Goodwill Church, in New York’s leafy Hudson Valley, is a particular vacation spot for The Atlantic’s Tim Alberta. This was the place his household’s religion journey started. “There’s one thing so deeply acquainted about this place, it is onerous to explain,” he mentioned. “My dad and mom all the time described this church as holy … Read more
PARIS — A French bishop has been given a preliminary cost of trying to rape an grownup man a decade in the past, the Paris prosecutor’s workplace stated Monday. It’s the newest of a rising variety of accusations of sexual abuse by clergy in France. The Bishops’ Convention of France stated the accused bishop, Georges … Read more
HONG KONG — The top of the Catholic church in China started a visit to Hong Kong on Tuesday on the invitation of the town’s pope-appointed Roman Catholic cardinal, marking the primary official go to by a Beijing bishop in historical past. Joseph Li, who was put in by China’s state-controlled Catholic church as an … Read more
MADRID — Spain’s first official probe of intercourse abuse by clergy members or different individuals linked to the Catholic Church within the nation included a survey that indicated that the variety of victims might run into a whole bunch of 1000’s. The survey was a part of a damning report by the workplace of Spain’s … Read more
ROME — Pope Francis’ massive assembly on the way forward for the Catholic Church headed into its last stretch Wednesday, with variations over the function of ladies nonetheless dividing the meeting even because it produced its first doc after a month of debate. The Vatican launched a letter from the 364-member synod, or assembly, to … Read more
Touch upon this storyRemark Add to your saved tales Save JERUSALEM — The historic Church of St. Porphyrius, Gaza’s oldest energetic church, was struck Thursday because it sheltered a whole lot of Palestinians displaced by the warfare, in keeping with non secular officers. Not less than 16 Christians have been killed within the bombing and … Read more
Japan’s authorities will ask a court docket to order the disbandment of the perimeter spiritual group whose actions had been cited as motivating the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The request might come quickly, Masahito Moriyama, the tradition minister stated in a short assertion Thursday. Kyodo Information reported the transfer might come as … Read more
Japan’s authorities is convening a non secular affairs council to resolve whether or not to hunt a courtroom order to revoke authorized standing of the Unification Church ByMARI YAMAGUCHI Related Press October 12, 2023, 1:21 AM TOKYO — Japan’s authorities is convening a non secular affairs council on Thursday to ask consultants to resolve whether … Read more