🇺🇸 #USA #NewYork - Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn knew of child sex abuse allegations against Father Patrick Sexton for many years before formally removing him from public ministry, according to newly released documents.

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The Archdiocese of Dublin will welcome a RECORD number of adults into the Catholic Church this Easter

130 adults will enter the faith

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🇲🇽 #Mexico - Mexico Conference of Bishops respond to violence in Mexico today, urging faithful to take care of personal and community safety, shelter in place when necessary, avoid unnecessary travel, and obey civil authorities. The Roman Catholic bishops also request prayers for peace from the faithful.

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🇨🇦 #Canada #Quebec - A major fire last night has left the Église Saint-Paul, a historic Roman Catholic church in Montreal, Quebec, destroyed.

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🇺🇸 #USA #Indiana - 24-year old son of a "megachurch" protestant pastor has been sentenced to 4 years in prison for child exploitation and possession of child sex abuse material.

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🇺🇸 #USA #California - $3.2 million pro-Israel digital marketing campaign between Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a San Diego firm intends to target evangelical Christians, especially those under 30, through "geo-fencing" tied to personal devices.

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🇺🇸 #USA #DC - According to The Cradle, US service members have submitted more than 110 complaints alleging that senior officers have communicated the war in Iran as part of "God's plan" and that Donald Trump was "anointed by Jesus"

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🇧🇷 #Brazil - Roman Catholic priest convicted of embezzlement in Brazil. He is alleged to have embezzled at least 700 smart devices.

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🇺🇸 #USA #RhodeIsland - Rhode Island Attorney General has released an investigation report on clergy-perpetrated child sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Providence. The investigation identified 75 clergy members who had abused more than 300 victims since the 1950s.

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🇺🇸 #USA #California - Eastern Catholic Bishop Emanuel Shaleta has been arrested while attempting to flee the country. San Diego County Police have charged him with embezzlement, money laundering, and aggravated white-collar crime enhancement.

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🇺🇸 #USA #NewMexico - Roman Catholic Diocese of El Paso files for Chapter 11 reorganization under U.S. bankruptcy law due to pending child sex abuse lawsuits/claims.

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🇱🇧 #Lebanon - OSV News reports, a local Maronite Catholic priest was killed when an Israeli artillery tank fired on a house on March 9th. Father Pierre al-Rahi had refused, along with other priests, to obey an order by the invading Israeli military to evacuate the Christian village of Qlayaa, a Maronite village in Lebanon a few miles from the the border with Israel.

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🇲🇽 #Mexico #Chiapas - EWTN reports that a missing Roman Catholic priest was found dead. The Archdiocese of Tuxtla Gutierrez stated that the body of Father Juan Manuel Zavala Madrigal was found near Laguna Verda about 12 miles from his parish in Ocotepec, Chiapas. He was reported missing after he went to celebrate Mass in another community on Sunday, March 8th.

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🇮🇪 #Ireland #Leinster - Two Roman Catholic parishes in County Westmeath were hit with arson attacks on Friday, March 6th. The first attack occurred at St. James Church in Kilbeggan at around 2AM, while the second occurred shortly afterwards at St. Michael's Parish Church in Castletown Geoghegan Parish, around 10 kilometers away. Both attacks appeared similar

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🇲🇽 #Mexico - ETWN News reports that cathedrals and churches were vandalized across Mexico during International Women's Day marches. The Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Most Holy Mary in Guadalajara was tagged with pro-abortion and anti-Catholic slogans. In Toluca, statues outside the San Jose Cathedral were also vandalized. In La Compañía, protestors sprayed graffiti on the walls of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, tore down the Cross at the entrance to the cathedral, and then attempted to set the wooden door on fire.

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🇺🇸 #USA #California - OSV News report, Eastern Catholic Bishop Emanuel Shaleta has pleaded not guitly to charges of embezzlement and money laundering. The Vatican State announced that the Pope accepted the bishop's resignation in February. Shaleta was released on a $125,000 bail with conditions. If found guilty on all charges, he faces 15 years in state prison.

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