Tag: Catholic
No building permit for a controversial Catholic housing project in Touraine
The promoter Monasphere, “which designs real estate projects (…) near Christian spiritual places”, did not obtain a building permit for its first housing estate in L’Ile-Bouchard (Indre-et-Loire), the town hall…
“For the Catholic Church, canonization also responds to political and economic issues”
Canonization of Saint Louis, manuscript “Life and Miracles of Saint Louis”, 14th century, National Library of France, French 5716, fol. 9 back. GALLICA ONLINE LIBRARY Although the list of saints…
Human rights are deteriorating in Sri Lanka, says head of island’s Catholic Church
The head of the Roman Catholic Church in Sri Lanka sharply criticized authorities on Tuesday over concerns about deteriorating human rights on the island. Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith condemned an attack…
Concept against violence – dealing with abuse in the Catholic Church
Dean of the Catholic Theological Faculty Michael Zichy, who was critical of the church the day before, supports these measures. However, all efforts, particularly by the Klasnic Commission to look…
The case of Benedict XVI shakes the German Catholic Church
THE CHURCH IN CRISIS 1/2. An investigative report accuses the former pope of covering up sexual abuse scandals committed by priests in Bavaria. By our correspondent in Berlin, Pascale Hugues…
Church and Abuse: Report exacerbates Catholic crisis
A nearly 2000-page report examines sexual violence in the diocese of Munich-Freising. In addition to the incumbent Archbishop Reinhard Marx, his predecessor Joseph Ratzinger has to be accused of omissions…
The Prefecture of Police calls for witnesses after the violence against Catholic faithful
In response to the threats and insults to which faithful Catholics were victims during a religious procession which took place in Nanterre on Wednesday, December 8, the Paris police headquarters…
In Spain, a journalistic investigation into 251 suspected pedophiles shakes the Catholic Church
Pedocriminality in the Churchcase For three years, the Spanish daily “El Pais” collected numerous testimonies from victims of violence and sexual assault in the Church. According to the newspaper, their…
Members of the Catholic Academy of France criticize the Ciase report on child crime in the Church
The coincidence of facts troubled members of the Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church (Ciase), which released on October 5 a demanding report on sexual assault on…
“Now that we know the extent of sexual crimes committed by religious, let’s dissolve the Catholic Church! “
Un little more than a month after the resounding publication of the river report on sexual violence in the Catholic Church since 1950 (330,000 victims, i.e. 13 per day on…
“Outside the family, the Catholic Church is the first institution for the frequency of sexual violence”
Member of the Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Church (Ciase) and Director of Research at Inserm and at the School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS), sociologist…
the Catholic bishops will pay reparations
After the apologies, it’s time for repairs. The Catholic Bishops of Canada pledged, Monday, September 27, to provide 30 million Canadian dollars to support initiatives in favor of survivors of…