People Call Me ‘Father,’ But I Don’t Have Kids
By Father Richard Malloy, SJ – People call me Father, but I don’t have kids. And when folks call me Father, they sure as heck don’t mean that...
Category: Priests
Two Canadian Bishops Disavow Priest’s “Prophecies”
By Francois Gloutnay – Two Canadian dioceses have disavowed the messages and prophecies of a Canadian priest known for prophesying doom. Bishop Gilles Lemay of Amos, Quebec, disavowed...
Irish Priest Spurns Vatican Plan That Would Have Allowed Him To Return To Ministry
By Michael Kelly – A well-known Irish priest who has been in a dispute with the Vatican for several years over his controversial views has rejected a...
Fr Duncan Blackie CSsR, Rest in Peace
By Fr Sean Collins CSsR – Redemptorist Father Duncan Blackie died on August 23 in Cape Town. He was 74. He was born on April 11, 1946,...
Fr Bernhard Thiel CMM, Rest in Peace
By Archbishop Paul Mandla Khumalo CMM – Mariannhill Missionaries Father Bernhard Thiel died in a car accident on August 25 near Port Shepstone. He was 82. Born...
Spanish Court Convicts Ex-Salvadoran Colonel Of 1989 Murders Of 5 Jesuits
By David Agren – A Spanish court has convicted a former Salvadoran colonel for the murders of five Jesuit priests in 1989 – a rare act of justice...
Law Requires Priests in the State of Queensland to Break the Seal of Confession
A new law requires priests in the state of Queensland to break the seal of confession to report child sex abuse to police or face three years...
Where are Priests in the Bible?
According to Acts 6:5-6 the Apostles ordained seven men as deacons. Nowhere in the New Testament is there a record of men being ordained priests. How can...
New Ordinations in Pretoria
Archbishop Dabula Mpako of Pretoria ordained Frs Johannes Sibanyoni (inset top left) and Harry Bopape (right) to the priesthood and Rev Jason Lottering (second left) to the...
Priest Finds Out His Baptism and, therefore, Ordination are Invalid
By Michael Stechschulte – August has been a roller coaster for Father Matthew Hood, who was ordained to the priesthood – some might say for the second...
Priest Gets Liver Transplant – And The Donor Is A Former Parishioner
By Mark Pattison – Thirty-seven days after his liver transplant, Father John Mack could catalogue the things he can do in recovery. “I just did my first ride”...
Suspended Priest Excommunicated For Still Saying Mass, Teaching Against Pope
A suspended priest in the Diocese of Sacramento has been automatically excommunicated because he continued to celebrate Mass despite being instructed not to do so by Bishop...
