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'Law Common For Everyone' : Supreme Court Rejects Plea Of Christian Nuns & Priests Against TDS Application To Their Salaries
1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Law Common For Everyone' : Supreme Court Rejects Plea Of Christian Nuns & Priests Against TDS Application To Their Salaries

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today dismissed a batch of 93 appeals challenging the application of the Tax Deduction at Source on the salaries given to nuns and priests of the Catholic Church who are working as teachers in aided institutions. The bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra was hearing the challenge to the …

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Facing more clergy abuse lawsuits, Vermont's Catholic Church files for bankruptcy
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Facing more clergy abuse lawsuits, Vermont's Catholic Church files for bankruptcy

The Independent  

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Pope to meet Papua New Guinea Catholics who embrace both Christianity and Indigenous beliefs
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Pope to meet Papua New Guinea Catholics who embrace both Christianity and Indigenous beliefs

Associated Press  

MELBOURNE, Australia — Pope Francis’s visit to Papua New Guinea will take him to a remote part of the South Pacific island nation where Christianity is a recent addition to traditional spiritual beliefs developed over millennia. Papua New Guinea is an overwhelmingly Christian country — a 2000 census showed 96% of the population identified with the religion — but the …

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Catholic diocese sues US government, worried some foreign-born priests might be forced to leave
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Catholic diocese sues US government, worried some foreign-born priests might be forced to leave

Associated Press  

For more than a year, religious organizations have lobbied Congress and the Biden administration to fix a sudden procedural change in how the government processes green cards for religious workers, which threatens the ability of thousands of them to continue to minister in the United States. “Our priests feel we’re doing the best we can,” said Bishop Kevin Sweeney, whose …

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Catholic diocese sues U.S. government, worried some foreign-born priests might be forced to leave
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Catholic diocese sues U.S. government, worried some foreign-born priests might be forced to leave

LA Times  

El Paso Catholic Bishop Mark Seitz, shown at the border five years ago, says his diocese faces the possibility of losing priests whose permanent residency cases now have little chance to be approved before their visas expire. “Our priests feel we’re doing the best we can,” said Bishop Kevin Sweeney, whose diocese covers 400,000 Catholics and 107 parishes in three …

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Italy abuse case highlights how scandal slowly beginning to come to light in pope’s backyard
9 months, 1 week ago

Italy abuse case highlights how scandal slowly beginning to come to light in pope’s backyard

Associated Press  

ROME — The clergy sexual abuse scandal is slowly gathering steam in Italy with increasing media coverage, criminal convictions and the launch Monday of an investigative podcast dedicated to a case that tangentially involved Pope Francis. Victim Antonio Messina told his story at the launch Monday of the podcast about his case, saying it was his duty to speak out …

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Pope accepts resignation of bishop of Polish diocese where gay orgy scandal under investigation
1 year, 2 months ago

Pope accepts resignation of bishop of Polish diocese where gay orgy scandal under investigation

The Independent  

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A former New York bishop who promoted social justice, but covered up rape allegations, dies at 84
1 year, 4 months ago

A former New York bishop who promoted social justice, but covered up rape allegations, dies at 84

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — Howard Hubbard, a retired Catholic bishop who acknowledged covering up allegations of sexual abuse in his upstate New York diocese and recently married a woman in a civil ceremony, has died after suffering from a massive stroke. Hubbard was known as a champion of social justice causes during his long tenure leading the Albany, New York-based diocese …

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Delayed justice: 3 states remove all time limits on child sex abuse lawsuits
1 year, 6 months ago

Delayed justice: 3 states remove all time limits on child sex abuse lawsuits

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Maine — Ann Allen loved going to church and the after-school social group led by a dynamic priest back in the 1960s. Allen, 64, is one of more than two dozen people who have sued the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, Maine, over the past year, seeking delayed justice since lawmakers allowed lawsuits for abuse that happened long ago …

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