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Pope Leo washes priests’ feet in Holy Thursday ceremony

Pope Leo washes priests’ feet in Holy Thursday ceremony

Published by Sam Flores

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Pope Leo Washes Feet of 12 Roman Priests on Holy Thursday

Pope Leo Washes Feet of 12 Roman Priests on Holy Thursday

Published by Sam Flores

new video loaded: Pope Leo Washes Feet of 12 Roman Priests on Holy Thursday transcript Back transcript Pope Leo Washes Feet of 12 Roman Priests on Holy Thursday Returning to tradition, Pope Leo XIV performed the rite of humility and service for priests during an afternoon Mass at the Basilica of St. John Lateran. We can see the 12 priests from the Diocese of Rome who are coming down to have their feet washed by Pope Leo. And now we see Pope Leo washing the feet of the 12 priests from Rome. After washing, he also bends down and kisses the feet of these priests. Returning to tradition, Pope Leo XIV performed the rite of humility and service for priests during an afternoon Mass at the Basilica of St. John Lateran. April 2, 2026 Source link

What to know about the investigation into Catholic priests in Rhode Island and sexual abuse charges

What to know about the investigation into Catholic priests in Rhode Island and sexual abuse charges

Published by Sam Flores

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A new investigation into the Catholic Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island, shows that an estimated 75 priests abused more than 300 children since 1950, with the state’s top law enforcement chief warning Wednesday that the scope of the abuse is likely much bigger. The report was released by Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha, whose office has been investigating the diocese since 2019. According to Neronha, the church could be doing more to address child sexual abuse. Yet diocese leaders have pushed back at the conclusions from the report, maintaining there are no “credibly accused clergy in active ministry.” Here’s what to know about the investigation. How the diocese handled reports of child abuse The report described church records as “damning,” declaring that the diocese often failed to take the proper steps to protect children from sexual abuse. While clergy abuse has been widely exposed, up until Wednesday’s report, the scope of what took place in Rhode Island had largely been unknown. The report flagged that the diocese often transferred accused …

Sprawling investigation finds decades of sexual abuse among Catholic priests in Rhode Island

Sprawling investigation finds decades of sexual abuse among Catholic priests in Rhode Island

Published by Sam Flores

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Catholic priests in Rhode Island preyed on hundreds of children for decades and were protected by bishops more concerned with the church’s reputation than the victims, according to a new report on clergy sexual abuse that echoes findings elsewhere. The report, released Wednesday by Attorney General Peter Neronha, follows a multiyear investigation into the Catholic Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island. Neronha said the full scope of the priest abuse problem in Rhode Island — the smallest U.S. state but the one with the highest Catholic population per capita, at nearly 40% — had long remained elusive. He agreed with victims who say not enough has been done to address the problem long after it was exposed in the nearby Boston diocese in 2002. “If you’re the Diocese of Providence and you’re listening, this is a scandal you need to own and you need to fix,” Neronha told reporters Wednesday. “We can’t slow walk solutions, and we can’t slow walk justice.” Neronha, who was raised Catholic, hopes the report will spur legal …

Pope Implores Priests to Stop Writing Sermons Using ChatGPT

Pope Implores Priests to Stop Writing Sermons Using ChatGPT

Published by José Betancourt

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Andreas Solaro / AFP via Getty In a closed-door meeting with clergy from the Diocese of Rome late last week, Pope Leo XIV clobbered his priests with a distinctly 21st-century request: to resist the “temptation to prepare homilies with artificial intelligence,” according to Vatican News. “Like all the muscles in the body, if we do not use them, if we do not move them, they die,” the Pope reportedly said. “The brain needs to be used, so our intelligence must also be exercised a little so as not to lose this capacity.” The holy father drew a fascinating line in the sand, declaring that despite AI’s capabilities now or in the future, a chatbot could never stand-in for a flesh-and-blood priest. “To give a homily is to share faith,” he said, and AI “will never be able to share faith.” Aside from AI, the Pope warned his clergymen against conflating social media to real life, per Vatican News. If one lives a “life authentically rooted in the Lord,” …

Cardinal Cupich says feds stopped priests, demanded citizenship proof

Cardinal Cupich says feds stopped priests, demanded citizenship proof

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(RNS) — Cardinal Blase Cupich, head of the Archdiocese of Chicago, has twice told interviewers in recent weeks that priests in the archdiocese have been stopped by federal agents and asked to prove their immigration status — demands he said were “because of their color.” Cupich made the allegation in a Jan. 17 interview with WTTW, a Chicago PBS affiliate, and in an interview published Friday (Feb. 6) in the U.S. edition of El País, a Spanish newspaper. “I’ve had some priests who are of a different color being targeted and arrested — stopped — because of their color and asking them to prove that they’re citizens. That’s not America,” Cupich told the PBS affiliate. “We should not have to live in a country where people have to carry around their documents all the time.” In the El País interview, Cupich said: “It brings terror into a city where not just immigrants, but the population, feel as though they’re being terrorized by the ways that these roundups are going.” He continued, “This is really unheard …

Priests unto the Lord – OpentheWord.org

Priests unto the Lord – OpentheWord.org

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Jewish Priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant by Luigi Ademollo, 1816, Wikipedia, Public Domain By Dr. Steve Phifer The Lord warned Moses, high in the mountain, that things were not going well in the valley below. Before he reached the foot of Mt. Sinai, the sound of “worship” reached his ears. He held in his hands the tablets of stone that would call for worship with detailed instructions on how it should be done and what it would mean. Soon the tablets would crash to the ground and break. Who was leading the worship at the foot of the mountain? How was it being done? The answers to these questions would break Moses’ heart and anger Almighty God. Up there in the mountain Moses interceded for the people so recently ascended from Egyptian slavery. In the valley Aaron, the brother of Moses, fashioned in gold a calf and the people were “worshiping” with all of their might. The wrath of God burned through Moses and a worship purge left thousands dead and focused the …