Catholic priest
Suspect in stabbing death of eastern Nebraska priest had no connection to priest, prosecutor says
By Josh Funk — December 15, 2023
FORT CALHOUN, Neb. (AP) — The 65-year-old priest called 911 before dawn Sunday to report that a man had broken into the rectory and was in his kitchen holding a knife.
As a DJ, village priest in Portugal cues up faith and electronic dance music for global youth
By Giovanna Dell'orto — November 10, 2023
LAÚNDOS, Portugal (AP) — “It’s very important to me to not only be the priest DJ, but be the shepherd of the community,” he said
German court orders Cologne archdiocese to pay clergy abuse victim over $300,000
By Associated Press — June 13, 2023
BERLIN (AP) — The German church has been making voluntary payments to abuse survivors. Victims' groups criticized the amounts as too small.
A rebel and freedom fighter, Elaine Mokhtefi translates their remarkable life in her husband’s memoir
By Joseph Hammond — August 6, 2021
(RNS) — 'I Was a French Muslim' recounts the role of Islamic faith and Catholic priests in the French Algerian War.
Priest draws squirt gun in fight against coronavirus
By Natalie White — May 18, 2020
DETROIT (AP) — A Roman Catholic priest in the Detroit area used a squirt gun to shoot holy water at parishioners while maintaining social distancing.
Young priest loses mentor, then his father — both to virus
By Luis Andres Henao and Jessie Wardarski — May 14, 2020
NEW YORK (AP) — For the 32-year-old Rev. Joseph Dutan, the weeks of the pandemic have been a unique struggle.
George Clements, Chicago priest known for adopting sons, dies at 87
By Emily McFarlan Miller — November 26, 2019
CHICAGO (RNS) — The civil rights activist's life turned into a made-for-TV movie after he became the first Catholic priest to adopt a child.
Popular Kenyan priest, suspended for rapping, hasn’t missed a beat with youth
By Tonny Onyulo — June 29, 2018
(RNS) — His rapping is drawing more youth to join the church. That, in turn, will have a positive impact on society, he said.
Pope laments ‘hemorrhaging’ of priests and nuns in Europe
By Paul O'Donnell — May 21, 2018
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis voiced alarm Monday at the 'hemorrhaging' of nuns and priests in Europe, saying many monasteries, convents and churches will close as fewer people are called to lives of religious service.
Catholic priest’s appointment as university president stuns French
By Tom Heneghan — December 22, 2016
PARIS (RNS) Almost anywhere else in France, a theologian could not have even been hired as a lecturer, much less rise to become a university president.
France and Germany search for solutions to Islamist challenge
By Tom Heneghan — August 10, 2016
PARIS (RNS) Pressure is mounting there because of last year's rapid influx of refugees from the Muslim world, which has challenged state and local authorities to integrate them better.
Terror attacks confound French authorities with shifting tactics and targets
By Tom Heneghan — July 27, 2016
PARIS (RNS) The issue of how to confront what one security expert called 'this epidemic of terrorism' is deeply dividing a society that now wonders not if but when, and where, the next outrage will occur.
Priest, 70, gets 12 years for child porn, sex assault
By Katrease Stafford — July 16, 2015
The Catholic priest, who worked at a Detroit high school, pleaded guilty to transporting child porn and admitted to sexually assaulting a former student.
Meet the priests of Italy’s ‘Roman beefcake’ calendar
By Eric J. Lyman — December 12, 2013
ROME (RNS) "It's about marketing," said Piero Pazzi, the photographer behind the annual calendar featuring attractive priests of Italy. "It's a souvenir, not a statement of any kind."
Catholic priests pushed to become better preachers
By Tim Townsend — November 26, 2012
ST. LOUIS (RNS) The Rev. Don Wester believes homilies should be practical and direct -- that they should draw a connection between the everyday struggles of parishioners and biblical truths. And it’s exactly the kind of preaching that Catholic bishops across America are hoping for as part of a new national effort to improve preaching at Catholic parishes. By Tim Townsend.
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