Parishioners react to North Palm Beach priest’s exit after shoplifting arrest. Rev. Giuseppe Savaia — a Catholic priest at Furey’s church in North Palm Beach’s, St. Clare’s Parish announced he would leave his job to deal with his arrest after two alleged shoplifting incidents in December 2011. Savaia, 43, submitted a letter to the Diocese […]
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Catholics in Philippines Debate Contraception and Family Planning
It was an awkward situation: There I was, stuck in a windowless conference room, talking sex with a Catholic priest. Not just any priest — an Archbishop, sitting under a portrait of the Pope
Spain Seeks Justice for Jesuits Killed in El Salvador’s Civil War
Carlos Martn Bar believes that his brother Ignacio knew he was about to be killed. The night before his murder Nov.
Jesus’ Crucifixion Nails Found, Says Israeli Filmmaker
Just in time for Easter, an Israeli television journalist has produced a pair of nails he says may have been used to crucify Jesus Christ. “We’re not saying these are the nails,” says Simcha Jacobovici, holding aloft a pair of smallish iron spikes with the tips hammered to one side.
Race Relations: Ghana’s Foreign Chiefs
In 1680 in the forests of central and southern Ghana, the high priest to King Osei Tutu I called down a golden stool from the heavens and gave Tutu the divine foundation on which he would build the mighty Ashanti Empire. The Ashanti combined strength in war — conquering lands from what is now Ivory Coast in the west to Togo in the east and defeating British colonizers several times — with skill in art, particularly sculpture and cloth
New Jersey man held in priest’s death
A New Jersey man has been charged with murder in the slaying of a Roman Catholic priest who was found dead in the church rectory with wounds, the chief prosecutor said Saturday. Chatham Borough police had 50 to 100 officers and detectives investigating the case, according to Bianchi
The Story of a Modern-Day Exorcist
When he first heard about a Vatican-sponsored course on exorcism for priests, journalist Matt Baglio was intrigued by the idea of this ancient ritual taking place in the modern world. In his new book The Rite, Baglio follows American priest Father Gary — sent to Rome to train as an exorcist — and his apprenticeship with Father Carmine. Baglio talked to TIME about belief, skeptical priests, and the particulars of the exorcism ritual