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He broke the story of the US Catholic clergy abuse scandal. Now he reflects on struggling to keep his faith
6+ hour, 13+ min ago (1847+ words) A reporter ponders on how to repair a religious structure long thought of as good but supported by an evil underside In 1965, just shy of my junior year at the Jesuit high school of New Orleans, with good potential as…...
A binge and a prayer: Italian monks told to avoid Netflix and social media
1+ week, 5+ day ago (370+ words) Prior of hermitage says digital technologies are designed to be addictive and present "challenge for monastic life" The prior of a hermitage in Tuscany has urged monks living in the secluded retreat to avoid the use of social media and…...
New archbishop of Westminster urges greater understanding of struggles of ‘the vulnerable’
2+ week, 1+ day ago (527+ words) At his official installation, Archbishop Richard Moth recognised the Catholic church's failures but insists it's a time of "opportunity' The new leader of Roman Catholics in England and Wales has said that the church has failed vulnerable people, urging more…...
Church of England General Synod halts work on LGBTQ+ equality
2+ week, 2+ day ago (798+ words) Progressive Christians speak of pain and anger as issue is put in deep freeze after London meeting The General Synod debate on equal marriages " a timeline The hopes of progressive Christians in the Church of England have suffered a big…...
Pope Leo accepts resignation of embattled New Orleans archbishop Gregory Aymond
2+ week, 4+ day ago (465+ words) The archdiocese agreed to pay 600 abuse survivors a $305m settlement before the Vatican confirmed Aymond's exit Pope Leo XIV accepted the resignation of the Roman Catholic archbishop of New Orleans, Gregory Aymond, on Wednesday " one day after the archbishop concluded a…...
When the world prays the solitary and individual becomes communal and universal | Ali Hammoud
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (353+ words) Is prayer not that which unites different faith traditions and stretches across the vast expanse of history? Making sense of it is a column about spirituality and how it can be used to navigate everyday life On my birthday last…...
Divine messengers: Italian nuns’ social media posts go viral
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (426+ words) Revelation of Instagram spurs retired Catholic devotees in Abruzzo to gain millions of views with upbeat videos For years, the mostly closed-off lives of the nuns living in a retirement home in Raiano, a mountain village in Italy's Abruzzo region,…...
Immigration debate ‘dividing us’, incoming archbishop of Canterbury warns in Christmas sermon
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (877+ words) Sarah Mullally says "national conversations" continue to divide us when our common humanity should unite us" The incoming archbishop of Canterbury has warned in her Christmas Day sermon that "our national conversations about immigration continue to divide us, when our…...
Pope Leo calls for kindness to strangers and the poor in Christmas message
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (362+ words) Refusing to help those in need is tantamount to rejecting God himself, says pontiff during Christmas Eve mass Pope Leo has told Christians that the Christmas story should remind them of their duty to help the poor and strangers. In…...
Pro-immigrant pastor named bishop of Florida diocese home to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (620+ words) Pope Leo names Rev Manuel de Jes's Rodr'guez, who has criticized US immigration policies, as bishop of Palm Beach Pope Leo XIV on Friday named the Rev Manuel de Jes's Rodr'guez, now pastor of a predominantly Hispanic church in the…...