More and more Catholics are re-examining their membership in the Church, Gallup revealed Wednesday, noting that the number of those who question their affiliation has jumped by 15 percent since 2002.
The Vatican released a statement expressing “shame and sorrow” Thursday about the hundreds of predator priests uncovered in Pennsylvania. This statement comes after two days of silence and offers no quote from Pope Francis.
The Vatican had “no comment” when asked about hundreds of Pennsylvania priests sexually abusing a thousand children.
LONDON (AP) — A British pub has apologized for turning away a group of trainee priests after mistaking them for rowdy bachelor-party revelers in costume.
The Catholic Church has launched a new smartphone app helping sinners find the nearest available priest “in real time” to hear their confessions.
In its new guidelines on the formation of seminarians, the Vatican summons future priests to be “highly sensitive” to the “emerging planetary crisis” and to be active promoters of environmental concern in their future ministry.
“I want you to know my support for your work to foster vocations to the priesthood, because I want my children and future generations to have good priests in their lives, just like I had,” Mark Wahlberg says in the video, posted on Facebook by the vocations office of the Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island.
In a telegram to Mexican Bishop Trinidad Zapata of Papantla, Pope Francis has condemned the brutal murder of two Mexican priests, saying that they were victims of “inexcusable violence.”
For the upcoming Jubilee Year of Mercy, Pope Francis is hammering home the message of forgiveness, urging all the Catholic priests in the Church to dedicate plenty of time each week to hearing confessions.
