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Francis mandates clergy abuse reporting worldwide, empowers archbishops to do investigations‍

Pope Francis issued sweeping new laws for the Catholic Church on the investigation of clergy sexual abuse May 9, mandating for the first time that all priests and members of religious orders worldwide are obligated to report any suspicions of abuse or its cover-up. The pontiff has also established a

Pew study finds continued support in Western Europe for paying church taxes

To Americans who drop coins into the collection plate, write a check or perhaps text in their Sunday donation, the idea that the state would charge an annual tax to support their church can seem strange and off-putting indeed. But in several Western European countries, a majority of adults not only agree to pay a […]

German bishops’ vice president expects Amazon synod to propose married priests ‘with civil job’

Bishop Franz-Josef Bode, the Vice-President of the German Bishops, states in a new interview that he can “very well imagine that there are also priests with family and [civil] job, similar to our deacons, some of whom are married and have a job.” This model of married “priests with a civil job,” he predicts, will […]

Christians among ‘most persecuted’

Christians are the most persecuted of all religious groups in the world, according to a new report. It is estimated that one third of the world’s population suffers from religious persecution in some form, with Christians being the most persecuted, according to the interim report of the independent review into Foreign and Commonwealth Office support […]

Is the Catholic Church changing on women’s ordination?

In 1979, Sister Theresa Kane welcomed Pope John Paul II on his arrival to the United States with a bold address asking for him to include women “in all ministries of our Church.” The Pope responded with stony silence. Four decades later, and a Latin American Pope walked into the Vatican’s Paul VI hall side […]

Indian court suspends tax on priests, nuns

The Supreme Court of India has given temporary relief to priests and nuns who were asked to pay income tax for the salary they earn by working in government-funded educational institutions. The top court on May 9 asked authorities to maintain the status quo of not collecting such taxes and agreed to hear an appeal […]