PAXALLES (Free subscription) | yesterday
Pope allows married Anglians to become Catholic priests in bid to tempt them to defect from the UK Daily Mail reports that Pope Benedict XVI is moving beyond allowing married Anglican priests and bishops to become Catholic priests to allow...
Reuters (Free subscription) | yesterday
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican said Monday its plan to allow married Anglican priests to convert to Catholicism does not signal any change to its age-old rule of celibacy for the overwhelming majority of Catholic priests.
incarnatus est (Free subscription) | yesterday
Vatican says no change in rules on married priestsby Francis X. RoccaReligion News ServiceThe Vatican released on Monday (Nov. 9) rules for Anglican converts that allows them to retain traditional forms of worship and governance, but limits the Anglican practice of a married priesthood.In an historic move last month (Oct.) the Vatican announced plans to facilitate the conversion of Anglican
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
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Spewing Truth in the face of Lies (Free subscription) | yesterday
... here in Rhode Island. The Rev. Michael J. Menna Providence The writer is pastor of St. Ann Catholic Church. I’m a little taken aback. The only priests I’ve heard from in recent past were anti-gay bigots for the most part though there’s one who I think is sliding toward our side. But Rev. Menna writes a great letter. I have to wonder how long our bigoted Mr. Tobin (aka Bishop) will...
Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
ARTICLE: Offer Raises Idea of Marriage for Catholic Priests, By RACHEL DONADIO, New York Times, October 21, 2009 It's a move that will inevitably come, if only for the culture clash that will happen within the Catholic church in the...
Crunchy Con (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
I'm sorry, but this is funny: SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) - A northeastern Pennsylvania priest has been removed from his duties after church officials say he accidentally displayed inappropriate pictures from his computer before Sunday Mass. The Diocese of Scranton said...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Manila - The Philippines' largest Muslim separatist rebel group on Friday said its forces were prepared to defend themselves if they come under fire from government troops hunting for the kidnappers of an Irish Catholic priest. Interior Secretary Ron...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) will this month render judgement in the case of a Catholic priest, Father Hormisdas Nsengimana, who is facing Genocide charges.
Ekklesia (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
A Catholic priest and a nun, both in their 80s, were hooded, handcuffed and held faced down on the ground for four hours before being arrested after a protest against nuclear weapons yesterday.
Slog (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
A Roman Catholic priest has been showing up outside a Planned Parenthood office in full vestments—where he passes the time yelling at staff, visitors and the volunteers—for two years. It turns out that the Rev. Virgil Bradley Tetherow, or "Father Gabriel" as he's known, has a particular interest in saving the lives of unborn children ... Four and a half years ago,...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Pagadian City, Philippines - Hundreds of additional police forces were deployed in the southern Philippines to join the search for a kidnapped Irish Catholic priest, a police task force commander said Wednesday. About 300 police officers were deploye...
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
The Philippines rejected an offer by the country's largest Muslim rebel group to help free an Irish Catholic priest held on a southern island, the interior secretary said on today, adding the offer may jeopardise peace talks.
Ekklesia (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Two prominent Catholic theologians have strongly criticised attitudes influencing the church hierarchy over its stance on measures to prevent the spread of HIV-AIDS.
Opinionated Catholic (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Some news was made over the weekend as the Vatican made a public point that the celibacy issue was not holding up the final document. Still there are issues. The Uk Telegraph has The Vatican and married ex-Anglicans: how far will Rome go?
