The bravery of the Assyrian Christian bishop who was stabbed during a livesteam of his service, in front of his congregation, has truly been remarkable. But more than his bravery, Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel has exhibited a spirit of forgiveness for his attacker that most Christians can only pray to someday achieve. The Associated Press […]
For most of the world, Easter has come and gone, so this story is a trifle dated. But during the Easter Vigil services at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston, a female priest had a bit of a memory lapse when it came time for Communion. In response, Bishop Alan M. Gates […]
SYDNEY — Australian police arrested seven teenagers accused of following a violent extremist ideology in raids across Sydney on Wednesday, as a judge extended a ban on social media platform X sharing video of a knife attack on a bishop that started the criminal investigation. The seven, aged 15 to 17, were part of a […]
The Supreme Court of Finland will hear arguments in the case of an evangelical lawmaker and a Lutheran bishop who are accused of hate speech in expressing their biblical views on homosexuality, defense attorneys said. The high court trial will be the third in which Päivi Räsänen, a former interior minister, and Bishop Juhana Pohjola […]
MELBOURNE, Australia — An Australian judge on Monday ruled that social media platform X must block every user in the world from accessing video of a bishop being stabbed in a Sydney church, extending the prohibition beyond users in Australia. X Corp., the tech company rebranded by billionaire Elon Musk when he bought Twitter last […]
Since it’s Sunday, we might as well squeeze in a bit more news related to the Catholic Church. Back on April 5, Bishop Robert Gruss invoked the name of President Joe Biden while delivering a lecture at the Cathedral of Mary of the Assumption in Saginaw, Michigan. But the Bishop wasn’t offering any sort of […]
How many people, when stabbed by a knife-wielding lunatic, would go out of their way to forgive their attacker? Though Christ preached forgiveness, Christians have often struggled to forgive when faced with a burning, and at times, justifiable desire for revenge. But, occasionally, a prominent Christian who was the victim of a vicious attack has […]
Two days after a stabbing at a shopping mall rocked Sydney, a bishop was stabbed during a service in the city. Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was conducting the Sunday evening mass at the Assyrian Christ the Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley, a Sydney suburb, when he was attacked, according to the U.K.’s Guardian. Graphic video […]
A former bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who was featured in an Associated Press investigation into how the church protects itself from allegations of sexual abuse was arrested by police in Virginia this week after being indicted on charges he sexually abused his daughter while accompanying her on a school […]
A Texas bishop who was fired by Pope Francis in November will deliver the keynote address to the Conservative Political Action Conference’s annual dinner next month, according to media reports. Bishop Joseph E. Strickland will speak at the CPAC Ronald Reagan Dinner on Feb. 23 and will celebrate Mass for attendees at the gathering, one of […]
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