Wednesday’s Religion News Roundup

The U.S. Catholic bishops will review compliance with church guidelines on sexual abuse, including a probe into the putative “breakdown” in Philly, where 29 priests were recently suspended, CNS reports. One priest said he is “angry as hell” and feels “duped” by the Philly Archdiocese because he was not informed that priests he was asked […]

The U.S. Catholic bishops will review compliance with church guidelines on sexual abuse, including a probe into the putative “breakdown” in Philly, where 29 priests were recently suspended, CNS reports.

One priest said he is “angry as hell” and feels “duped” by the Philly Archdiocese because he was not informed that priests he was asked to reassign had sexually abused children. Philly parishioners are rallying around innocent priests and/or withholding donations to the archdiocese.

As the royal wedding approaches, British PM David Cameron says rules banning Roman Catholics from the throne should be scrapped. Philippine President Aquino said he is willing to risk excommunication from the Catholic Church rather than veto a birth-control bill.


A British ex-soldier was sentenced to 70 days for burning a copy of the Quran, and a Detroit prosecutor is trying to stop Quran-torcher Terry Jones from holding a rally outside a Michigan mosque.

China said everything is “normal” at a Tibetan Buddhist monastery where 2,500 monks have been placed under house arrest; in other news, China said the sky is green, and up is down.

Rep. Anthony Weiner and Sen. Charles Schumer, both N.Y. Democrats, are calling for a new plaque in Arlington National Cemetery to honor Jewish chaplains. Speaking of New York, a Matzo factory is one of the last Jewish redoubts on NYC’s Lower East Side.

The Vatican’s decision to beatify three priests — but not a Lutheran pastor — beheaded by Nazis is testing ecumenical bonds in Germany; a Chinese Catholic scholar who lived nearly five centuries ago is on track for beatification.

About 1,500 tourists were evacuated from the famous Sagrada Familia church in Barcelona after a man set a fire inside. Pope Benedict XVI’s apartment is staffed by a lay association whose members practice obedience, poverty and chastity.

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Daniel Burke

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