Roman catholic church News
|
Pope Francis has declared Pope John Paul II a Roman Catholic Saint. Having been a local witness to this event, I recalled seeing Pope John Paul II in action when I was a youth participant of the 1993 8th World Youth Day in Denver, Colorado, USA.
|
London -
A 99 year-old man from Brentwood in Essex in England has been baptised. “I have been thinking about it for a couple of years,” commented Norman Machin after the baptism.
|
|
Philadelphia -
In shocking blow to victims of child sexual abuse and their advocates, a Roman Catholic Church senior official who was found guilty of covering up child sexual abuse for years had his conviction overturned Thursday by a Pennsylvania appeals court.
|
|
When former Pope Benedict XVI shocked the world in February announcing his resignation from the papacy, the 86-year-old said he left his office due to the effects of aging. Now a new report says he got his pink slip from a different source — God.
|
|
Morning Mass will be held Tuesday, in St Peter's Basilica, before eligible cardinals are closeted away in conclave as they begin the process to elect a new Pope.
|
|
Manila -
MANILA – A controversial Catholic poster reminding voters to support only ‘pro-life’ candidates that voted against the divisive Reproductive Health (RH) Law that President Benigno S. Aquino III signed last year has now reached the country’s highes
|
|
Rome -
St. Peter's square was packed with tens of thousands of pilgrims as Pope Benedict gave his last blessing to the faithful and others that came to see the Pope. The Pope will steps down on Thursday, saying his health and age meant he could not continue.
|
|
A UK newspaper says that the most senior Roman Catholic in the UK, 74 year old Cardinal Keith O’Brien, who is due to retire next month, faces accusations of ‘inappropriate behaviour’ and has been reported to the Vatican.
|
|
The United Nations' Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) issued a scathing report, accusing the United States of failing to properly deal with "sexual abuse committed by clerics and leading members of certain faith-based organizations."
|
|
Dublin -
The Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Enda Kenny tonight spoke in the Irish Parliament, the Dáil Éireann, on the terms of the McAleese report on Ireland’s notorious Magdalen Laundries.
|
|
A Pontiff excuses himself from the most revered post in the world drawing questions and speculations while the search for a successor draws candidates from around.
|
|
Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle could be the next pope following the unexpected resignation of Pope Benedict XVI on Monday, reportedly for health reasons.
|
|
Rome -
According to a Vatican spokesman, Pope Benedict XVI has announced his resignation on Feburary 28, 2013. Pope Benedict XVI has been the head of the Roman Catholic Church since May 7, 2005.
|
|
Dublin -
On Feb. 5, the Irish government released a long awaited report on Ireland’s Magdalen Laundries. The Magdalen Laundries operated from 1765, and took in ‘fallen women’ but their existence was often ignored in Ireland and unknown to the outside world.
|
|
Cologne -
Two Roman Catholic hospitals are under fire in Germany for reportedly refusing to exam a 25-year-old suspected rape victim because –– it would include giving advice on abortion and the "morning after" pill which runs contrary to the Catholic faith.
|
|
In a move that's expected to anger the Roman Catholic Church, Ireland has decided to legalize abortions in cases where the mother's life is at risk; coming weeks after the death of Savita Halappanavar who died after being refused an abortion.
|
|
A furious row involving the Catholic Church, the gay-rights organization Stonewall and the Scottish government has erupted after the leader of Catholics in the country was named Bigot of the Year in an awards ceremony.
|
|
In a ceremony held today, Sunday, at the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI created seven new saints, one of whom, Kateri Tekakwitha, is the first Native American to be canonised.
|
|
Alarmed by their declining congregations, Catholics in Germany who refuse to pay a church tax will be refused Holy Communion or anointing of the sick — unless in danger — Germany's Catholic bishops have decreed.
|
|
As part of reforms to legalise gay marriage, the words ‘mother’ and ‘father’ could disappear from the French Civil Code.
|
|
Melbourne -
The Roman Catholic Church in Australia's state of Victoria has admitted that hundreds of children have been sexually abused since the 1930s.
|
|
On August 15, a controversial ‘Prayer for France’ will be read out at French Catholic churches as the Feast of the Assumption is celebrated, reviving a centuries old tradition. The text of the 2012 version has outraged gay rights groups in France.
|
|
Philadelphia -
No top U.S. official of the Roman Catholic Church has been ever criminally convicted for child endangerment –– until now.
|
|
The leader of Ireland's 4 million Catholics faces pressure to resign following fresh allegations that he failed to act on claims of sexual abuse, which in turn led to more children being abused.
|
|
United Kingdom - Following a coalition government decision to legalize same-sex marriage last fall, a Catholic attorney warns that the Catholic Church and others could be prosecuted despite assurances to the contrary from PM David Cameron's government.
|
|
A secular charity has accused the head of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland, Cardinal Keith O’Brian, of trying to outdo Pope Benedict XVI in his attacks on secularism and gay rights.
|
|
San Fernando -
Penitent Filipinos marched through villages, while being beaten with sticks and ropes, in a re-enactment of Jesus Christ’s suffering held yearly on Good Friday. The religious event culminates with a crucifixion ritual that the Catholic church rejects.
|
|
A Belgian archbishop has been defending his remarks alleging that AIDS is an “intrinsic justice” on gay people. André-Joseph Leonard’s remarks led to the resignation of his spokesman.
|
|
An entire Anglican parish in England has decided to convert to Catholicism because it doesn’t agree with the idea of women bishops.
|
|
The Roman Catholic Church in Ireland has lost “all credibility”, according to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams.
|
apis-238289 apis-220540 apis-212253 apis-199832 apis-199059 apis-198584 apis-198561 apis-198297 apis-198250 apis-198078 apis-197781 apis-197555 apis-197290 apis-195826 apis-193182 apis-189455 apis-188524 apis-186632 apis-186623 apis-186465 apis-183508 apis-179582 apis-176330 apis-175600 apis-155009 apis-154879 apis-147896 apis-147076 apis-137206
Roman catholic church Image
The St. Lawrence Roman Catholic Church, Canning, Nova Scotia. One of the churches in the Yarmouth diocese.
Australian Military Bishop Max Davis Screen Capture
Holy Communion Ding Digital Photography
|
|
