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When the Pope Came to Canada

One year ago, Pope Francis visited Canada to apologize for residential schools. What difference did the trip actually make?

The Walrus · Jul 12, 2023

Congress backs fishers in their protest against government over Muthalapozhy deaths

The Congress has sought to tap into the groundswell of resentment in the Latin Catholic community along the Thiruvananthapuram coast against the government’s alleged failure to prevent recurrent fishing boat accidents at the harbour mouth at Muthalapozhy

The Hindu · Jul 11, 2023

Pope Francis names 21 new cardinals

Francis has now named nine batches of new cardinals in his 10-year papacy. Increasingly, the men who will vote for whoever succeeds Francis are churchmen supportive of his values.

WEKU · Jul 10, 2023

Lexington Black church and city reach parking agreement

A long-standing parking problem at a historic African American church in downtown Lexington has been resolved through a new agreement.

WEKU · Jul 1, 2023

Baltimore archdiocese adds 42 names to its list of Catholic clergy credibly accused of sexual abuse

BALTIMORE — The Archdiocese of Baltimore added 42 names Friday to its list of church employees who have been credibly accused of sexual abuse, including that of a longtime theology dean and professor at Xavier University of Louisiana, the nation’s only Catholic historically Black college.

Tribune News Service · Jun 30, 2023

Churches put at risk of damage by new fire alarm policy, say Kirk trustees

The General Trustees of the Church of Scotland say the change in policy could result in ‘significant damage to property’.

The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2023

Manipur violence, PM’s UCC call derail BJP’s minorities outreach programme in Kerala

The violence in Manipur and the Centre’s purported move to draft a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), it appears, are threatening to throw the BJP’s carefully choreographed outreach to minorities off balance in Kerala.

The Hindu · Jun 29, 2023

Catholic Church-BJP honeymoon ends over Manipur violence

The raging violence in Manipur appears to have triggered a silent revolution within the influential Catholic Church in Kerala, which has effectively ended its relationship with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that recently underwent a major realignment.

The Hindu · Jun 29, 2023

Shake up of five North Ayrshire churches as congregations set to merge into one

The decision to create a new single congregation is now put to the Presbytery of South West Scotland for final approval

Daily Record · Jun 27, 2023

Former Lanarkshire beauty therapist ordained as Church of Scotland minister

Rev Kaye Gardiner, who came to her faith following a chance conversation with a waitress in Jamaica, has been inducted into Kenmure Parish Church in Bishopbriggs.

Daily Record · Jun 24, 2023