Catholic News
- Pope accepts resignations of Chaldean Patriarch and bishop amid corruption scandal (Pillar)Pope Leo XIV accepted the resignations of Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako, the Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, and Bishop Emanuel Hana Shaleta, the Chaldean Catholic bishop of San Diego, on March 10. Bishop Shaleta was arrested on March 5 at San Diego International Airport while attempting to leave the country and pleaded not guilty […]
- Apostolic Penitentiary publishes book on Confession (L'Osservatore Romano (Italian))The Apostolic Penitentiary has published a short book on Confession, Il sacramento della riconciliazione. Fondamenti biblici, formazione presbiterale e guida pratica (The Sacrament of Reconciliation: Biblical Foundations, Priestly Formation, and Practical Guide). The book, edited by the Major Penitentiary (Cardinal Angelo De Donatis) and Major Penitentiary emeritus (Cardinal Mauro Piacenza), includes ten reasons for going […]
- Maronite Patriarch laments death of priest killed in Israeli attack (CWN)Cardinal Béchara Boutros Raï, the Patriarch of the Maronite Church, lamented the death of Father Pierre al-Rahi, killed in an Israeli attack on a Christian village in southern Lebanon.
- Priest killed by Israeli tank fire in southern Lebanon (OSV News)A Maronite priest was killed in an Israeli attack on a Christian village in southern Lebanon. Father Pierre al-Rahi, along with other priests, defied an Israeli order to leave Qlayaa and chose instead to remain with his parishioners.