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Central Florida Priest Bites Woman After Denying Her Communion
WFTV-TV - Thu May 23, 2024
SAINT CLOUD, Florida - Communion at a Central Florida church took an unexpected turn – an argument that ended with a priest biting a church member, according to police. More»

Providence priest arrested, accused of possession of child pornography
WPRI-TV - Sun Oct 31, 2021
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island — A Providence priest has been arrested and is facing several charges, including possession of child pornography. More»

NC Catholic priest, diagnosed with rare brain disease just last month, dies at age 53
Charlotte Observer` - Mon May 24, 2021
Father Michael Kottar, a Roman Catholic priest who had served in the Diocese of Charlotte for more than 21 years and who revealed earlier this month that a rare brain disease would soon take his life, died on Saturday night in Pickerington, Ohio. More»

Pope, in Easter message, slams weapons spending in time of pandemic
Reuters - Sun Apr 4, 2021
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis urged countries in his Easter message on Sunday to quicken distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, particularly to the world's poor, and called armed conflict and military spending during a pandemic "scandalous". More»

Priest ousted after performing exorcisms to try to rid Biden from White House
The Independent - Thu Jan 28, 2021
A priest who live-streamed himself performing exorcisms of alleged election fraud in 3 November's presidential election, has left his post at a Roman Catholic diocese in Wisconsin. More»

Some 9,000 children died in Ireland's church-run homes for unwed mothers
NBC News - Tue Jan 12, 2021
Some 9,000 children died in Ireland's church-run homes for unwed mothers, a government report published on Tuesday found. More»

Catholic Diocese priest arrested, accused of possession of child pornography
FOX 8 - Fri Dec 6, 2019
CLEVELAND - A Cleveland Catholic Diocese priest is under arrest after an investigation by the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. More»

Harry Potter Books Taken Off Shelves At Catholic School Over Risk Of 'Conjuring Evil Spirits'
NBC News - Tue Sep 3, 2019
"The curses and spells used in the books are actual curses," a school pastor reportedly wrote in an email explaining the decision. More»

Catholic Priests in Poland Burn "Sacrilegious" Harry Potter Books
BBC - Mon Apr 1, 2019
Catholic priests in northern Poland have burned books they consider to be sacrilegious, including ones from the Harry Potter boy wizard series. More»

Vatican diplomat to Washington recalled because of child-porn investigation
Washington Post - Thu Sep 14, 2017
US officials found evidence implicating a Vatican diplomat in a child-pornography case, the Vatican said Friday, leading officials in Rome to recall the priest to the Holy See. More»

Rick Santorum: 'Millions of Americans' with preexisting conditions are scammers stealing health care
Raw Story - Sat Feb 25, 2017
CNN contributor Rick Santorum suggested on Sunday that it was a mistake to guarantee health care coverage for people with preexisting conditions because "millions" of them were scamming insurance companies. More»

NY Bishop Rape Shames Abuse Victims: Boys Are 'Culpable" For Their Actions At 7 Years Old
Church and State - Sat Sep 17, 2016
Bishop Robert Cunningham of the diocese of Syracuse, NY doesn't think priests should take all of the blame for decades, if not centuries, of sexual abuse against young boys. More»

Arrested Catholic Archbishop's computer contained over 100,000 images of children
Raw Story - Wed Apr 20, 2016
Vatican detectives analyzing a computer used a by an archbishop arrested earlier this week discovered over 86,000 pornographic photos and 160 sexually explicit video files of children, reports the International Business Times. More»

Catholic priests exorcise the entire country of Mexico
Daily Mail - Sat Jun 20, 2015
Catholic priests from around Mexico gathered at a central cathedral to do what they could to help fight the country's crime problem, targeting the demons that may be causing it. More»

Exorcists Warn Vatican Over 'Beautiful Young Vampires' And Satanic Yoga
The Independent - Sun Apr 12, 2015
The proliferation of "beautiful young vampires" in TV series and Hollywood films including True Blood and the Twilight movies is encouraging young people to dabble with occult forces, a leading authority on demonic possession has warned a Vatican-backed exorcism course. More»

Pope Francis: Dogs Can Go to Heaven
Time - Fri Dec 12, 2014
Pope Francis confirmed during his weekly address in the Vatican's St Peter's Square that canines, along with "all of God's creatures," can make it to heaven. More»

Pope Francis: You Can't Use Religion To Justify Violence
Think Progress - Mon Sep 22, 2014
Pope Francis had some harsh words for religious extremists this weekend, voicing his strongest condemnation yet for those who use religion to justify violence. More»

Irish Church reports reveal horrific child abuse
AFP - Tue Nov 29, 2011
A new series of reports into Irish Catholic dioceses on Wednesday revealed horrific child sex abuse by priests and mistakes by Roman Catholic Church authorities in dealing with them. More»

Catholic paper retracts column saying devil may control gays
Reuters - Wed Nov 2, 2011
CONWAY, Mass - The nation's oldest Roman Catholic newspaper retracted an opinion column that said the devil may be behind gay attraction after the essay was condemned as cruel and wrong by gay rights groups. More»

Boston church releases list of accused priests
Associated Press - Wed Aug 24, 2011
BOSTON - Cardinal Sean O'Malley on Thursday released a long-awaited list of priests accused of child sex abuse in Boston in the last 60 years, but he opted not to include certain priests, including ones who died without being publicly charged. More»

The Pope Claims Child Porn is 'Normal'
Belfast Telegraph - Mon Dec 27, 2010
Victims of clerical sex abuse have reacted furiously to Pope Benedict's claim yesterday that paedophilia wasn't considered an "absolute evil" as recently as the 1970s. More»

Vatican: Excommunication for female priests
Associated Press - Thu May 29, 2008
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican insisted Friday that it is properly following Christian tradition by excluding females from the priesthood as it issued a new warning that women taking part in ordinations will be excommunicated. More»

Vatican: It's OK to believe in aliens
Associated Press - Mon May 12, 2008
VATICAN CITY - Believing that the universe may contain alien life does not contradict a faith in God, the Vatican's chief astronomer said in an interview published Tuesday. More»

Pope Condemns "Corrupting Influence" Of Harry Potter
Times Online UK - Mon Jul 11, 2005
A letter written by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, before he was elected Pope in April, condemns the boy wizard as a potentially corrupting influence on children. More»

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