Priest shot dead in Diepsloot
IOL (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
A Catholic priest was shot dead in a presbytery in Diesploot, north of Johannesburg, the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference said.
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Bronx Priest Clothing Designs Featured In Vogue
WCBSTV.com: Your Source For New Yor (Free subscription) | yesterday
There's a fashion designer in the Bronx with a star-studded list of fans, but to find him, instead of walking the red carpet, you'll have to drop by Holy Family Church in Castle Hill. Meet Father Andrew, a Roman Catholic priest who knows his fashion. Cameron Diaz, known as the Queen of Green, wore a pair of his shorts in Vogue when a woman he was helping prepare for marriage happened...
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Mark Shaw: Thomas Merton and the Catholic Church Ban on Marriage
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
Merton faced the same sticky issue in the 1960s that is debated yet today: should Catholic priests be able to be unchaste and marry?
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Robbers gun down Catholic priest, 70, in Diepsloot
Pretoria News (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Without warning, Father Louis Blondel's bedroom door burst open. He couldn't see through the darkness, but in the passage, his fellow priest, Father Guido Bourgeois, was in the clutches of four robbers.
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Local Priests Might Face Outings, and Not the Fun Kind
DCist (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
... religious field trips as the name might imply and more to collecting information on closeted gay Catholic priests who have spoken out against same-sex marriage -- and possibly out them. The website argues that the Catholic Church has inflicted emotional, psychological and spiritual abuse on generations of LGBT youth who have been told that they should be "ashamed...
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Elderly French priest shot dead in mission
The Star (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
NEXT week would have marked the first anniversary of renowned Catholic priest Father Louis Blondel's move into Diepsloot to set up a creche and a youth centre.
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LUTZ, FL: Former Episcopal bishop Lipscomb now a Catholic priest
VirtueOnline (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
LUTZ, FL: Former Episcopal bishop Lipscomb now a Catholic priest By John Barry, Times Staff Writer http://www.tampabay.com/news/religion/former-episcopal-bishop-lipscomb-now-a-catholic-priest/1056281 December 4, 2009 John Lipscomb, the married, 59-year-old former bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida, was ordained a Catholic priest Wednesday. The morning...
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Former Episcopalian bishop becomes Catholic priest
Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
From Spero News The former Episcopalian bishop of Southwest Florida, Rev. John Lipscomb, was ordained a priest of the Catholic Church on December 2 at the Bethany Center spiritual retreat in Lutz, Florida. The 59-year-old former Episcopalian was joined by his wife Marcie and approximately 100 diocesan priests. Archbishop John Favalora of Miami ordained Lipscomb, while Bishop [...]...
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Priests Leaving Catholic Church In Korea
ROK Drop (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
Maybe this is one way for Korea to increase its extremely low birth rate /blockquote> The Catholic Church in South Korea has lost four priests to the Anglicans in recent years, with marriage cited as the most important reason. “They want to marry and at the same time serve as pastors,” Anglican Fr. Peter Lee Kyong-nae, [...]
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Satyameva Jayate?
David Lindsay (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
A priest whom I know well regularly visits India. This year, he has applied for his visa as usual. In order to obtain it, however, he finds that he is now required to submit in writing that he will not practise his religion while there. That he will not practise Catholicism while in Goa! Absurd, of course, from that point of view. But also horrifying in principle. Hindu nationalists recently...
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Former Louisiana Episcopal Priest and Florida Bishop Ordained a Catholic Priest
Opinionated Catholic (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
... structure. The Louisiana angle of this interested me more. I did not realize he was in a Episcopal priest in Louisiana. I did some research and found that he also served as a chaplain to the Louisiana National Guard and served on active duty during Operation Desert Shield . There is more info on his Louisiana years here . It appears from this he served as a Priest in both of the two...
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Hunter Catholic priest sex abuse charges dropped
The Herald (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
HIGH-profile Catholic priest Peter Brock repeated his declaration of innocence yesterday after child sex charges were dropped against him.
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Soldier's death led Catholic priest to become chaplain
JSOnline (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Capt. Matt Foley stays very busy ministering to nine companies in the 82nd Airborne Divisional Special Troops Battalion, delivering care packages, checking on soldiers' welfare, presiding over Catholic Masses as well as handling any calls for a priest.
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Ireland report into abuse by Catholic priests finds police coverup
World Affairs Board (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Ireland report into abuse by Catholic priests finds police coverup | csmonitor.com Ireland report into abuse by Catholic priests finds police coverup Ireland released a report into 30 years of Catholic priest abuse of children in Dublin that found the police frequently looked the other way to protect accused clerics. By Jason Walsh | Correspondent...
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Masaka Priest Arrested Over Murder
All Africa (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
THE Police in Masaka district have arrested a Catholic priest in connection with the murder of a resident by a mob. Pascal Mutagubya, 17, a resident of Narozari village, was beaten and burnt after he was accused of stealing sh600,000 from Narozari Catholic parish on Monday.