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VATICAN CITY (AP) For the first time, a clergy sex abuse trial opened Wednesday in the Vatican’s criminal tribunal, with one priest accused of molesting an altar boy in the Vatican’s youth seminary and another priest accused of covering it up. The case concerns the closed world of the St. Pius X youth seminary, a palazzo inside the Vatican walls just across the street from … [Read more...] about Vatican Trial for Sex Abuse in Pope’s Youth Seminary Opens

(The Roys Report) Two top Harvest Bible Chapel pastors today announced they’re resigning, following a “season” of difficulty sparked by the termination and scandal involving disgraced celebrity pastor, James MacDonald. Saying he had hit a “wall of exhaustion” in June, Lead Ministry Pastor Greg Bradshaw said he is not only leaving Harvest, but also the ministry. “It’s hard … [Read more...] about Two Top Pastors at Harvest Bible Chapel Resign Following “Season” of Difficulty

by Claire Giangravé (RNS) Pope Francis used a prerecorded TED talk that was streamed on Saturday (Oct. 10) to urge policymakers to side with science and to deal with climate change as a “moral imperative.” “Science tells us each day with greater precision that urgent action is needed — I am not exaggerating; this is what the science tells us! — if we want to … [Read more...] about Pope, in Second Ted Talk, Sides With Science on Climate Change: ‘We Have Few Years’