Russian officials have been making arrests and deportations for anti-war activities since the beginning of the war in Ukraine.
Priest’s unexplained expulsion from Russia fuels fears for foreign clergy
Diocese announces new priest assignments
Most of the new appointments are effective June 29; a few are effective July 1.
English church continues protection efforts; U.K. orders school closed
Priests must never befriend children or vulnerable adults on social media, states a document by the Catholic bishops of England and Wales.
Priests’ assignment changes announced
The new appointments are effective June 30 for diocesan priests and July 1 for priests from St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville.
Priest pleads guilty to criminal sexual conduct
Father Anthony Oelrich, a priest of the Diocese of St. Cloud, pleaded guilty Nov. 26 to one felony count of third-degree criminal sexual conduct. He will be sentenced Feb. 12.
Reverence of the past is not fidelity, Italian biblicist tells priests
Father Giulio Cirignano examines the possible reasons behind what he sees as a “disconcerting fact” — that a large part of the Catholic lay faithful have recognized the “kairos” or favorable occasion God is offering the church today while other Catholics, who are “closer to poorly enlightened pastors, are kept within an old horizon.”