Illinois Bishop Denies Communion & Funeral Rites For Same-Sex Spouses.

Join us: fb.com/occupythevatican Illinois Bishop Denies Communion & Funeral Rites For Same-Sex Spouses. A Catholic bishop has instructed priests in his central Illinois diocese to deny communion, last rites and funeral rites to people in same-sex marriages – unless they repent. In the decree he sent to priests, deacons, seminarians and staff in his Springfield […]

Victim of clergy abuse in Netflix’s ‘The Keepers’ speaks out.

Join us: fb.com/occupythevatican Victim of clergy abuse in Netflix’s ‘The Keepers’ speaks out. The story of young women who say they were abused at Archbishop Keough High School in the late ’60s through the early ’70s is highlighted in a Netflix docudrama called “The Keepers.” One of the victims featured in the show spoke about […]

Archbishop of Mexico accused of systematic concealment of pedophilia.

Join us: fb.com/occupythevatican Archbishop of Mexico accused of systematic concealment of pedophilia. A senior official of the Catholic Church in Mexico announced his resignation yesterday, the same day that a former priest filed accusations that Cardinal Norberto Rivera had concealed 15 cases of pedophilia by priests. Rivera presented his resignation as Primate Archbishop of Mexico to […]

Child rape survivor says Church’s ‘hush money’ won’t ease horrifying nightmares of assault.

Join us: fb.com/occupythevatcian Child rape survivor says Church’s ‘hush money’ won’t ease horrifying nightmares of assault. When Peter Marghella hurt his ribs wrestling with some friends at summer camp he had no idea it would change his life forever. Marghella, who was 12 in 1973, was away at Camp Spes Mundi in Hope Falls, when, […]

Netflix’s The Keepers reveals murder and sexual abuse cover up in the 1960’s

Join us: fb.com/occupythevatican Netflix’s The Keepers reveals murder and sexual abuse cover up in the 1960’s Netflix’s The Keepers tells a chilling story: The new true crime docuseries posits that the unsolved murder of a Baltimore nun might actually be part of an elaborate a cover-up by the Catholic Church. Over seven episodes, it theorizes […]

Vatican envoy investigating child rape cover-up said children were “spiteful”

Join us: fb.com/occupythevatican Vatican envoy investigating child rape cover-up said children were “spiteful” A Vatican envoy sent to investigate a shocking paedophilia cover-up at the Antonio Próvolo Institute for deaf children in Mendoza province — where priests and employees have been accused of the systematic sexual abuse of minors over decades — has sparked outrage after […]

Vatican reports global decline in priests.

Join us: fb.com/occupythevatican Recently published documents out of the Vatican are painting a bleak picture for the growth of the Church, showing an overall decline in the number of seminarians, priests and women religious all over the world. The documents, known as the Pontifical Yearbook 2017 and the 2015 Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae, were published by the Vatican’s Central Office of […]