An investigation into the leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) found that sexual abuse victims were stonewalled to protect the reputation of America’s largest Protestant denomination. According to a 288-page investigation report from Guidepost Solutions, which was sanctioned by …
Cardinal Angelo Becciu, who was once one of Francis’ top advisers as the No. 2 in the Vatican secretariat of state, sought the help of Cecilia Marogna, an Italian self-styled intelligence specialist in the rescue of the nun. In a …
Egyptian security forces have arrested a 60-year-old man accused of attacking a Coptic priest in the city of Alexandria on Thursday evening, stabbing him several times to death. The victim was identified as Arsanios Wadid, the priest of the church …
An assailant stabbed three clerics at the most famous shrine in Iran on Tuesday, killing one and injuring two others before he was arrested, according to the Iranian state-run media. One cleric died instantly after being stabbed at the …
Australia’s largest evangelical church, Hillsong, announced on Wednesday the resignation of its Global Senior Pastor Brian Houston after facing an internal misconduct investigation. Houston’s resignation came following the result of the investigation which concluded that he had acted inappropriately …
Ex-Pope Benedict asked forgiveness from church abuse victims for any “grievous faults” in how he handled the cases but denied any personal wrongdoing. “I have had great responsibilities in the Catholic Church. All the greater is my pain for the …
A sexual abuse probe on Germany’s Munich diocese found that retired Pope Benedict XVI did not act on four cases when he was archbishop in the 1970s and 1980s. The Archdiocese of Munich has asked law firm Westpfahl Spilker Wastl …
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday and exchanged views on the current situation surrounding talks in Vienna between Iran and P4+1. Putin told Raisi that Moscow is eager to hear his position concerning …
South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa announced that Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Anglican cleric, has died aged 90. “The passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is another chapter of bereavement in our nation’s farewell to a generation of …
A nationalist Buddhist monk in Myanmar notorious for anti-Muslim remarks has been released from prison on Monday after the junta has dropped charges against him. Ashin Wirathu was detained by the National League for Democracy (NLD) government last year after …
