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| Safety of women in Catholic hospitals - Tuesday, May 25, 2010 5-23-10 A leading bioethicist, Dr. Jacob M. Appel noted, "Like many Catholic hospitals, St. Joseph's has long had two conflicting policies regarding maternal-fetal conflict on its books. One directive states that abortion is never permitted, even to save the life of the mother, while the other notes that ‘operations, treatments and medications that have as their direct purpose the cure of a proportionately serious pathological condition of a pregnant woman are permitted...even if they will result in the death of the unborn child.’ "Until this recent incident, pregnant women could safely assume that Catholic hospitals would follow both the law and widespread standards of medical ethics in allowing the second directive to trump the first. Suddenly, that time-honored understanding appears to be in jeopardy," he wrote. (full story) |
| Bank of Spain seizes control of Catholic bank - Monday, May 24, 2010 5-23-10 The Bank of Spain on Saturday took control of and appointed an administrator for CajaSur, a savings bank that was hurt by bad property loans, media reports say. CajaSur, which had been controlled by the Roman Catholic Church, was the second Spanish bank failure in a bit more than a year, reports say. In March 2009, the Spanish central bank seized control of Caja Castilla-La Mancha. (full story) |
| American Catholic Council declaration - Monday, May 24, 2010 5-23-10 American Catholic Council is a movement bringing together a network of individuals, organizations, and communities to consider the state and future of our Church. We believe our Church is at a turning point in its history....At this Council we hope to proclaim our belief in the Rights and Responsibilities of US Catholics. (full story) |
| Adrian nuns under Vatican scrutiny - Monday, May 24, 2010 5-23-10 For five days this spring, a Vatican-backed team studied the Adrian Dominicans at their motherhouse in Lenawee County. They are among at least 19 sister congregations being investigated under a process called the Apostolic Visitation. While church officials have said the study is necessary to account for the shrinking number of American nuns, the Rev. Thomas Reese, a Jesuit priest at Georgetown University's Woodstock Theological Center, called it a "disastrous PR move by the Vatican." (full story) |
| Polish priest arrested in Brazil - Monday, May 24, 2010 5-23-10 The police in Rio de Janeiro State said that Father Strachanowski, who was arrested late Friday, was being held at a police station awaiting court proceedings. He is accused of handcuffing the 16-year-old to a bed “to satisfy his sexual whims,” according to state prosecutors. It is the third case of sexual abuse involving a priest in Brazil, which has the world’s biggest Roman Catholic population, in the last two months. (full story) |
| Parishioners demand to speak with bishop - Monday, May 24, 2010 5-23-10 The dispute centers around their priest and mutual funds estimated to be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Protestors said it's time Biloxi Bishop Roger Morin heard from them first hand. Father Jimmy Pham walked in silence on Sunday as parishioners shouted at him outside of Vietnamese Martyrs Catholic Church. The congregation claims he also said nothing when they repeatedly asked why he ended a church tradition of giving quarterly financial reports. (full story) |
| Australian archbishop sees no quick fix - Sunday, May 23, 2010 5-23-10 Archbishop Coleridge told Radio National, "In the case of clerical abuse of the young, we are dealing with crime. And the Church has struggled to find the point of convergence between sin and forgiveness on the one hand, and crime and punishment on the other. True sin must be forgiven, but so too must crime be punished. What's clear is there will be no quick fix to this problem, the roots of which go deep and wide, we're in for the long haul." (full story) |
| Anglican bishops discuss challenges - Saturday, May 22, 2010 5-21-10 Three bishops from the Church of England traveled to Rome to discuss coming into full communion with the Catholic Church. “Many Anglicans think they will continue to be Anglicans in the Catholic Church and the constitution is absolutely clear, that is not the case. In f act, even though groups of former Anglicans will be able to retain many of their practices, they’ll be considered Catholic by name." Just how many groups are seeking communion is unknown. But according to published reports, at least 100 parishes in the U.S., 20 in the UK and 16 in Australia have decided to join the Catholic Church. (full story) |
| A 'real test for Pope Benedict' - Saturday, May 22, 2010 5-21-10 Bishop Reali must be severely disciplined by secular and religious authorities. He admits, under oath, that he broke two key rules. First, he violated Italian law by refusing to call police about credible child sex abuse allegations. Then, he violated church rules by refusing to notify the CDF of the same allegations. This will be a real test for Pope Benedict – how he responds to such recent and reckless and deceitful misconduct by a bishop right under his nose. (full story) |
| Springfield diocese to cut 49 positions - Saturday, May 22, 2010 5-22-10 The Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield has announced it will cut 49 positions in the face of a projected $5 million deficit in the coming year. The figure represents 36 percent of the current workforce, officials said. The layoffs will close the budget gap considerably but not entirely, according to a statement released by Bishop Timothy A. McDonnell (full story) |
| Monastery director accused of misappropriation - Saturday, May 22, 2010 5-22-10 From its headquarters in Franklin, the development office for the Priests of the Sacred Heart raises $20 million a year to support a monastery there and priests working around the world. Some of those donations allegedly did not make it to the charitable end for which they were intended. According to a civil lawsuit pending in Milwaukee County Circuit Court, a former executive director of the organization's fund-raising arm has "misappropriated significant sums of money" from the congregation for personal expenses, and now a self-insurance fund that covers the Priests of the Sacred Heart's losses wants the money back. (full story) |
| Polish priest arrested in Brazil - Saturday, May 22, 2010 5-22-10 A Polish priest living in Brazil has been arrested on charges of pedophilia and of turning his home into an "erotic dungeon" where he organised orgies with teenagers, Brazilian media reported. The cleric, identified only by his initials MMS, is "a person compulsively attached to sex with adolescents", the judge overseeing the case, Alexandre Abrahao Teixeira, said in his decision to issue a preventive detention order on Friday. (full story) |
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