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Kenya’s rapping priest is suspended by Catholic Church — for rapping while preaching

Kenya’s rapping priest is suspended by Catholic Church — for rapping while preaching

The white robe came off, and the red bandanna came on. And then the Rev. Paul Ogalo emerged in front of his open-air congregation with a microphone. The Catholic priest started rapping, and the nuns started dancing. Teenage boys and even middle-aged women dressed in their Sunday best circled around Ogalo as he waved his […]

Canada’s Trudeau asks Pope to apologize for Catholic Church’s abuse of indigenous children

Canada’s Trudeau asks Pope to apologize for Catholic Church’s abuse of indigenous children

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has asked Pope Francis to visit Canada to apologize for decades of abuse suffered by indigenous children in schools run by the Catholic Church. Canada’s “residential schools” system was set up in the late 19th century to assimilate native peoples into Canadian society. Children were separated from their families in […]

Brazil’s indigenous tribes protest against land theft

Brazil’s indigenous tribes protest against land theft

Fed up with endless encroachment on their ancestral lands, leaders of Brazil’s many indigenous tribes went to the capital Brasilia to speak out this week. But they had trouble finding anyone to listen. More than 3,000 tribal members massed on the esplanade outside the government complex in Brasilia for the 14th annual “Free lands” event. […]

Pope apologises for Catholic church being close to Hutu-led govt in 1994 Rwanda genocide when 800,000 mostly Tutsis were killed

Pope apologises for Catholic church being close to Hutu-led govt in 1994 Rwanda genocide when 800,000 mostly Tutsis were killed

Pope Francis has plead for forgiveness for “the sins and failings of the Church and its members” implicated in the 1994 Rwanda genocide that killed about 800,000 people. The pontiff “conveyed his profound sadness, and that of the Holy See and of the Church, for the genocide against the Tutsi”, the Vatican said in a […]

Pope has urged having fewer children if “you cannot bring them up properly,” claims Vatican academy member

Pope has urged having fewer children if “you cannot bring them up properly,” claims Vatican academy member

“We need at some point to have a limited number of people which is why Pope Francis and his three most recent predecessors have always argued that you should not have more children than you can bring up properly,” a panelist at a Vatican-run workshop on “how to save the natural world” claimed on Thursday.  […]

7% of Priests in Australia’s Catholic Church Accused of Sexually Abusing Children

7% of Priests in Australia’s Catholic Church Accused of Sexually Abusing Children

Seven percent of priests in Australia’s Catholic Church were accused of sexually abusing children over the past several decades, a lawyer said Monday as officials investigating institutional abuse across Australia revealed for the first time the extent of the crisis. The statistics were released during the opening address of a hearing of Australia’s Royal Commission […]

Pope Francis says he would baptise aliens: ‘The doors of the Catholic Church are open to everyone’

Pope Francis says he would baptise aliens: ‘The doors of the Catholic Church are open to everyone’

Pope Francis has said that he would be willing to baptise aliens if they came to the Vatican, asking “who are we to close doors” to anyone – even Martians. In a homily yesterday dedicated to the concepts of acceptance and inclusion, Francis recalled a Bible story about the conversion of the first pagans to […]

Kenyans’ Wish List of What Pope Francis Should Address

Kenyans’ Wish List of What Pope Francis Should Address

Kenyans want Pope Francis to address various issues when he jets in on Wednesday this week, top among them peaceful co-existence, corruption and tribalism, a survey shows. The poll by research firm Infotrak also shows that nine out of 10 Kenyans are excited by the Papal visit, but Catholics are “extremely excited”. Among the 777 […]

Pope Francis warned that an addiction to gadgets was isolating children to the extent they were like little pensioners

Pope Francis warned that an addiction to gadgets was isolating children to the extent they were like little pensioners

If parents want to build a strong family life they must turn off smartphones, computers and televisions and eat together with their children around a table every day, Pope Francis said today. He said the addiction of many children to gadgets was isolating them to the point where they were like little pensioners, the 78-year-old […]

Church should be humble, not clinging to power & money – Pope Francis

Church should be humble, not clinging to power & money – Pope Francis

During his papal visit to Florence, Pope Francis addressed issues of poverty, exploitation and the image of the Church. He says it has to get ‘bruised, hurting and dirty’ while reaching out to the poor, and less centered around power and money. Pope Francis delivered the speech in Florence insisting the Catholic Church should have […]

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