the synods of the Eastern Churches…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (777+ words) Haitians are reeling a week after an armed gang attacked a village near the capital, killing at least 47 people and kidnapping some 50 more, said a local priest. In addition to a pervasive sense of grief and fear, there is also…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (1646+ words) The Armenian Prime Minister announced Aug. 24 an investigation into what it claims is a “systemic crisis” of the Armenian Apostolic Church, just a few days after his administration announced a government-led reform of the country’s majority Church, including a change…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1017+ words) After months of controversy in Italy, the Vatican’s Dicastery for Clergy confirmed last week the removal of Fr. Massimo Biancalani, well-known for his pro-migrant activism, as pastor of two parishes in the Diocese of Pistoia. The move comes after protracted…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (646+ words) Two civil rights advocates were convicted Friday of national security crimes by a special court in Hong Kong, and now face up to a decade in prison. The convictions come as local clergy warn of increased harassment of Church officials…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1390+ words) Not many countries have played host to several popes over the years. Fewer nations still can say they were founded by a saint. And only one such country can boast of all that, with a population of only 35,000 people. But…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1713+ words) The pontifical delegate to the beleaguered Institute of the Incarnate Word has announced a new general council, as part of Vatican efforts to reform the congregation, and a new website for the group, largely because Vatican-appointed officials had been unable…...