Dossier sent to Vatican said to ID 40 homosexual priests

Dossier sent to Vatican said to ID 40 homosexual priests

by WorldTribune Staff, March 5, 2018 A dossier compiled by a self-proclaimed gay escort names 40 actively homosexual priests and seminarians in Italy, a report said. The archdiocese of Naples sent the 1,200-page dossier to the Vatican, according to the Associated Press. Cardinal Cresenzio Sepe, in a statement on the diocesan website, said that while […]

Report: Sex abuse victim refutes pope’s claim as pressure builds on Vatican

Report: Sex abuse victim refutes pope’s claim as pressure builds on Vatican

by WorldTribune Staff, February 5, 2018 A letter from a Chilean sex abuse victim contradicts Pope Francis’s “insistence that no victims had come forward,” The Associated Press reported. The eight-page letter that Pope Francis received in 2015, obtained exclusively by the AP, “graphically detailed how a priest sexually abused” the victim and how “other Chilean […]

Report: Vatican bows to China, sacrifices two bishops

Report: Vatican bows to China, sacrifices two bishops

by WorldTribune Staff, January 24, 2018 The Vatican, amid pressure from the Chinese government, asked two Chinese bishops to either retire or accept demotion to make way for government-approved bishops, a report said. The Holy See reportedly asked Bishop Peter Zhuang of Shantou and Bishop Joseph Guo Xijin of Mindong to stand aside, according to […]

Crowns vs chaos: Brexit and Trump repudiated governance by ‘urban globalists’

Crowns vs chaos: Brexit and Trump repudiated governance by ‘urban globalists’

Special to WorldTribune.com By Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs What form of governance is “best”? What is most durable? What is most equitable? What produces the best economic results? These questions are usually posed — and the answers are usually imposed — as though a universally applicable model could be found by […]

Pope’s preferred journalist, an atheist, conveys concerns about G20, immigration

Pope’s preferred journalist, an atheist, conveys concerns about G20, immigration

by WorldTribune Staff, July 9, 2017 As world powers gathered in Hamburg, Germany for the G20, Pope Francis aired his concerns that migrants “are drawn to the continents and countries of ancient wealth … especially Europe.” In an interview with Italian journalist Eugenio Scalfari, an avowed atheist, Francis said that “colonialism began in Europe. There […]

Reports of drugs, homosexual orgy at Cardinal’s apartment shake Vatican

Reports of drugs, homosexual orgy at Cardinal’s apartment shake Vatican

by WorldTribune Staff, July 6, 2017 Vatican police, called to an apartment to investigate complaints from neighbors, walked in as a drug-fueled homosexual orgy was taking place, reports say. One arrest was made, a priest (who was not named in media) who was a secretary of Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio who is president of the Vatican’s […]

Top adviser to Pope Francis faces criminal charges on sex offenses in Australia

Top adviser to Pope Francis faces criminal charges on sex offenses in Australia

by WorldTribune Staff, June 29, 2017 One of the most senior advisers to Pope Francis announced he will return to Australia to face criminal charges for alleged sex offenses in what is being seen as a blow to the Vatican where he has been residing. Australian Cardinal George Pell has been granted a leave of […]

New liberal government in Seoul seeks Pope’s backing for peace talks

New liberal government in Seoul seeks Pope’s backing for peace talks

by WorldTribune Staff, May 24, 2017 South Korea’s newly-elected President Moon Jae-In dispatched a delegation to the Vatican on May 23 on a mission to seek support from Pope Francis for North-South Korean peace talks. The delegation was led by Archbishop Hyginus Kim Hee-Joong, who also asked the pope to “pray for the improvement of […]

Violence in God’s name can’t be tolerated, Pope Francis tells Egyptian Muslim leaders

Violence in God’s name can’t be tolerated, Pope Francis tells Egyptian Muslim leaders

by WorldTribune Staff, April 30, 2017 Egypt’s religious leaders have an “obligation” to condemn “violence in the name of religion,” Pope Francis said on April 28. “Let us say once more a firm and clear ‘No!’ to every form of violence, vengeance, and hatred carried out in the name of God,” the pope said during his […]

Shame: Pope Francis betrays Christendom, denounces a U.S. president

Shame: Pope Francis betrays Christendom, denounces a U.S. president

Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner Pope Francis recently delivered a veiled attack on President Trump. The Holy Father strongly dislikes not just the president, but his “America First” agenda. Trump faces fierce opposition from multiple fronts — the Democrats, the liberal media, unions and establishment Republicans. He can add the Vatican to the list. […]