Church should see Duterte remarks as a ‘process to strengthen faith’ — Palace

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2019 05:31:25 +0000

The Catholic Church should view the stingy remarks of President Duterte as an opportunity to “strengthen further their faith,” the Palace said.

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‘Those who call God stupid are anti-Christ’

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2019 21:12:50 +0000

Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas, one of the country’s most popular Church figures, made vague references to President Duterte’s rants against the Church in a New Year message he gave his godson, Seth, through an open letter.

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Boy’s ‘extraordinary courage’ helps unmask man of cloth in sexual abuse case

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 21:38:48 +0000

ACCUSED American priest Kenneth Bernard Pius Hendricks inside Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Cathedral in Naval, Biliran, where he was arrested on Dec. 5. —CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

After years of being sexually abused by an American Roman Catholic priest, a 12-year-old boy is leading the fight against pedophilia in a remote village here where his older brother and many of their friends are also victims.

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Vatican orders probe of allegations against Austrian bishop

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2018 22:42:32 +0000

The archbishop of Salzburg said in a statement that the Vatican has tasked him with leading an investigation over another Austrian bishop.

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Palace: Duterte is not the ‘bully’ in Tagle’s sermon

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 05:32:32 +0000

Palace: Duterte is not the 'bully' in Tagle's sermon

President Rodrigo Duterte was not being alluded to in the recent homily of Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle condemning bullies who abuse their power, Malacañang said Tuesday.

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Argentina: Raid at school for deaf in clerical abuse probe

Argentina: Raid at school for deaf in clerical abuse probe

BUENOS AIRES — Argentine authorities raided a Catholic-run school for youths with hearing disabilities Thursday as part of an investigation into alleged sexual abuse of vulnerable children that has shocked Pope Francis’s homeland.

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Chilean clergy abuse cases triple to 119

Santiago, Chile — Scores of new cases of priestly sexual abuse of minors have come to light in Chile, public prosecutors said Friday, deepening a crisis in the country’s Catholic Church that has embroiled Pope Francis.

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Irish abuse survivor demands accountability even at Vatican

Irish abuse survivor demands accountability even at Vatican

A prominent Irish survivor of priestly sexual abuse told a Vatican-sponsored conference on Friday that the Holy See must put in place “robust structures” and strong sanctions to hold accountable bishops and Vatican officials who fail protect children from predator priests.

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