Cardinal to become first to stand trial at Vatican (Crux) When the Vatican’s megatrial for financial crimes begins next week, one of the star figures will be Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, a former power-player in the Holy See’s Secretariat of State who is the first cardinal to be indicted by the small city-state. Set to open Oct. 5 after being postponed during an initial hearing over the summer, the trial involves a list of 10 people facing a variety of charges ranging from abuse of office to embezzlement, fraud, and corruption, among other things…
Funeral Mass held for Father Kapaun (CNA) During Wednesday’s funeral Mass for Father Emil Kapaun, the Bishop of Wichita called the U.S. Army chaplain who died in a North Korean prisoner of war camp a “humble, and saintly priest.” “We come to pray for Father’s repose, to pay our respects to this fallen soldier, this Medal of Honor recipient, to this humble, and saintly priest. I consider it a singular, but undeserved honor, as the present Bishop of Wichita, to lead us in the Mass of Christian Burial,” Bishop Carl Kemme said Sept. 29 during his homily at a Mass said at Hartman Arena in Park City, Kan., a Wichita suburb…
Marking Canada’s first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (Catholic Register)For Canada’s Catholics, the first ever National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is “a day of penance and a day of hope,” Cardinal Thomas Collins said in a prayer service at St. Michael’s Cathedral in Toronto. The prayer service was streamed Sept. 30 on the Archdiocese of Toronto’s YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/c/archtoronto), where it is archived and available for viewing… “As this is a day of repentance, it also is a day of hope,” Collins told a small group gathered in prayer at the Cathedral. “For honest repentance of the since of the past leads to new life.”
Indian police probe Christian wedding over conversion claims (UCANews) Police have launched an investigation into the marriage of a Protestant couple after Hindu activists claimed the bride was a Hindu converted to Christianity in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Hindu extremists barged into the marriage reception in Indore town on Sept. 29 evening and disrupted the function…
Switzerland to set up embassy at Vatican (AP) The Swiss government decided Friday to set up a dedicated embassy to the Vatican, for which Switzerland’s ambassador to Slovenia is currently responsible. Switzerland’s governing Federal Council determined the current arrangement “no longer allows all the work entailed by Switzerland’s diplomatic relations with the Holy See to be accomplished efficiently,” a government statement said. It pointed to a sharp rise in high-level official visits in recent years…
“Bachelorette” star says she was abused by Catholic priest (Yahoo News) “Bachelorette” star Clare Crawley said she was sexually abused by a Catholic priest when she was a child. Crawley shared her emotional story on the Facebook Watch series “Red Table Talk: The Estefans,” which aired Thursday…
