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10 Roman Catholic priests arrested in protests in Congo
By Lauren Markoe — January 22, 2018
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — The church brokered the agreement by which the country's authoritarian leader, President Joseph Kabila, was supposed to have stepped down more than a year ago.
The Rev. Tom Reese: Catholics will loosen up on clerical celibacy
By Thomas Reese — December 19, 2017
(RNS) We asked senior analyst Father Tom Reese to consider what 2018 will mean for religion.
Clerical sex abuse disclosures skyrocket in pope’s Argentina
By Yonat Shimron — October 27, 2017
CASEROS, Argentina (AP) — While Pope Francis struggles to make good on his 'zero tolerance' pledge to fight clerical sex abuse worldwide, victims in his native Argentina are denouncing abuses in unprecedented numbers.
Nearly 100 sex abuse suits against Catholic priests rock island of Guam
By Yonat Shimron — August 4, 2017
(RNS) — While clergy abuse is well-documented elsewhere in the U.S. and in cities around the world, a similar pattern of allegations in Guam has gone largely unnoticed outside this tiny island.
Abductions of two priests in Congo a growing concern
By Yonat Shimron — July 25, 2017
(RNS) — Earlier this month, the Rev. Charles Kapasa and the Rev. Jean Pierre Akilimali were abducted from the Parish of Notre Dame in the Butembo-Beni Diocese. They have not been seen since.
It’s no longer Sunday best for the Church of England
By Catherine Pepinster — July 14, 2017
LONDON (RNS) — But will they convince young people it’s a 21st-century institution they want to join?
India court affirms priests’ right to property despite poverty oath
By Rina Chandran — June 16, 2017
(Thomson Reuters Foundation) The ruling applies to all religions in the state, and to women in a religious order as well.
Catholics surge in Africa but priest shortages persist in other parts of the globe
By Josephine McKenna — April 6, 2017
VATICAN CITY (RNS) While noting the statistics presented a 'mixed picture,' the Vatican reiterated 'the positive trend' of Catholic growth, especially in the African continent.
Philippine Catholic Church to slam ‘reign of terror’ behind war on drugs
By Reuters — February 4, 2017
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' Catholic Church will assail President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs for creating a "reign of terror" among the poor, in sermons to be read at services across the country this weekend.
After papal blessing, Duterte challenges abusive priests to ‘showdown’
By Reuters — January 24, 2017
(RNS) Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte launched an angry rebuke on Thursday of priests and bishops critical of his drug war, accusing them of homosexuality, corruption and child abuse.
Suicide among priests?
By Martin E. Marty — December 21, 2016
From the prosperous-appearing church of 1979 to the disappearing church of 2016, the Irish experience elicits responses on countless grounds.
Jewish priestess movement seeks to reclaim the divine feminine
By Yonat Shimron — October 11, 2016
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) This Yom Kippur, some Jewish priestesses are gathering in a circle for a mix of prayers, chants, songs and meditations -- all of which incorporate references to the divine feminine.
Once-powerful Philippines church divided, subdued over drug killings
By guest — October 10, 2016
Priests are unsure how to take a stand against the thousands of killings in a war that has such overwhelming popular support.
New York archdiocese creates program to compensate sex abuse victims
By RNS staff — October 7, 2016
NEW YORK — The arbitration scheme, which was put into place by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, represents a novel approach to compensating victims of predator priests.
US Catholics cautiously hopeful women may one day be deacons
By RNS staff — May 13, 2016
"Any time you begin to break down one barrier, you see others crumble more," said a proponent of women's ordination.
