Spanish church leaders have criticized media treatment of a diocesan bishop who resigned over accusations of sexual abuse, amid renewed debates over the church’s historic role in the traditionally Catholic …
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(OSV News) — Authors of new German church guidelines for sexual identity classes at Catholic schools have declined to defend their text, after several bishops said it violated Catholic teaching and …
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Supporters of the traditional Latin Mass have welcomed hints of an easing of restrictions, while cautioning that traditionalist practices still face tough resistance from some church leaders.
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“As tensions resurface today in the face of war, this great step between Poles and Germans, taken just 20 years after World War II, deserves to be remembered.”
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“(We’re) following the same path in a world crying out for unity and peace, as Christians strive to contribute to a culture of mutual listening, dialogue.”
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“His writings will stimulate sustained reflection about what a university education can contribute to human flourishing.”
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“The Church of England is going “the way of liberal Protestant denominations, abandoning any claims to be upholding the Catholic apostolic succession.”
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“The political situation remains heated, so we can’t yet speak of any stability,” explained the coordinating secretary of the Madagascar bishops’ conference.
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“While claims for legal redress would be hard to prove,” atonement is “a moral duty, given that these past iniquities are still having tangible effects.”
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Former prisoners and human rights campaigners have accused the Belarus government of using imprisoned Catholic priests as “hostages.”
