Brazilian priest involved in hit-and-run of man who burgled his rectory
Driving the parish’s vehicle, a Brazilian Catholic priest hit a burglar with his car after seeing him leaving the rectory with stolen goods.
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by bcadmin | May 21, 2022 | Brazil, catholic priests, Church in the Americas, Crime, lead, News | 0 |
Driving the parish’s vehicle, a Brazilian Catholic priest hit a burglar with his car after seeing him leaving the rectory with stolen goods.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 8, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Crime, News, Uganda | 0 |
Ugandans have expressed concern about a rash of recent church burglaries in which thieves stole religious items and equipment.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 23, 2021 | Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Crime, News, Pope Francis, Wisconsin | 0 |
Pope Francis expressed his condolences to the victims of a tragic attack at a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, that claimed the lives of five people and left dozens injured.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 23, 2021 | Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Crime, News, Wisconsin | 0 |
Church leaders offered prayers for the five people who died and dozens more who were injured, including a Catholic priest, church parishioners and Catholic school students, when an SUV plowed through spectators watching a Christmas parade.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 22, 2021 | Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, Crime, News | 0 |
Investigators are looking into whether the SUV driver who plowed through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee, killing at least five people and injuring more than 40, was fleeing a crime.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 8, 2021 | Associated Press, Bishop Shelton Fabre, Catholic Church, Catholic Schools, Church in the US, Crime, Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, News | 0 |
Police are looking for a teen they say shot and wounded a woman waiting to pick up her grandchildren outside a Catholic school Friday in Louisiana.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 25, 2021 | Bishop Eugenio Andres Lira Rugarcia, Crime, Diocese of Matamoros, Mexico, News, News Briefs, Shootings | 0 |
ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 25, 2021 / 17:00 pm In the midst of the crime wave hitting Reynosa, Mexico, the bishop of Matamoros has cried out “no more violence” and urged crime gang members to […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 1, 2021 | Bishop Juan Arrieta, Canon Law, Clerical Abuse, Crime, lead, News, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
On Tuesday the Vatican published a long-awaited revision of Book VI of the Code of Canon Law, unveiling a brand-new penal system including a handful of crimes and making punishment for offenses an obligation, rather than a suggestion.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 29, 2021 | Bishop Michael C. Barber, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Crime, News, Oakland | 0 |
In his homily on Pentecost, May 23, Bishop Michael C. Barber of Oakland recounted how terrified he was when he was robbed at gunpoint the afternoon before while out walking, but he also said he had to look beyond the fear to forgive the suspect.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 27, 2021 | Associated Press, Church in the US, Churches, Crime, Florida, News | 0 |
A Florida-based group of Romanian nationals stole $740,000 from hundreds of churches by taking donation checks from their mailboxes and cashing them, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said Wednesday.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 31, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, Colombia, Colombian bishops, Crime, News | 0 |
Using guns and dressed as police, a group of thieves broke into the Colombian bishops’ conference headquarters in Bogota and took a safe that contained cash, checkbooks and deeds to bank accounts that the church uses to finance programs for the poor.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 27, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Catholic Schools, Church in the US, Crime, News | 0 |
A California woman who threatened to bomb a Catholic preparatory school for planning to publish same-sex wedding announcements was sentenced Friday to nearly 1 1/2 years in federal prison.
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