Roman Catholic Church News

Bishop Matthew H. Clark of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester was released from Highland Hospital today, according to Diocese spokesman Doug Mandelaro. via Democrat & Chronicle

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TOPEKA, Kansas, MAY 12, 2008 .- The archbishop of Kansas City, Kansas, has joined his voice to that of other U.S. prelates in asking local pro-abortion politicians to refrain from receiving the Eucharist. via Zenit

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“The pope has certain knowledge relevant to this case”

Pope Benedict XVI should be questioned soon about clergy sex abuse in the Catholic church because he is the most knowledgeable person on the topic and his advanced age makes future testimony unlikely, an attorney said Monday.

Many similar lawsuits have named the pope, the Vatican and other high-ranking church officials as defendants but have failed.

This request comes as part of a lawsuit by three men claiming top church officials should have warned about sexual abuse by priests in the Archdiocese of Louisville. A federal judge last year let those claims stand while dismissing other aspects of the lawsuit. It's now pending before the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati. Read more

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Jury selection has begun in the trial of the former chief financial officer of Cleveland's Catholic Diocese who is accused of receiving $784,000 in kickbacks. via WEWS

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“The Holy See recognizes Israel's legitimate need for security and self-defence and strongly condemns all forms of anti-Semitism”

Pope Benedict is urging Israel to help the dwindling Christian community in the Middle East by assuring them of a secure future in the region. via CANOE

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“It amazed me how quickly my life turned black. As soon as I knew I was going to die soon, the goodness went out of life”

Nuala O'Faolain, a journalist and feminist who gained international fame with her outspoken 1996 memoir 'Are You Somebody?' has died at age 68 of lung cancer, just weeks after revealing her illness on state radio.

She died Friday at a hospice for the terminally ill in south Dublin and will be cremated Tuesday after a Catholic Mass, her family said.

O'Faolain emphasized during the April 12 radio interview that she had no faith in the afterlife, and instead rued the imminent loss of her lifetime's accrual of education, friends and experience. Read more

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Pope Benedict XVI has stumbled on a step at the central altar of St. Peter's Basilica during a public ceremony. via PR-inside.com

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Controversial legislation to widen the scope of embryo research is due to begin what is likely to be a stormy passage through the House of Commons. via Daily Express

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“And the soldiers told me Mugabe had sent them to kill. So I believe it.”

The terrible wounds which Robert Mugabe's Fifth Brigade inflicted on Matabeleland in the early 1980s still show. via Free Republic

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“No child should have to suffer the shame and overwhelming pain that Matt, and then his family, had to endure”

A 39-year-old Wilmington man filed suit this morning in Delaware Superior Court, alleging that he was abused for four years by a Capuchin friar while a student at St. via Daily Times

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