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Filipino priest ordained Los Angeles Bishop

Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 17 02:53 PM

Filipino priest Alejandro Aclan has been ordained as auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles on Thursday afternoon at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in California. Read more »

Versailles priest charged with rape, child abuse

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 14 05:05 AM

VERSAILLES, France - A Catholic priest in Versailles, west of Paris, has been charged with rape and the sexual abuse of a minor, the regional diocese said in a statement Monday. Read more »

Pope says more study needed on role of women deacons in early Church

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at May 08 05:33 AM

Pope Francis said on Tuesday more study was needed on the role of women deacons in the early Christian Church, which eventually could affect decisions on the role of women today.   Read more »

Film on Catholic priests using nuns as 'sex slaves' pulled

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 01 01:43 AM

PARIS, France - A hit documentary about how some Catholic priests allegedly abused nuns in different parts of the world has been pulled from the Franco-German television channel Arte after a priest complained to a German court. Read more »

Raw evil: Duterte's drug war 'biggest lie' in the last three years, says bishop

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 24 06:08 AM

MANILA (UPDATED) - Bishop Pablo Virgilio David on Monday said the biggest lie that he has heard in the last three years is that “the drug war is meant to eradicate illegal drugs.” Read more »

Polish priest 'very sorry' for Harry Potter book burning

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 03 10:49 PM

WARSAW - A Polish priest apologized Wednesday for burning "magic" Harry Potter books, after his actions sparked a wave of protest and comparisons with totalitarian regimes and the Inquisition. Read more »

Pope signs law to prevent child abuse in Vatican and its embassies

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Mar 30 05:39 AM

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Friday made it compulsory in law to report the sexual abuse of children within the Vatican and in its diplomatic missions worldwide. Read more »

Parishioners in shock after Filipino priest charged with rape in Pennsylvania

TJ Manotoc, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 27 07:52 PM

Filipino parishioners were still in shock, weeks after a "well-loved" priest was charged and arrested for rape after supposedly being in a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old altar girl in Pennsylvania.  Read more »

Priest stabbed during mass at Canada's biggest church

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 23 01:39 AM

A priest was stabbed during a livestreamed morning mass Friday at Canada's biggest church, Saint Joseph's Oratory in Montreal, police said. Read more »

Pinoy priest charged with raping altar girl, filming sex act in Philadelphia

TJ Manotoc, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 07 05:16 PM

PHILADELPHIA - A Filipino Catholic priest has been charged with raping a teenage girl and recording their sexual encounter that occurred 5 years ago. Read more »

Ash Wednesday, panahon ng pagbalik-loob sa Diyos

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 07 01:43 AM

Tinalakay ng isang pari sa Maynila ang kahalagahan ng Ash Wednesday at paglalagay ng abo sa noo sa mga Katoliko. Read more »

Ilang pari, nakakatanggap ng banta sa buhay

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 01 02:18 AM

Ito ay sa kabila ng pahayag ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na huwag pagbabantaan ang mga taong-simbahan. Read more »

Priest renews call for optional celibacy

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 01 04:43 AM

ILOILO (UPDATED) - A priest who drew controversy when he married a parishioner renewed his call for optional celibacy for the clergy. Read more »

French priest jailed for sexual abuse

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 02 01:32 PM

COLMAR, France - A French priest Friday sentenced to five years, two without parole, on Friday for sexually assaulting four young female parishioners, one of whom was just nine when the offenses started, and embezzling 100,000 euros ($115,000) to pay one of his victims.  Read more »

'I had a bad feeling': Priest recalls Jolo cathedral blasts

Chiara Zambrano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 30 04:42 AM

SULU - When he entered the church Sunday for the first mass, he had a bad feeling something would happen. Read more »

'Priest' arrested in Cavite drug buy-bust not Catholic, CBCP says

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 25 05:46 PM

MANILA - The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Friday clarified that the supposed priest who was arrested in a drug buy-bust operation in Cavite Thursday is not a member of the Catholic clergy.    Read more »

Bacani: Hard to probe Duterte's priest abuse claim as clergyman already dead

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 08:56 PM

MANILA - Investigating President Rodrigo Duterte's claim of being abused by a priest when he was young is difficult as the clergyman is already dead, Novaliches Bishop Emeritus Teodoro Bacani said.   Read more »

Duterte says he will have himself crucified if Church can refute book

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 11 04:53 AM

BULACAN - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday claimed that would have himself nailed on a cross if Catholic Church leaders can refute the allegations contained in the book “Altar of Secrets.” Read more »

Traslacion 2019 shows Duterte's attacks futile, Church leaders say

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 11 05:00 AM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte's disparaging remarks against the Catholic Church have not dissuaded millions of Filipinos from their faith, church leaders said Thursday.   Read more »

Pari, may mensahe sa sasali sa Traslacion 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 03 01:46 AM

MAYNILA - Pinayuhan ng Simbahan ng Quiapo ang mga sasama sa Traslacion sa susunod na linggo na magkaroon ng paghahandang pisikal, mental, emosyonal, at higit sa lahat, espiritwal. Read more »