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22 Jan 2010, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
Yesterday's Springfield (MA) Republican reported that the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield has filed suit in state court seeking to enjoin enforcement of a city ordinance enacted last December that creates an historic district out of Our Lady of Hope Church. [read post]
9 Dec 2009, 4:19 am by Asbestos Litigation
Christianity, Catholicism and Protestantism in Germany in the German gourmet federal states Christianity is the majority religion in the territories of Germany before the fall of Western Roman Empire in 476 AD C. bakery in Currently 53 million Germans pastry (63.9 of cupcake the population) consider themselves pastries Christians, of whom 49.2 are Roman Catholic, Protestant 48.8 (98 Lutheran) and Orthodox Christians 2 (various churches). [read post]
14 May 2023, 1:31 pm by Marc DeGirolami
He says, for example, that each "side"--"Roman" and "non-Roman"--argued in "Newmanesque" fashion that "whoever did not change or augment the deposit of faith was the truly catholic side. [read post]
4 Feb 2012, 6:51 am
There is a vast universe of God-blogs, and within it many systems of Roman Catholic blogs, like Father Z's, Harvesting the Fruits of Contemplation, Beginning to Pray, and thousands of others.Each of the authors of these... [read post]
14 Nov 2019, 10:28 am by Tom Smith
NEW YORK (AP) — A Roman Catholic bishop named by Pope Francis to investigate the church’s response to clergy sexual abuse in Buffalo, New York, has himself been accused of sexual abuse of a child, an attorney for the alleged victim notified the church this week.The attorney informed Catholic officials in New Jersey that he is preparing a lawsuit on behalf of a client who says he was molested by Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio in the… [read post]
28 Aug 2022, 1:28 am by rhapsodyinbooks
As a zealous Catholic, Ferdinand wanted to restore the Catholic Church as the only religion in the Empire and to wipe out any form of religious dissent. [read post]
12 Nov 2014, 9:34 am by Tom Smith
Change is rattling the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church, as the American bishops hold their annual fall meeting here this week. [read post]
12 Jul 2010, 3:52 am by Steve Shiffrin
Meanwhile, the Roman Catholic Church is poised to declare the attempted ordination of women as priests to be a serious crime. [read post]
27 Jun 2010, 4:35 am by Howard Friedman
The Foreign Secretary has endorsed naming former Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe, who would be the first Roman Catholic woman to hold the position. [read post]
12 Feb 2020, 10:44 am by Tom Smith
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has for now rejected a landmark proposal by bishops to allow the ordination of married men in remote areas, a potentially momentous change that conservatives had warned would set the Roman Catholic Church on a slippery slope toward lifting priestly celibacy and weakening church traditions.Francis’ decision, in a papal letter made public on Wednesday, surprised many given the openness he had displayed on the subject and his… [read post]
“This is a significant crack in the stained glass ceiling,” wrote Catholic Women’s Ordination, a UK-based feminist group seeking gender equity in the Roman Catholic Church. [read post]
4 Aug 2023, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
Roman Catholic Diocese of El Paso, (TX App, Aug. 2, 2023), a Texas state appellate court held that the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine prevents the court from deciding whether funds raised by parishioners to build a new church building had been wrongfully misappropriated by the diocese. [read post]
14 Mar 2007, 2:04 pm
Ian Fisher reports in today's New York Times:Pope Benedict XVI strongly reasserted on Tuesday the church's opposition to abortion, euthanasia and gay marriage, saying that Roman Catholic politicians were "especially" obligated to defend the church's beliefs in their public duties.... [read post]
11 Jun 2010, 6:49 am
Does the Vatican, the Pope or Roman Catholic Church as an institution bear some responsibility to the victims of priest sexual abuse around the world? [read post]
11 Jun 2010, 6:49 am by John McKiggan
Does the Vatican, the Pope or Roman Catholic Church as an institution bear some responsibility to the victims of priest sexual abuse around the world? [read post]
9 Oct 2020, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
  In response, two important religious entities-- one Catholic and one Jewish-- have filed separate suits challenging the new Order.The complaint (full text) in Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, New York v. [read post]
14 Sep 2010, 9:50 am by Rob Boston
Kennedy used his Sept. 12, 1960, address to dispel fears that as president, he would elevate Roman Catholic dogma over the national interest. [read post]
29 Oct 2008, 6:31 pm
This 2008 election season has been no different, especially since AU reported the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson, N.J., for Bishop Arthur J. [read post]