Catholic News
- Australian court releases video of Bishop Saunders grooming a young male (7 News)An Australian court released a deeply disturbing video of Bishop Christopher Saunders grooming a young man. Police installed cameras in the prelate’s home during a four-year investigation into allegations against him. The retired bishop of Broome was convicted last month on one count of sexual penetration and 12 counts of indecent assault. He is now […]
- 'Paying attention in the age of clickbait' is theme of next World Communications Day (Dicastery for Communication)The Dicastery for Communication announced the theme of the 2027 World Communications Day: “A New Gaze: Paying Attention in the Age of Clickbait.” “We are called to a conversion of our gaze: to look again, with attention and with love,” the dicastery stated in announcing the theme. “Only in this way will we be able […]
- Leading Canadian bishop transferred to larger diocese (Vatican Press Office)Pope Leo XIV transferred the president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) from his current Quebec diocese to a larger diocese within the Canadian province. In 2017, Bishop Pierre Goudreault was appointed bishop of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, a diocese with 81,864 Catholics (2024 figure), according to the online edition of the Annuario Pontificio. Now 63, […]
- Vatican diplomat decries racism, racial discrimination (Holy See Mission)A leading Vatican diplomat said that the “God-given dignity of the human person is central to building a true international community where the universal common good can be achieved.” “Despite aspirations, the unity of the human family has not yet become reality due to materialistic and nationalistic ideologies which contradict the values of the human […]