A lesbian judge has been denied the Eucharist at the church where she was baptised and has attended for more than 60 years because she is married to a woman. Sara Smolenski, chief judge at Kent County District Court in Michigan, was refused communion by the St Stephen Catholic Church priest and told she should […]
A court in Argentina has sentenced two Roman Catholic priests to more than 40 years in prison for sexually abusing deaf children at a church school. Horacio Corbacho and Nicola Corradi, as well as a gardener, were found guilty of rape and abuse at the school in Mendoza province from 2004 to 2016. Several victims […]
Two nuns are now under investigation by the Catholic church after they fell pregnant while carrying out missionary work in Africa. The two women, from different orders in Sicily, were on separate charity assignments on the continent. One 34-year-old woman only found out she was pregnant when she went to hospital complaining of stomach pains. […]
The Vice President of the Republic, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, on Sunday, August 25, 2019 donated towards the completion of the Catholic priest’s rectorate at the Walewale Parish in the North East region. An indigene of Walewale in the West Mamprusi district, Dr Bawumia made a donation of GhC20,000 when the Catholic church reached out to […]
Following the arrest of a gun-wielding suspected terrorist in a Catholic church at Hamile last week Sunday, the military has provided security for worshippers of that church today. JoyNews’ Rafiq Salam reported of heavy military patrols around the church and its adjoining communities. George Naaikur has expressed satisfaction at the development. He is a member of […]
Kampala Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga has fronted a controversial proposal that seeks to have the central government deduct 10% from people’s monthly salary and forwarded to the church. Speaking at Saint Mary’s Cathedral Rubaga during mass, the Catholic Archbishop said many Christians don’t tithe and this affects projects by the church. “Whenever we ask for […]
