A top court in the southern Indian state of Kerala has ordered police protection for the apostolic administrator of an archdiocese in the Eastern rite Syro-Malabar Church, which is embroiled in a bitter liturgical dispute.
Court in India orders police protection for Vatican appointee
Archbishop of Canterbury visits Ukraine to show support as winter begins
The leaders discussed reconciliation between Ukraine and Russia, looking at the post-World War II experience of the Germans and French, the French and Poles, and the 30-year path to the reconciliation of the Ukrainian and Polish peoples.
Supreme Court appears ready to support web designer in free speech case
In a case examining the scope of free speech protected by the First Amendment, the Supreme Court Dec. 5 ultimately seemed to favor a broad view of free speech.
Salvadoran archbishop supports military might in poor municipality
The archbishop of San Salvador said he supported government efforts to combat crime in El Salvador, a day after more than 10,000 heavily armed troops marched into a large, working-class suburb of San Salvador long plagued by gangs.
Congolese Catholics take to the streets to protest increasing violence
Catholics and other Christians in Congo took to the streets Dec. 4 to protest increasing violence, often caused when neighboring countries seek the nation’s valuable minerals.
Jesuit artist under ministry restrictions after allegations
Father Rupnik, whose mosaics decorate chapels in the Vatican, all over Europe, in the United States and Australia, is under restricted ministry after being accused of abusing adult nuns in Slovenia.
Vasa: Chapter 11 will allow for evaluating claims ‘as fairly as possible’
Bishop Vasa announced Dec. 2, 2022, that the Diocese of Santa Rosa expects to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after Dec. 31 and Before March 1, 2023, as it faces more than 130 claims of sex abuse dating from 1962.
Photos of the Week: Dec. 5, 2022
In the spotlight: Hawaiian volcanic eruption, Ratzinger prize winner, Kenyan acrobats