Category: Christianity
Total of 33 women now accuse France’s Abbé Pierre of sexual violence, including incest
Jerusalem Post An investigation reveals abuse spanning from the 1960s to the 2000s, with cases in France and abroad. https://www.jpost.com/christianworld/christianity-news/article-837979
Read MoreParish priest in Spain denies communion to town’s mayor over sexual orientation
Jerusalem Post The parish priest of Torrecaballeros, Spain, informed Mayor Rubén García de Andrés he was barred from receiving communion due to his sexual orientation and relationship status. https://www.jpost.com/christianworld/christianity-news/article-837425
Read MoreVatican announces new guidelines allowing gay men to become priests in Italy under vow of celibacy
Jerusalem Post A 68-page document referred to people with homosexual tendencies studying in seminaries or disclosing this orientation and advised candidates not to openly demonstrate their sexuality. https://www.jpost.com/christianworld/christianity-news/article-837257
Read MoreHistoric first: Psychologist nun Simona Brambilla appointed as Vatican’s first female prefect
Jerusalem Post Women are still excluded from ordination as priests, and discussions about female ordination continue to create divisions within the Church. https://www.jpost.com/christianworld/christianity-news/article-836748
Read MorePope names Italian sister as first woman to lead major Vatican office
Jerusalem Post Pope Francis has elevated women to leadership roles at the Vatican throughout his 11-year papacy, naming a range of women to second-in-command positions at various offices. https://www.jpost.com/christianworld/article-836293
Read MorePope Francis names Trump critic McElroy as Washington’s new archbishop
Jerusalem Post Cardinal McElroy criticized Trump’s mass deportation campaign in 2019, adding that Catholics “simply can’t stand by and watch [immigrants] get deported.” https://www.jpost.com/christianworld/article-836285
Read MoreTexas school district removes Bible from libraries
Jerusalem Post During a recent school board meeting, parents expressed their outrage, calling the decision “absurd.” https://www.jpost.com/christianworld/christianity-news/article-835972
Read MoreFirst Holy Door opened in prison since 1,300: Pope Francis opens Holy Door at Rebibbia prison
Jerusalem Post Rebibbia prison, built in 1946, is Italy’s largest penal institution, housing over 62,000 inmates, with a critical overcrowding rate exceeding 132%. https://www.jpost.com/christianworld/christianity-news/article-835801
Read MoreControversy erupts in Freiburg as cathedral choirmaster Boris Böhmann is dismissed amid protests
Jerusalem Post The Archdiocese of Freiburg is embroiled in controversy following the immediate suspension of Boris Böhmann, the long-serving cathedral music director. https://www.jpost.com/christianworld/christianity-news/article-835795
Read MoreBear Grylls Christmas message: Jesus’s mother was a Palestinian refugee
Jerusalem Post In an advertisement for New Testament retelling “the Greatest Story Ever Told,” survivalist Bear Grylls called Mary a Palestinian girl and Middle Eastern refugee. https://www.jpost.com/christianworld/christianity-news/article-835670
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