Roman Catholic and Orthodox Jewish officials in New York are mounting an intense lobbying effort to block a bill before the State Legislature that would temporarily lift the statute of limitations for lawsuits alleging the sexual abuse of children…… If signed by Gov. David A. Paterson, a longtime supporter, the bill would at minimum revive [...]
There’s good news for University of Tennessee athletic teams that may need a prayer in overtime. New Catholic Bishop-elect Richard F. Stika promises to “open his heart and life” to local college-level sports. And, of course, to some 60,000 East Tennessee Catholics.” -from article New bishop prepares to lead East Tennessee Catholics by Rebecca Williams [...]
And the survey says……Religion is going down. A wide-ranging study on American religious life found that the Roman Catholic population has been shifting out of the Northeast to the Southwest, the percentage of Christians in the nation has declined and more people say they have no religion at all. Fifteen percent of respondents said they [...]
This is the most disgusting thing I’ve heard the Catholic church do in a long time. Archibishop Jose Cardoso Sobrinho of the coastal city of Recife announced that the Vatican was excommunicating the family of a local girl who had been raped and impregnated with twins by her stepfather, because they had chosen to have [...]
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