MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Tag: Bishop
-
Wednesday, August 28th 2019 - 09:08 UTC
First ordained bishop in China following on Beijing and Vatican deal
China has ordained its first bishop since reaching an agreement with the Catholic Church intended to encourage a rapprochement between Beijing and the Holy See. China's roughly 12 million Catholics have for decades been split between a government-run association, whose clergy were chosen by the atheist Communist Party, and an unofficial underground church loyal to the Vatican.
-
Wednesday, March 13th 2019 - 09:40 UTC
Ex Vatican treasurer sentenced to six years in jail for sexually abusing choir boys
Former Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell was sentenced to 6 years in jail on Wednesday by an Australian court for sexually abusing two choir boys in Melbourne in the 1990s. Pell, a former top adviser to Pope Francis, is the most senior Catholic worldwide to be convicted for child sex offences.
-
Saturday, February 16th 2019 - 10:55 UTC
Falklands' bishop travels to Stanley for a confirmation service
Three people were confirmed this week in the most southerly cathedral in the Anglican Communion – but the cathedral’s bishop, Tim Thornton, had to travel some 8,000 miles from his office in London, England, for the service, reports the Anglican Communion News Service.
-
Wednesday, August 29th 2018 - 08:29 UTC
Vatican infighting surfaces and questions an “embittered” Pope
Pope Francis has no intention of stepping down as he fights accusations that he protected a former archbishop accused of sexual abuse, Italian news agency ANSA reported, citing “close associates” of the pope.
-
Monday, August 27th 2018 - 08:41 UTC
Ex Vatican ambassador allegedly exposes more cover-ups at the Holy See
The Vatican's retired ambassador to the United States accused senior Vatican officials of knowing as early as 2000 that the disgraced former archbishop of Washington, ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, regularly invited seminarians into his bed but was made a cardinal regardless.
