Pope dissolves Peru-based conservative Catholic movement after abuses uncovered by Vatican
Rome, Italy AP Pope Francis has taken the remarkable step of dissolving a Peruvian-based Catholic movement, the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, after years of attempts at reform and a Vatican investigation. The probe uncovered sexual abuses by its founder, financial mismanagement by its leaders and spiritual abuses by its top members. The Sodalitium on Monday confirmed the […]
Pope expels a bishop and nine other people from a Peru movement over “sadistic” abuses
Vatican City AP Pope Francis took the unusual decision on Wednesday to expel 10 people – a bishop, priests and laypeople – from a troubled Catholic movement in Peru after a Vatican investigation uncovered “sadistic” abuses of power, authority and spirituality. The move against the leadership of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, or Sodalitium of Christian […]
Vatican expels founder of Peru’s Sodalitium religious movement after probe into abuses, corruption
Rome, Italy AP The Vatican on Wednesday expelled the founder of an influential Peruvian religious movement, the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, after the Catholic hierarchy spent more than a decade of downplaying allegations of sexual and psychological abuse and financial corruption against him and his community. The decree against Luis Fernando Figari came after Pope Francis last year […]
Olympic ceremony’s ‘Last Supper’ sketch never meant to disrespect, says Paris 2024
Paris. France AP Paris 2024 organisers apologised on Sunday to Catholics and other Christian groups angered by a kitsch tableau in the Olympic Games opening ceremony that appeared to parody Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper painting. The segment, which resembled the Biblical scene of Jesus Christ and his apostles sharing a last meal before crucifixion […]
Peru archbishop who sued two journalists over reports on abuses, financial corruption resigns early
Rome, Italy AP A Peruvian archbishop who sued two journalists over their reports about sexual abuse and alleged financial corruption in his religious movement, Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, has resigned amid a Vatican investigation. Pope Francis on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Piura Archbishop José Eguren. At 67, he is several years shy of the normal retirement age […]
Senior Vatican official makes case for a married priesthood
Vatican City Reuters The Roman Catholic Church should “seriously think” about allowing priests to marry, a senior Vatican official and advisor to Pope Francis said in an interview published on Sunday. “This is probably the first time I’m saying it publicly and it will sound heretical to some people,” Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta, who […]
Malta’s Catholic bishops urge lawmakers not to back “abortion law’
Valletta, Malta Reuters Malta’s Catholic bishops have urged lawmakers not to back a bill now before parliament which they view as opening the door to abortion in the only European Union country that does not permit it under any circumstances. The government-sponsored bill would remove the risk of criminal action against doctors when a pregnancy […]
Papal tour: In Malta, Pope Francis models mercy for migrants while condemning corruption
CLAIRE GIANGRAVÉ, of Religion News Service, reports on expectations ahead of Pope Francis’ trip to Malta this weekend…