Tag Archives: Church

On Friday, the influential Bishops’ Conference of France (CEF) recognized that the Church bore “institutional responsibility” for scores of child abuse cases within its ranks.  The statement came a month after an independent inquiry led by former Council of State Vice President Jean-Marc Sauve estimated that 216,000 children were abused …

A clip of the incident, which has clocked up more than 560,000 views at the time of writing, shows the parish pastor, Fr. Paul Brunet, ordering a man at the front of the congregation to “leave this church right now,” accusing him of “trespassing,” and calling for security. The footage was apparently …

One of the most important elements in determining the nature of any debate is how the parties in question frame the issue. If your preferred framing becomes the norm, then you’re a good way towards winning the argument. At the same time, the contexts people put forward tell us a …

Police fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse a rally in downtown Cetinje on Sunday morning, state broadcaster RTCG reported. Protesters wanted to prevent the inauguration of Metropolitan Joanikije in a local monastery. Social Democratic Party (SDP) General Secretary Ivan Vujovic said the party’s honorary leader and former longtime …

The seven-day operations ban was handed to the Christ Embassy church in Blacktown, a suburb of Sydney, the New South Wales (NSW) police said on Wednesday. The officers were alerted on Sunday night that the church was open in violation of public health orders. They said around 60 adults and …

Dramatic videos captured by local news agencies circulated on social media late on Wednesday night, showing the unidentified man as he climbed atop the Boyle Heights church and attempted to ignite a cross on its roof. The individual then attempted to flee as officers arrived at the scene, leaping across …

Adelaide resident Tanya Watkins, a high-ranking “Pastafarian,” had made several attempts to secure official status for the church, but to no avail. Apparently tired of having her pasta deity so thoroughly disrespected, she filed an appeal, insisting that the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster was incorporated for a “religious, …

Fauci visited the church together with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and First Lady Jill Biden on Sunday, who reportedly introduced him as “the man, the myth, the legend” to the founder of a local health program. In January, the church was turned into a vaccination hub in a bid to …

Local authorities used a crane to remove the cross from atop the white church’s dome, then cut open the tower to bring down and save the bell on Saturday. A backhoe was employed to bring the building down, turning it into rubble. The European Court of Human Rights ruled in …

The updated Book VI of the Code of Canon Law was unveiled by the Vatican on Tuesday. The new text is the result of over a decade of work to revise the code, launched back under Pope Benedict XVI. Announcing the revision, Pope Francis said the changes were performed to …