Last month, after Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro unveiled a bombshell 1,300-page grand jury report detailing the alleged sexual abuse of more than 1,000 children in his state by hundreds of Catholic priests, American Catholics called for more investigations into church documents. Some even demanded the federal government step in. Now law enforcement officials in at least […]
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NOTE: This story includes a term that may be considered offensive. (RNS) — Twitter has restored the account of an African-American bishop of the Church of God in Christ that was suspended after he used a racially sensitive term. Bishop Talbert Swan, the pastor of a church in Springfield, Mass., and the president of the local chapter […]
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KIGALI, Rwanda (RNS) – Grace Umutesi has secretly been conducting services in her house in the Bannyahe slum on the outskirts of the capital since officials shut down her church in July for failing to comply with building safety standards and other regulations. “I’m very disappointed by the decision of the government to close our […]
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