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Phoenix, Ariz., Aug 7, 2017 / 12:37 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Bishop Thomas O’Brien, the former bishop of the Diocese of Phoenix, has denied allegations he sexually molested a young boy in the late 1970s and early '80s.“Bishop O’Brien categorically denies the allegations,” the diocese said Aug. 3. “According to Diocese of Phoenix records, Bishop O’Brien was never assigned to any of the parishes or schools identified in the lawsuit, and no specific information has been presented which connects Bishop O’Brien to the plaintiff.Bishop O’Brien, 81, is accused in a lawsuit of sexually abusing the alleged victim several times at parishes in Phoenix and Goodyear, Ariz. from 1977-1982.His accuser, now 47 and living near Tucson, has said he started having flashbacks of the abuse in September 2014 as he prepared for his son’s baptism, his lawyer Tim Hale told the Associated Press.“It has turned his life upside down,” Hale said.Th...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Junno Arocho EstevesBy Junno Arocho EstevesROME (CNS) -- After years in exile from the church they hadcalled home for the past 95 years, the American Catholic community in Rome movedto a new church they can finally call their own.Located just a few steps away from the U.S. Embassy to Italy, St. Patrick'sChurch is the new official "missionfor the care of souls for U.S. faithful residing in Rome," said Paulist Father Greg Apparcel,rector of St. Patrick's. U.S. Catholics in Rome, guided by the Paulist Fathers, hadcalled the Churchof Santa Susanna their parish since 1922. But the cloistered Cistercian nuns,who have had a presence at the historic parish since 1587, found the Americanpresence distracting and made various attempts over the years to evict them."I tried to understand their position," FatherApparcel told Catholic News Service Aug. 7. "It was their home, and they felt weinvaded their home. We felt it was our home, (but) they didn't agree with that."While ther...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Pro- and anti-government factions dug themselves further into their trenches Monday amid Venezuela's deepening political crisis, with each side staking a claim to the powers granted them by dueling national assemblies....
BREWER, Maine (AP) -- Changes in the worldwide fisheries industry have turned live baby American eels into a commodity that can fetch more than $2,000 a pound at the dock, but the big demand and big prices have spawned a black market that wildlife officials say is jeopardizing the species....
NEW YORK (AP) -- For the first month since CNN's Larry King owned cable news in October 2001, the most popular personality in prime-time doesn't work for Fox News Channel. Rachel Maddow of MSNBC is the new champ....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Silicon Valley's efforts to promote workforce diversity haven't yielded many results - unless you count a backlash at Google, where a male engineer blamed biological differences for the paucity of female programmers....
CHICAGO (AP) -- Mayor Rahm Emanuel has taken his fight against President Donald Trump's immigration policies to court, with Chicago becoming one of the first cities Monday to sue the government over what many U.S. cities argue are illegal bids to withhold public safety grants from so-called sanctuary cities....
EL CERRITO, Calif. (AP) -- In some ways, Rainbow Day Camp is very ordinary. Kids arrive with a packed lunch, make friendship bracelets, play basketball, sing songs and get silly. But it is also unique, from the moment campers arrive each morning....
The new bishop of Hong Kong officially assumed office at an evening Mass on Saturday in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, in the presence of some 100 priests and nearly 1000 faithful. Coadjutor Bishop Michael Yeung succeeded Cardinal John Tong as Bishop of Hong Kong, after Pope Francis on August 1 accepted the resignation of the 78-year old cardinal. Among those present at the Eucharistic celebration were the two retired bishops of Hong Kong, Cards. Tong and Joseph Zen, Bishop Stephen Lee Bin Sang of Macau, Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Ha of Hong Kong, a hundred priests and representatives of other Christian communities of Hong Kong. Among government authorities were Chief Executive of Hong Kong Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor and a few other ministers.After a brief exhortation at the installation ceremony at the start of the Mass, retired Card. Tong accompanied Bishop Yeung to his 'cathedra' or the bishop’s chair, the symbol of his off...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Monday sent a message of condolences following an attack at a Church in southeastern Nigeria. At least 11 people were killed and 18 others were wounded when gunmen opened fire on worshippers who had gathered early on Sunday at St Philip’s Catholic church in Ozubulu near the city of Onitsha.In the message, signed by Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the pope says he is “deeply saddened to learn of the loss of life and injury”. He extends his “heartfelt condolences” to the local bishop and to “all the faithful of the diocese of Nnewi, in particular the families of the deceased and all those affected by this tragedy.”Police said they believe the attack may have been linked to drug trafficking and was carried out following a feud between local residents and member of the community living outside Nigeria.Please see below the full text of the message from Pope Francis to the bishop of the dioces...
