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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford has agreed to pay a $2.4 million settlement to a man who says he was sexually ...
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford has agreed to pay a $2.4 million settlement to a man who says he was sexually abused by a priest more than 100 times over a five-year period, beginning in ...
He wanted to be a priest. “When I was 4 or 5 years old, I’d play Mass,” he says, laughing, as he recalls that his parents were his first congregants. “I always had a little altar in my room ... There ...
I turned down Hollywood!” Kelly says, laughing as he points to the portrait of a dapper, young priest, his hair slicked and ...
Lawsuit alleges murdered Palm Bay priest sexually abused children The murder of a Palm Bay priest has led to a new sexual abuse lawsuit against the Diocese of Orlando.
COTABATO CITY – A diocesan priest and several altar servers were injured when a pick-up vehicle they were riding flipped along the national highway in Cotabato province on Thursday morning. Rev ...
The Bishop of Yola Catholic Diocese, Most Rev. Stephen Dami Mamza, has debunked claims that Taledo Damian, the recently arrested kidnapper of two Catholic priests, was a mass server or cleric ...
A 34-year-old Catholic Church altar server, Taledo Damiel, was arrested on Saturday night for allegedly masterminding the abduction of two priests for a ₦10 million ransom in Adamawa State.
Nearly two months after it was written, a letter has been published by Sri Lankan Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo banning girls from serving as altar servers in his archdiocese, on grounds ...
Ever since starting to serve in 5th grade, altar serving has always held such a special place in my heart. Being up at the altar is something I believe very few people know the true specialness of. By ...
Representing 20 European nations, altar servers have come to Rome this week to participate in the 13th International Pilgrimage of Altar Servers 2024.
Priests have discretion over matters like whether or not girls can volunteer as altar servers. The Catholic population in the United States has historically been politically diverse.