Tag: Catholic Church

• Tuesday, November 26th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Alberto Fernandez prepared to reignite abortion debate despite warnings from the Catholic Church

  

  The inauguration of Argentina's president-elect Alberto Fernandez next month has reignited a debate over the legalization of abortion, a year after conservatives narrowly blocked its decriminalization, leaving the country bitterly divided over the issue.

• Wednesday, October 23rd 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  Conservative Catholics disrupt Vatican Amazon synod and dump in the Tiber “pagan” idols

  

  The Vatican on Tuesday accused ultra-conservative Catholic social media of fomenting hate, a day after militants stole statues they considered pagan idols from a church and dumped them in the Tiber river.

• Saturday, October 12th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Vatican considering giving laywomen in the Amazon official ministries

  

  Deep in the Amazon forest, young couples looking to wed or baptize children often turn to Sister Alba, who fills in where Catholic priests cannot be found. But in many remote areas, there are not even enough nuns to go around, and it is laywomen who play a key role in the evangelization of indigenous people.

• Wednesday, September 25th 2019 - 09:53 UTC

  Catholic Church claims invasions of indigenous lands in Brazil has jumped under the Bolsonaro administration

  

  The number of invasions of indigenous lands in Brazil has jumped in the first nine months of President Jair Bolsonaro's administration, a Brazilian Catholic Church agency said on Tuesday. The Missionary Indigenous Council said illegal miners, loggers and tappers of natural resources are involved in most of the invasions.

• Sunday, September 22nd 2019 - 12:41 UTC

  New sex scandal hits Panama's Catholic Church - three priests spared from duties

  

  Three Catholic priests were removed from their religious functions in Panama Friday for “inappropriate” and “scandalous” behaviours, after a digital news outlet revealed sexual encounters of priests with men, including a minor.

• Saturday, September 21st 2019 - 13:30 UTC

  Brazil fears Chinese invasion, says website

  

  Top secret documents drafted by Brazilian military, backed by President Jair Bolsonaro, indicate that the Amazon is under threat of Chinese penetration, according to a report published Friday by the site The Intercept, accessed by the Italian news agency ANSA.

• Wednesday, September 11th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

  Pope Francis challenges ultra conservative cardinals: “I'm not afraid of schims”

  

  Pope Francis said on Tuesday he was “not afraid” of a schism in the Roman Catholic Church, in reference to attacks by conservative cardinals who frequently take aim at his papacy.

• 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.

• Friday, July 12th 2019 - 11:41 UTC

  Sex crimes against children no longer protected by statute of limitations in Chile

  

  Chile's President Sebastian Pinera Thursday signed into law on Thursday a bill whereby the statute of limitations on sex crimes involving children ceases to apply. However, the new law is not retroactive as some lawmakers intended during parliamentary deliberation.

• Monday, June 3rd 2019 - 09:13 UTC

  Pope in Romania asked forgiveness for the mistreatment of the Roma people

  

  Pope Francis on Sunday asked forgiveness in the name of the Catholic Church for the mistreatment of the Roma people, a move likely to increase tensions with Italy's anti-immigrant Interior Minister Matteo Salvini.