February 27, 2009, (LifeSiteNews.com) - Yet another of the Miami Archdiocese’s parishes is flaunting its disregard for orthodox Christian moral teaching by hosting a concert this evening by the Miami Gay Men’s Chorus.
The concert (titled Serenade), the Chorus’s debut performance of 2009, is being held at Saint Patrick Catholic Church in Miami Beach on Friday, [...]
Miami Archdiocese Sponsors Concert by Gay Men’s Chorus
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Waco Police Say Church Employee Steals Over 150-Thousand Dollars
March 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · News
WACO - A Waco woman was arrested for allegedly stealing over 150-thousand dollars from a local church. The three-page arrest affidavit outlines how police say 37-year old Patricia Poehls stole from St. Jerome’s Catholic Church on Chapel Road in Waco, which was her employer at the time.
According to police it was first discovered Poehls had a draft set up to bill [...]
Tags: Catholic·church·financial·theft
Ash Wednesday brings memories of clergy abuse scandal
February 27th, 2009 · No Comments · News
LOS ANGELES — Christians throughout the Southland are observing Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, when the faithful prepare for Easter by doing penance for sins and seek spiritual renewal through prayer, self-denial and good works.
Ash Wednesday gets its name from the practice of placing ashes of the foreheads of the faithful as a [...]
Tags: abuse·Catholic·clergy·scandal·victims
Former Pastor becomes Fake Doctor and gets arrested
February 27th, 2009 · No Comments · News
To Timothy Lucas, it sounded like easy money.
All he had to do was let a doctor give him a physical exam and he would earn $50 — no small amount for the homeless Lexington man.
Instead, Lucas became one of an unknown number of people allegedly duped by a man posing as a doctor doing medical [...]
Tags: arrest·Catholic·convicted·doctor·fraud·pastor
NY1 Special Report: New Archbishop Says Church Has Learned From Sex Scandal
February 26th, 2009 · No Comments · News
On Ash Wednesday, New York’s new Archbishop Timothy Dolan sat down with NY1’s Dean Meminger for an interview to discuss the issues facing New York’s Catholic Church.
“I’m very honored and grateful. But that doesn’t mask for a second that it is going to be tough leaving. There is some penance, some dying in that,” said [...]
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