Publication: Catholic News Agency
Priest Confesses to Cooking Crystal Meth in Rectory
A Catholic priest in Austria has confessed to producing crystal meth in his parish rectory. The case came to light after authorities arrested the 38-year-old cleric along with a 30-year-old ...
‘Devout Catholic’ Joe Biden Unveils Plan To Term Limit Supreme Court Justices, Citing Recent ‘Extreme’ Decisions
President Joe Biden on Monday unveiled a proposal to reform the United States Supreme Court by adding term limits and an ethics code, saying he was motivated in part by the overturning ...
Ohio Priest Apologizes for Destroying Hard Drive Containing Possible Child Porn
A priest in Ohio has issued an apology to parishioners after a media report revealed that he had destroyed a hard drive reportedly containing inappropriate pictures of children — and ...
Mexican Cardinal Urges Pope Francis Not to Ban the Latin Mass
A Mexican archbishop emeritus is imploring Pope Francis not to ban the Traditional Latin Mass amid rumors that the Vatican is moving to further restrict the ancient liturgy. In a ...
Francis Pens Preface to New Book: ‘Women and Ministries in the Synodal Church’
Pope Francis has written the preface to the book “Women and Ministries in the Synodal Church,” authored by three theologians and two cardinals who participated in the meeting of the ...
San Diego Becomes First U.S. Diocese to File Bankruptcy TWICE Due To Sexual Abuse Claims
The Diocese of San Diego filed for bankruptcy on Thursday, the latest U.S. diocese to do so in response to hundreds of sexual abuse allegations leveled against it. San Diego ...
New Mexico Priest Commits Suicide Amidst Child Sex Abuse Investigation
In your charity, please pray for the repose of the soul of Daniel Balizan. The Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico, said last week that a former priest charged in ...
Fernández Attempts to Mend Relationship with Coptic Church in Wake of Disastrous Fiducia Supplicans
Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, who heads the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), met with the leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church to discuss a rift caused by ...
Prominent Jesuit: The Society of Jesus is in ‘Profound Decline’
Father Julio Fernández Techera, a Jesuit priest and rector of the Catholic University of Uruguay, has written a widely circulated, critical essay about the Society of Jesus warning that the ...
Hero Priest Charged with Battery After Trying To Prevent Desecration of the Holy Eucharist
Lesbian woman says ‘he wouldn't give me a cookie.’ A priest in Florida bit the forearm of a woman he says was desecrating the Eucharist in a Communion line at ...
Florida Priest Continued in Active Ministry for THREE YEARS After Sex Abuse Lawsuit Filed
A Florida priest who was recently arrested on sex abuse charges was permitted to continue in active ministry for nearly three years after a civil sex abuse lawsuit was filed ...
Jesuit Sex Abuse Scandal In Bolivia Could Be Used To Repress The Church
One year after the Spanish newspaper El País published the report “Diary of a Pedophile Priest,” which recounted the sexual abuse of minors committed in Bolivia by the deceased Jesuit ...
WATCH: Five New Abuse Complaints Against Marco Rupnik Presented to Vatican
Five new complaints of alleged abuse committed by Father Marko Rupnik have been presented to the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith in Rome, where an investigation into the ...
HUGE: Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules Catholic Charities Cannot Claim Religious Tax Exemption
Perhaps this ruling will make Catholic organizations rethink providing services like trafficking illegal aliens. The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a major Catholic charity group’s activities were not ...
Pope Claims You’re A Hypocrite If You Oppose His ‘Blessing’ For Homosexual Couples
Pope Francis this week again defended the Vatican’s controversial document authorizing blessings for same-sex couples, with the Holy Father arguing that humans “must all respect each other” and stating that ...
Former Gay Activist: Fiducia Supplicans Harms Those ‘Struggling for Chastity’
Luca Di Tolve, Mister Gay Italy 1990 and a former homosexual activist, posted a reflection on his website regarding the declaration Fiducia Supplicans from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of ...
French Bishops Back Gay Blesssings, Saying It’s ‘An Encouragement’
The Permanent Council of the French Bishops’ Conference has expressed its support for the Fiducia Supplicans declaration of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith on pastoral blessings. The ...
Missouri Priest Found Guilty Of Sexual Solicitation During Confession
A priest of the Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri, was found guilty of sexual solicitation of an adult during confession and has been barred from holding any office in the ...
Pope Francis to Roman Curia: ‘Rigid Ideological Positions’ Prevent Us From Moving Forward
Pope Francis warned the Roman Curia on Thursday that “rigid ideological positions” can be an obstacle to “moving forward.” In his annual Christmas address to the cardinals who work in ...
U.S. Bishops Concerned Congress Will Cut-Off Their Illegal Invasion Cash Cow
The U.S. bishops cautioned against proposals being considered by Congress and the White House to fund aid to Ukraine on the condition that migration is further restricted, saying they are ...
Too Little, Too Late? Vatican Tries to Draw Line on Women’s Ordination and Homosexuality in Letter to German Bishops
The Vatican has informed German bishops in writing that the ordination of women and changes in the Church’s teaching on homosexuality cannot be subjects of discussion in the upcoming meetings ...
