Spain on Tuesday approved a plan aimed at making reparation and economic compensation for victims of sex abuses committed by people connected to the Catholic Church. It also announced the future celebration of a public act of recognition for those affected and
The university that students choose to attend for a four-year degree is one of the most important choices they will make. It is a decision that will not only impact their education and career prospects, but also their character and identity. This
MADRID (AP) — The Portuguese Catholic Church said Thursday it has unanimously agreed to pay some form of compensation to victims of sex abuse by clergy. The country’s Bishops Conference said after a four-day general assembly meeting at the Fatima shrine that
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A Catholic activist in Belarus was handed a three-year prison sentence Friday on charges that Western diplomats have denounced as politically driven, the latest move in the authorities’ sweeping crackdown on the country’s civil society. Uladzislau Beladzed, 33, who taught the catechism
Mexico’s presidential candidates have signed a commitment to peace with Catholic Church leaders, proposing strategies to reduce the country’s violence. The commitment to peace, titled “National Commitment to Peace,” outlines policies aimed at combating Mexico’s chronic violence. Claudia Sheinbaum, while open to
European diplomats in Belarus have condemned the trial of a Catholic activist in Minsk as “unfair” and “politically motivated.” Uladzislau Beladzed’s trial began behind closed doors at Minsk City Court on Wednesday. The 33-year-old Beladzed, who taught the catechism at the city’s
Four Roman Catholic bishops met with Mexican drug cartel bosses in a bid to negotiate a possible peace accord, one of the bishops said, and President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Thursday he approves of such talks. The revelation by Bishop of
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Guillermo Barraza buzzes with a nervous energy as he watches himself transform. Hands delicately paint stripes of bright pink eyeshadow onto Barraza’s angular face as newscasters and makeup crews bustle around him. FEDERAL COURT ONCE AGAIN SUSPENDS BULLFIGHTS
Authorities have found alive a Roman Catholic cardinal who disappeared this week in western Panama near the border with Costa Rica, church officials said Thursday, hours after confirming the cleric’s disappearance. Panama’s Episcopal Conference said in a statement Thursday afternoon that Spanish