Dozens of bishops have signed a public statement saying that pastoral guidance should be issued to allow priests to enter into same-sex marriages.
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Nicaragua releases 12 Catholic priests, exiles them to Rome
The clergy had been held as political prisoners in a country that persecutes all who are deemed critical of the current regime.
OCCUPIED UKRAINE: One Berdyansk pastor and two priests in Russian detention
Armed Russian soldiers seized Pastor Serhiy Karpenko of Berdyansk's Vefil Church on 12 December. Russia's National Guard seized Berdyansk's two...
Appeals for release of two priests seized by Russian authorities in Ukraine
The Ukrainian Catholic Archdiocese of Donetsk has called for the release of two priests it says were wrongfully detained by Russian troops.
RUSSIA: Two priests on trial for opposing Russia’s war in Ukraine
Two Russian Orthodox priests are on criminal trial for opposing Russia's war in Ukraine from a religious perspective and could face imprisonment or...
In crime-stricken Haiti, Catholic priests and nuns are targeted as kidnap victims
Kidnappings by criminal gangs have continued to terrorize the country's residents, not least Catholic priests and other missionaries. In 2024 alone,...
RUSSIA: Two priests on trial for opposing Russia’s war in Ukraine
Two Russian Orthodox priests are on criminal trial for opposing Russia's war in Ukraine from a religious perspective and could face imprisonment or...
OCCUPIED UKRAINE: “There is no one to replace the arrested priests”
Russia's National Guard seized two priests in Russian-occupied Berdyansk on 16 November. The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Donetsk Exarchate denies...
Vatican defrocks Priests for Life director Frank Pavone for ‘blasphemous communications’
His supporters say he is really being defrocked for his pro-life advocacy.