CARMEL, Ind. – A bishop suspended an Indianapolis suburban Catholic priest from public ministry on Wednesday for comparing the Black Lives Matter movement and its organizers to “worms and parasites” in a recent church bulletin. Bishop Timothy Doherty of the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana took action against the Rev. Theodore Rothrock …
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The number of allegations of sexual abuse against members of the Catholic clergy quadrupled in 2019 compared to the previous five years, United States church officials reported in an annual audit released this week. The audit examined reports from 200 dioceses and church entities across the country since 2002, when …
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The Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization publishes a new Directory for Catechesis, which provides guidelines for the Church’s mission to proclaim the Gospel through catechesis and evangelization. By Vatican News The long-awaited updated directory for catechesis was released at the Vatican on Thursday. It was written …
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