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NEWS ABOUT: Catholic priest

Catholic priest stories: 18 news summaries

Janitor Charged in NJ Priest's Stabbing Death

He confesses, citing argument; cops probe possible relationship

Oct 25, 09 7:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - A janitor and "second father" to kids at a New Jersey Catholic church has been charged in the murder of a beloved parish priest, who he rushed to halfheartedly give CPR when he and church workers discovered the body. Jose Feliciano told police he and Father Ed Hinds had... More »

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New Jersey • murder • homicide • priest • stabbing • Catholic priest • Edward J. Hinds • janitor

 Anglican Deal May Lead 
 to Married Priests 

Vatican's gesture
cracks door to
ending celibacy

Oct 22, 09 4:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Vatican's attempts to heal the centuries-old rift with the Anglican Church may have a consequence nobody intended: an end to celibacy for priests. By offering a new Anglican rite under the umbrella of Catholicism, Pope Benedict XVI has invited married Anglican clergy into the fold—and cracked open... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Anglican Church • Vatican • Orthodox Christianity • priest • Catholic priest

 Fla. Priest Is My 
 Babydaddy: Ex-Stripper 

Woman took payoff over 'inappropriate relationship' with same father 3 years ago

Sep 21, 09 7:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Vatican famously frowns on randy clergy, but Rome is surely burning over this one—former stripper Beatrice Hernandez tells CBS4 that a Florida priest fathered her baby, and she's seeking a restraining order after he attacked her for demanding a DNA test. Hernandez, who says her relationship with Father... More »

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Florida • pregnancy • priest • stripper • love child • Catholic priest • Alberto Cutié • David Dueppen • Beatrice Hernandez

(Newser) - The hallelujahs are strained in US churches these days as donations plunge at the same time demand for aid is skyrocketing, reports the Wall Street Journal. Congregations across the nation are slashing budgets and even laying off staff, including pastors. Churches and synagogues usually weather downturns well, but not... More »

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Catholic Church • Jews • religion • church • fundamentalism • Protestants • worshippers • donation • priest • synagogue • evangelicals • Baptists • pastor • baptism • temple • Catholic priest • women's issues • congregations • collection box • born again

'Father Oprah,' Fiancée Set Wedding Date

Former Catholic cleric plans Episcopalian nuptials

Jun 12, 09 3:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - The onetime Catholic priest whose cavorting with his then-girlfriend led to his departure from the church is headed for the altar—as the groom. The Rev. Alberto Cutié, aka the "kissing priest," and his girlfriend of 2 years plan to wed this month in the Episcopal church,... More »

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Catholic Church • Episcopal Church • Miami • God • Episcopalian • scandal • Roman Catholic Church • Catholic priest • Alberto Cutié • celibacy • Ruhama Buni Canellis

 Kissing Fla. Priest Joins 
 Episcopal Church 

He's expected to marry girlfriend and keep preaching

May 28, 09 3:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Miami priest who sparked a debate on celibacy earlier this month when he was caught kissing and embracing a woman has left the Roman Catholic church to join the more liberal Episcopalians. The latter doesn’t require chastity for priests, and Alberto Cutié is expected to announce that he’... More »

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Episcopal Church • Roman Catholic Church • Catholic priest • Alberto Cutié • celibacy

 Priest: Holocaust's Toll
 Likely Higher Than Thought

Catholic makes it his life's work to investigate killing sites in eastern Europe

May 23, 09 5:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Catholic priest probing the slaughter of Jews in Eastern Europe believes the Holocaust's true death toll may be far higher than the 5 to 6 million historians have settled on, the Times of London reports. Father Patrick Desbois has spent the last five years methodically investigating mass graves in... More »

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Russia • Holocaust • Ukraine • Belarus • Nazis • Catholic priest • Patrick Desbois

OPINION

Sex-Abuse Report Shames Ireland, Church

Writer lauds harrowing report of violence against children

May 21, 09 8:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The massive report released yesterday documenting the systematic abuse of children in Irish Catholic schools and institutions is "a monument to the shameful nature of Irish society throughout most of the decades of the 20th century," writes Mary Raftery in the Irish Times. The painstaking disclosure of physical... More »

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Catholic Church • child abuse • sexual abuse • abuse • Ireland • priest sex abuse • Irish Catholics • Catholic priest • Christian school

 Irish Church 
 Long Shielded 
 Pedophiles: Report 

Long-awaited report finds rampant abuses at reform schools

May 20, 09 12:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sexual abuse was endemic in Irish Catholic institutions until the 1980s, a 9-year government inquiry has found. Over a 60-year period, 2000 children—mostly boys, now over 50—suffered physical and sexual abuses at the rigid schools, the BBC reports. Church officials encouraged beatings and shielded pedophiles in their orders,... More »

