Why don’t Popes ever win the Nobel Peace Prize?
Every pope has been nominated at one point or another since Benedict XV, who reigned from 1914 to 1922, but so far none of them have ever become Nobel laureates.
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by bcadmin | Oct 9, 2022 | lead, News, News Analysis, Nobel Peace Prize, norway, Pope Francis, Pope John Paul II, Protestant Reformation | 0 |
Every pope has been nominated at one point or another since Benedict XV, who reigned from 1914 to 1922, but so far none of them have ever become Nobel laureates.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 3, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in Europe, clerical sexual abuse, East Timor, lead, News, Nobel Peace Prize, Portugal | 0 |
LISBON, Portugal — Clergy sexual abuse cases are casting a pall over the Catholic Church in Portugal, ensnaring senior officials even as authorities scramble to explain why shelter was given to a Nobel Peace Prize-winning bishop at the center of sexual misconduct allegations. Senior Catholic leaders apologized over the weekend […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 30, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in Asia, clerical sexual abuse, East Timor, lead, News, Nobel Peace Prize | 0 |
East Timor’s Catholics reacted with shock but also expressions of support Friday for revered independence icon and Nobel Peace Prize winner Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo following allegations he sexually abused boys decades ago.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 29, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in Asia, clerical sexual abuse, East Timor, lead, News, Nobel Peace Prize | 0 |
The Vatican said Thursday it had imposed disciplinary sanctions on Nobel Peace Prize-winning Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo in the past two years, following allegations that he sexually abused boys in East Timor during the 1990s.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 4, 2022 | Argentina, Church in the Americas, lead, Liberation theology, News, Nobel Peace Prize, Pope Francis | 0 |
Pope Francis has sent a note to famed Argentine Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Perez Esquivel after the latter suffered a health scare at the start of the New Year, wishing him well and offering prayers for a speedy recovery.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 26, 2021 | Anglican Church, Associated Press, Church in Africa, News, Nobel Peace Prize, South Africa | 0 |
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning icon, died Sunday at 90.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 11, 2021 | Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Asia, Church in Philippines, News, Nobel Peace Prize, Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte | 0 |
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines congratulated veteran journalist Maria Ressa on being the first Filipino to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 9, 2020 | Caritas Internationalis, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, News, Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Prize, World Food Program | 0 |
The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize to the World Food Program, the world’s largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and promoting food security.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 8, 2020 | Faith at Home, Faith for others, News, Nobel Peace Prize, St. Teresa of Kolkata | 0 |
Did you know that one of the most famous lines attributed to St. Teresa of Kolkata was never spoken by her?
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