roman catholic church

Cardinal George Pell is taking leave of his Vatican duties after informing the Pope he plans to return to Australia to fight historical sexual assault charges in court and clear his name. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-29/george-pell-to-take-leave-to-fight-charges-in-australia/8664516

And that means no sex, not kinky incest fantasies. According to Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia anyway, who's issued his interpretation of Pope Francius's Amoris Laetitia and states that divorced couples who remarry must permanently abstain from sex. Not that the good bish...

An investigation by Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad and published this weekend claims that up to eleven boys were castrated while in the care of the Dutch Roman Catholic church in the 1950s, supposedly to rid them of homosexuality Also reported is that one young man was castrated in 1956 after...

There's an interesting discussion article here at The Society Pages on attempts by NYPriest.com to "re-masculinise" the priesthood in the wake of the various scandals, part of the "The World Needs Heroes" campaign, with the slogan: The Priesthood is tough and it's for real men. You have to a a...

Firstly, I have not see the programme personally; secondly I'm not entirely sure if R&P is the correct sub-forum for this but it'll do for the moment. BBC documentary 'This World: Spain’s Stolen Babies' exposes 50-year scandal of baby trafficking by the Catholic church in Spain. Up to 300,000...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/8416104/Surge-in-Satanism-sparks-rise-in-demand-for-exorcists-says-Catholic-Church.html

Just read this: http://rotten.com/library/bio/religion/popes/benedict-ix/ How much of this is exaggerate myth or Slander by his enemies?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-11061296 This really is one for the books - I am sincerely shocked about this.

Catholic nuns and monks decline If this trend continues there will be no more priests and nuns in 10 years. If this is true for the Catholics would it also be true for other Christians?