Global Church

Church of England head says it ‘colluded with’ sex abuse
- Associated Press, Global Church
- June 22, 2017
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, confessed that the Church of England concealed the long-term sexual abuse of young men by one of its former bishops and apologized to the victims of clerical sexual abuse for the clergy’s “inexcusable and shocking behavior.”
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Indonesian priests seek Vatican help in row with bishop over church funds
- Catholic News Service, Global Church
- June 22, 2017
Priests in Indonesia’s Ruteng Diocese met with the apostolic nuncio in the country asking for the Vatican to intervene in a case of embezzlement of more than $100,000 in church funds by the local bishop. The bishop is accused of misappropriating the funds for a woman he was having an affair with.
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Southern DRC violence has left more than 3,000 dead
- Catholic News Agency, Global Church
- June 22, 2017
Despite efforts by the Vatican to facilitate peace, a new report by Catholic officials shows that more than 3,300 people have been killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s southern region due to the bloody conflict between the Congolese army and an opposing militia group.
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El Salvador’s first cardinal a friend of Blessed Oscar Romero
- Catholic News Agency, Global Church
- June 21, 2017
Born in 1942 to a farming family in Sociedad, Bishop José Gregorio Rosa Chávez was ordained a priest of the Diocese of San Miguel in 1970. Under Blessed Oscar Romero, he headed the Archdiocese of San Salvador’s communications office. He will be El Salvador’s first cardinal.
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Vatican deploys $500,000 for ‘Pope for South Sudan’ initiative
- Global Church, Vatican
- June 21, 2017
After cancelling his October trip to South Sudan, Pope Francis remains close to the country plagued by famine and a decade long civil war by donating nearly $500,000 to be used in education, health and agriculture projects in collaboration with religious and lay organizations operating in the territory.
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Vatican diplomat decries attacks against Church in Venezuela
- Global Church, Vatican
- June 21, 2017
Archbishop Bernardito Auza, the Vatican’s representative to the United Nations, has reiterated the Vatican’s insistence that Venezuela needs to hold elections, while drawing attention to the attacks Church institutions have suffered from elements affiliated with the regime of President Nicolas Maduro.
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