by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“… ‘This synod has a specific and local objective: the evangelization of the Amazon. I fear that some Westerners are seizing this assembly to advance their plans,” Sarah told [an] Italian newspaper ….”
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“Pope Francis announced Sunday he will create 13 new cardinals …. Among them are 10 who are elegible to vote in a future conclave. … [c]oming from North America, Central America, Africa, Europe, and Asia ….”
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“A priest of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter has been excommunicated, and his parish permanently closed, months after he criticized certain actions of various popes both during and after the Second Vatican Council. On April 1, Bp. Steven J. Lopes announced he had issued a decree of excommunication against Fr. Vaughn Treco, pastor of St. Bede
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“… ‘What are we to do with these ‘red flags’ about Father [Geoff] Drew?’ the parishioner wrote, addressing auxiliary Bishop Binzer. ‘They were brought to your attention on many occasions and your response was to place Fr. Drew in a parish with the largest Catholic grade school in the state! ….’”
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“… The largest protest has so far this year has been an estimated 2 million-strong crowd on June 6. At some of the protests, police and some protesters have resorted to violence. … Protesters continue to demonstrate against the use of excessive force by the police, as well as the potential for Hong Kong to begin extraditing suspected criminals to
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“A priest in Downingtown, Penn., a suburb west of Philadelphia, was arrested yesterday for stealing roughly $100,000 in church funds over six years to fund his New Jersey beach house and sexual encounters with men among other personal expenses, authorities have reported. …”
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“Off book accounts are in violation of standard Archdiocesan financial control practices and procedures. This bank account was frozen in February 2018 and a review of parish financial records was then undertaken by personnel from the Archdiocesan Office for Parish Services and Support. … The Archdiocese of Philadelphia was informed by the Chester County District Attorney’s Office that Monsignor McLoone
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“… Charles Lwanga and his companions. … knew the wrongness of homosexual acts and the horror of the sin that the king wanted them to commit. And they knew it so strongly that they went to their deaths rather than sin. …”
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“… Critics of total decriminalization say that it would only further facilitate and legitimize criminal activity like sex trafficking and child prostitution. …”
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“Bishop Michael Barber, S.J., of the Diocese of Oakland, California, has said he would sooner accept arrest and prison than comply with a state law that would force priests to violate the seal of confession. … ‘I will go to jail before I will obey this attack on our religious freedom’ …. ‘Even if this bill passes, no priest may
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