Police are investigating after a Brazilian bishop was robbed at gunpoint in his home. Archbishop Antônio Muniz, the Archbishop of Maceió, was at his residence in the Farol neighbourhood, awaiting the arrival of Deacon Inaldo Pitta, before the assault happened at...
A brusque reversal by the Belgian province of the Order of the Brothers of Charity (1) has led to a lively polemic. The order has previously always refused to practise euthanasia, which has been legal in Belgium for nearly fifteen years. But in a document addressed to...
A Vatican consultation group will consider initiatives to bolster the fight against corruption and organized crime, including by looking at possibilities for excommunicating members of the Mafia and other criminal organizations. The Vatican Dicastery for Promoting...
Euthanasia has become a common way to die in the Netherlands, accounting for 4.5% of deaths, according to resear-chers who say requests are increasing from people who are not terminally ill. In 2002, the Netherlands became the first country in the world that made it...
The Anglican Church in Uganda is leading a rift with the global co-mmunion over LGBT rights. There are deep divisions over the largely pro-LGBT Western churches and hardline anti-gay Anglican chur-ches in Africa and the Global South, reports PinkNews. While the...