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Catholic Church • child abuse • sexual abuse • church • Ireland • priest sex abuse • pastor controversy • Catholic priest • Cardinal Sean Brady

Priest Suspects Cuban Spies Snapped Him With Lover

Cutié says girlfriend is the love of his life

May 14, 09 7:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - A celebrity priest photographed cavorting with his girlfriend on a beach has hinted Cuban spies might have been tailing him, the Miami Herald reports. "I knew that during some time I was being followed," Father Alberto Cutié told a Spanish-language TV station. "Being Cuban-American, we have that... More »

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Florida • Catholic Church • sex scandal • Cuba • Miami • Catholic • spies • Catholic priest • Alberto Cutié • celibacy

 Miami Priest 
 Admits 2-Year Affair 

Photo scandal may lead him to marry woman he says he loves

May 12, 09 6:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - The celebrity priest whose racy photos sparked a Catholic scandal broke his silence yesterday on The Early Show, admitting he’s in a 2-year sexual relationship with the woman in the pictures. Father Alberto Cutié said he’s in love with her and has never had sex with anyone else... More »

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sex scandal • priest • Catholic • Roman Catholic Church • Catholic priest • Alberto Cutié • celibacy

(Newser) - A scandal involving a hunky and popular Catholic priest caught cavorting on a Florida beach with an attractive woman is renewing a debate over celibacy and the priesthood, the Miami Herald reports. After the Rev. Alberto Cutié—no sniggering, it's pronounced koo-tee-AY—was photographed kissing and fondling a woman,... More »

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sex scandal • priest • Catholic • Roman Catholic Church • Catholic priest • Alberto Cutié

(AP) - A 19th-century Belgian priest who ministered to leprosy patients in Hawaii will be declared a saint October 11, the AP reports. In July, Pope Benedict XVI approved a miracle attributed to Rev. Damien de Veuster's intercession, declaring that a Honolulu woman's recovery in 1999 from terminal lung cancer was the... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Vatican • Hawaii • Pope John Paul II • beatification • sainthood • Catholic priest • leprosy

 French Priest Uncovers 
 Holocaust's Beginning 

Before gas chambers, Nazis used bullets, fire to kill Jews

Feb 1, 09 2:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Before the Nazis started shipping Jews to gas chambers, they marched across Eastern Europe, shooting more than 2 million above the mass graves they'd been forced to dig, or burning whole communities in bonfires. In an oft-forgotten and horrifying look at the Holocaust's beginnings, French priest Patrick Desbois traveled Eastern... More »

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Russia • Holocaust • Jews • Ukraine • Belarus • Nazis • Catholic priest

Coverup Probe Launched in LA Archdiocese Abuse Cases

Cardinal may face fraud charges for failing to protect parishioners

Jan 29, 09 5:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Federal authorities are investigating whether top officials of the Los Angeles Catholic Archdiocese conspired to cover up the sexual abuse of minors by priests, sources tell the Los Angeles Times. Cardinal Roger Mahony and other leaders may face fraud charges for failing to keep children safe by improperly dealing with... More »

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Catholic Church • child molestation • Cardinal Roger M. Mahony • archdiocese • priest sex abuse • Catholic priest

ANALYSIS

Protestants Hold Inauguration Monopoly

Priests, rabbis have been missing from ceremony for 20 years

Jan 20, 09 7:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama's swearing-in will be the sixth straight inauguration where rabbis and Catholic priests will be absent from the dais, reports Time. For decades it was traditional to have Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish representatives at the ceremony, but Billy Graham’s invocation (and benediction) at George Bush’s 1989 inauguration... More »

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Protestants • clergy • inauguration • Rick Warren • rabbi • Catholic priest • President Obama • Inauguration Day

Priest: No Communion
for Obama Voters

Catholic authorities repudiate priest who told Obama supporters to do penance

Nov 15, 08 7:31 AM CST
(Newser) - South Carolina's Catholic authorities have overruled a priest who told Obama voters they weren't fit to partake in Holy Communion, the Greenville News reports. The priest wrote in a church bulletin that voting for a pro-choice candidate constituted "cooperation with intrinsic evil" and urged Obama voters to do penance... More »

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Barack Obama • abortion • Catholic Church • priest • communion • Election 2008 • Catholic priest

 Ballooning Priest's Body Found

Charity stunt went tragically wrong

Jul 30, 08 3:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - DNA tests have confirmed that a body found earlier this month off the coast of Brazil is that of a Catholic priest who tried to set a flight record strapped to 1,000 helium balloons. Father Adelir Antonio de Carli, 41, set off  from the Brazilian port of Paranagua in... More »

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Brazil • DNA • Father Adelir Antonio de Carli • Catholic priest

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