Hungarian church tight-lipped over fate of Russian Orthodox cleric
WEBPublished: August 14, 2024 05:35 AM GMT. Updated: August 14, 2024 05:39 AM GMT. Hungarian Catholics have reacted warily to the suspension of a top Russian Orthodox prelate in Europe, Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) of Budapest and Hungary, who faces demotion and disgrace amid accusations of sexual and financial misconduct.
Vatican replaces allegations-tainted Pakistani archbishop
WEBAug 16, 2024 — The Vatican has replaced Archbishop Sebastian Shaw of Lahore with an apostolic administrator following allegations of sex abuse and financial fraud in Pakistan's most populous Catholic diocese.. Lahore Archdiocesan Vicar General Father Asif Sardar announced the appointment of Archbishop Benny Mario Travas of Karachi as the apostolic administrator of Lahore on Aug. 15.
Bishops assure transparency in federal boarding school reckoning
WEBAug 16, 2024 — As the nation continues to reckon with the legacy of residential boarding schools for Indigenous children, three U.S. Catholic bishops have urged the federal government to include in that process religious communities, which, along with the federal government, operated such institutions. On July 30, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland ...
Sex abuse scandal at Thai school sparks outrage - UCA News
WEBUpdated: October 19, 2021 04:47 AM GMT. By the time the boy had turned 11, he had allegedly faced three years of sexual abuse from one of his teachers at a primary school for boys in Bangkok. Students at the Thai school were reportedly in fear of the abusive teacher, who would accost them in the washrooms. Other teachers, according to the boy ...
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WEBVietnam struggles with a rising vaping epidemic. Friday May 31, 2024. More than 1,200 male and female users of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco were hospitalized in 2023. 1. 2. Next ›. Last ›. Vietnam church news and updates, Find Vietnam catholic Latest videos & Pictures with UCA News.
Church Militant to shut down as defamation saga concludes
WEBMar 5, 2024 — Church Militant ended the lawsuit that dragged on for three years in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire in Concord, by apologizing to Father de Laire, retracting the January 2019 article that defamed him as "emotionally unstable" and "incompetent" among other unsubstantiated claims, and paid him $500,000.
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Indian court refuses to lift ban on Catholics’ endogamy
WEBMar 15, 2023 — A top court in southern Indian Kerala state has refused to stay a lower court's order, which declared illegal the practice of endogamy among a section of Catholics. The high court in Kerala, however, agreed to hear an appeal challenging the lower court verdict issued on April 30, 2021. The appeal was filed by …
Pope walks 'tightrope' on Russia's war in Ukraine - UCA News
WEBJul 30, 2024 — Pope Francis waves to the crowd from the window of The Apostolic Palace overlooking St. Peter's Square in The Vatican on July 14 during the weekly Angelus Prayer. (Photo: AFP) Pope Francis and the Holy See tread a fine line in responding to Russia's war on Ukraine, balancing statesmanship and spiritual values amid the 11-year conflict, said a ...
Vatican sensitivity cited for stalling Chinese cardinal's beatification
WEBMar 17, 2020 — China-Vatican diplomatic sensitivity has been cited as the reason for the stalled beatification process of a heroic Chinese cardinal who died as an icon of papal loyalty after spending 30 years in a Chinese jail. The Vatican has not yet started the beatification process of Cardinal Ignatius Kung Pin-mei, even as …