Wearing a red and black traditional Guatemalan shirt that had belonged to martyred U.S. priest Father Stanley Rother, Ronald Arteaga traveled from his village of Santiago Atitlan to witness the beatification of the pastor he knew as “Padre Aplas.”
Father Stanley Rother – The ‘Ordinary Martyr’ Read Post »
A US bishop vigorously defended Jesuit Father James Martin when a prominent seminary cancelled an invitation it had extended to the well-known author
Bishop defends Jesuit Father James Martin after Seminary Snub Read Post »
Bad apples shouldn’t spoil the batch. There are many priests doing wonderful work in very challenging conditions – they need our prayers.
Shock, Sadness at Priest’s Treatment of Laity Read Post »
Indian Salesian Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who was abducted by Islamic State militants in Yemen and held captive for more than a year, was freed.
Indian Salesian abducted by ISIS in Yemen Freed Read Post »
Father Gerald Pocock, who died in Ottawa at age 92, was a gregarious Roman Catholic chaplain at Montreal’s St. Mary’s Hospital in 1969 when he befriended American jazz legend Duke Ellington.
Priest who befriended Duke Ellington dies at age 92 Read Post »
The repository of a Johannesburg parish has raised R120000 for a priests’ training fund. Parishioner Pam Goemans of St John’s church in North Riding, Johannesburg, had been looking for something special to do, and when asked if she would like to take over the repository eight years ago, she knew it was God answering her prayer.
Parish Repository Raises R120 000 for Training Priests Read Post »
We reported earlier that a Catholic priest from the Diocese of Arlington had come clean about his past in the Ku Klux Klan. William Aitcheson, while a member of the Klan, burnt a cross on the lawn of a couple in Maryland. He was charged with the crime and ordered to pay restitution, but never did.
African-American Couple Demands Apology from Priest for Past KKK Actions Read Post »
Sr Sue Rakoczy IHM – The spiritual and psychological abuse that women experience in the Church is often hidden and the woman suffers alone. This is a very sad and scandalous story of clerical abuse against a vulnerable woman.
Shameful Behaviour of Some Priests Read Post »
Father William Aitcheson, a priest of the Diocese of Arlington, asked forgiveness for having been a member of the Ku Klux Klan years ago as “an impressionable young man.”
Priest asks Forgiveness for Having Been KKK Member as Young Man Read Post »
