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Priests are allowed to be gay – secretly
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen The Pride parade passes the Colosseum in Rome in June 2024. Photo: Mauro Scrobogna/AP/TT Gay men are now allowed to train to become Catholic priests…
The priests clash – debating bride handover
Appreciation shown for a dear relative, or an outdated view of women as minor possessions? The issue of handing over the bride in the church at weddings has flared up…
Moscow and kyiv announce exchange of civilians, including priests – L’Express
The release was negotiated with the help of the Vatican. At the same time, the fighting continues: Russia announced on Saturday June 29 the capture of the village of Shumy,…
See Judas Priest’s opening number at the Sweden Rock Festival
The band is currently on tour for the new record Invincible shield. And at 10pm on Friday, Rob Halford and the rest of the band stepped onto Sweden Rock’s biggest…
At the end of their mission for more than a year, two priests from the DRC would like to be able to stay in France
In Savoie, in the south-east of France, two priests from the Democratic Republic of Congo are currently living in hiding after their residence permits expired. 2 mins When migration issues…
African nuns and priests in France: “new missionaries”?
Priests “from elsewhere” as the Catholic Church describes them are numerous in France: they are estimated to be around 3,000, or 20% of all priests on French territory. Figures that…
Nigeria: concern over the resurgence of kidnappings of priests
In Nigeria, members of the clergy are increasingly targeted for kidnapping. The kidnapping of a Catholic priest and a seminarian on Friday August 12 in Abia State is the latest…
Foreign priests in France: the great essentials
Great report They come mostly from Africa, but also from Europe, and increasingly from Asia and Latin America: foreign priests. Commonly called “priests fidei donum », they are 2,000 in…
the Catholic Church calls on priests who are fathers of families to renounce their religious functions
The celibacy of Catholic priests is debated in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A document from the CENCO Episcopal Conference has leaked to the press. Signed by all the bishops…
Shocking image in Southern Cyprus! Weapons training from Greeks to priests
A new move came from the Greek Cypriot side that will increase the tension. The priests, who were called upon the special invitation of Brigade Commander of the Greek Cypriot…