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July 2014

July 05, 2014

Argentine military officers convicted in bishop’s murder

From the BBC: Two former senior military officers in Argentina have been convicted in connection...

July 04, 2014

Retired pastor sets himself on fire, says he’s “giving my body to be burned” for social injustice

Tragic and misguided: A retired United Methodist pastor fatally set himself on fire in a...

July 03, 2014

Italian archbishop proposes 10-year ban on naming godparents to stop Mafia influence

Details: After a pledge by Pope Francis to “excommunicate” mobsters from the Catholic Church, an...

July 02, 2014

Archbishop Nienstedt under investigation for sexual relationships; he calls allegations “absolutely false”

Details from Religion News Service: A Roman Catholic archbishop in Minnesota who had been one...

July 01, 2014

The bigotry of Ronald Lindsay at Huffington Post—UPDATED

The last acceptable prejudice rears its head again: In its decision in Burwell v. Hobby...

June 2014

June 30, 2014

ISIS declares Islamic state across Syria and Iraq; human rights group reports rebels being crucified

From CNN: Emboldened by a weakened Iraqi government that is struggling to stop their murderous...

June 27, 2014

Vatican orders archbishop laicized

Details: The Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has ordered the laicization of...

June 27, 2014

Report: Meriam Ibrahim’s husband says she is safe at US embassy

From The Guardian: The husband of a Sudanese Christian woman facing threats after her apostasy...

June 26, 2014

SCOTUS strikes down certain “buffer zones” around abortion clinics

Big news: In a ruling that may rekindle legal challenges in California, the U.S. Supreme...

June 26, 2014

Vatican publishes working document for extraordinary Synod of Bishops

An overview from CNS: The working document for the October 2014 extraordinary Synod of Bishops...

June 24, 2014

Nevermind: lawyer now says there is no deal for nuns to care for dying priest

Details: A nursing home run by nuns has not been asked or agreed to take...

June 24, 2014

Report: Meriam Ibrahim released after being “temporarily detained” over travel documents

Details: Mariam Yahya Ibrahim, the Christian woman sentenced to death and later freed after an international...

June 24, 2014

BREAKING: Meriam Ibrahim arrested again, one day after being freed

Details: A mother who was freed from death row for refusing to renounce Christianity has been re-arrested...

June 23, 2014

VIDEO: Men attack homeless man on steps of Catholic church

Awful: A homeless man sleeping on church steps was kicked in the face and stomped...

June 23, 2014

A headline I never thought I’d see

U.S. Exchange Student Gets Stuck in Vagina Statue at German University

June 23, 2014

“An act of grace for a dying man”: sisters agree to care for priest convicted of killing a nun—UPDATED

Details: A Roman Catholic priest convicted of killing a nun at a hospital chapel in...

June 23, 2014

Court cancels death sentence, orders Meriam Ibrahim released—UPDATED

Details from AP: A Sudanese woman on death row for apostasy had her sentence canceled...

June 21, 2014

Pope declares Mafia members excommunicated

Details, from Reuters: Pope Francis on Saturday took on one of Italy's most dangerous organized...

June 20, 2014

Nudist plans naked protest in “solidarity” with St. Francis

Really: Catholic clergy don their heavy black vestments every day, even covering their head with...

June 20, 2014

An estimated 5,000 gather for March for Marriage in Washington

Details: Rita Alderete is single, but she values the idea of marriage being a relationship...

June 20, 2014

Pope opposes making recreational drug use legal

Details: Pope Francis spoke out Friday against legalizing recreational drugs, telling participants at the International...

June 19, 2014

Phoenix priest: I have forgiven my attacker

From The Los Angeles Times: People clapped, gasped and cried when a man pushed Father...

June 17, 2014

SF archbishop responds to critics on the March for Marriage

He has posted a letter on the archdiocesan website. He doesn't mention his most prominent...

June 17, 2014

Requiem Mass for Father Walker

From The Catholic Sun: At the requiem Mass, Fr. Eric Flood, the North American superior...

June 16, 2014

Phoenix police confirm arrest in killing of Father Walker

Details: A 54-year-old ex-convict has been arrested in the shooting death of a 28-year-old Phoenix...

June 16, 2014

Report: shooting of Phoenix priests is just the latest incident in wave of church violence in US

Details from The Christian Science Monitor: The shooting of two priests at a Phoenix church...

June 15, 2014

On Fr. Walker of Phoenix: “He wanted to know what would bring him closer to the Lord”

The Arizona Republic in Phoenix has a long and richly detailed article (with some obvious...

June 15, 2014

Police: anger toward religion may have provoked deadly attacks on priests in Phoenix

Details: The person who brutally attacked two Phoenix priests might have a lot of anger...

June 14, 2014

Boom: Catholic converts on the rise in Tennessee

Details from The Chattanooga Times Free Press: There was the man inspired by the written...

June 13, 2014

St. Louis update: Archbishop Carlson releases letter and video

Text of the letter: Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I wish to respond to...