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Bishop Gustavo Oscar Zanchetta, the Bishop Emeritus of Orán, denied Monday all charges of alleged sexual abuse of two former seminarians, during the first hearing of his civil trial.
President Joe Biden has announced that sanctions to cut Russia off from Western financing will go into effect, promising to “go further” with measures if Russia continues what he called an “invasion” of Ukraine.
A senior U.N. official urged religious groups to help reach a global agreement to curb plastic pollution, amid experts warning that single-use or disposable plastics were choking the planet.
With the “further escalation of tension in Ukraine,” the president of the Polish bishops’ conference asked Polish Catholics to continue praying for peace, but also to be prepared to welcome Ukrainian refugees.
The Mexican bishops’ conference asked all Mexicans to become peace builders, noting they have even made it their top pastoral priority in the country besieged by drug cartels and criminal gangs.
The investigation is expected to take a year to complete.
A researcher with the Philos Project told journalists today that Iran is using incremental strategies to squeeze non-Muslims out of the country and in nearby states such as Iraq and Syria, and that the plight of Christians in the Middle East is “truly misunderstood” by most in the West.
A new decree underlines the pope’s complex relationship with the traditionalist world.
The winning submission will be chosen by a panel of judges.
The current political climate within the American Church is full of debate over a myriad of national and moral issues, however, protecting the environment
