Vatican excommunicates defiant African archbishop
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ROME -- Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo, the provocative and colorful African prelate known for exorcisms, mass healing ceremonies, and temporarily breaking with the church to marry a Korean acupuncturist, was excommunicated yesterday by the Vatican.
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The outburst came when he met the archbishop of Madrid, Cardinal Antonio Rouco Varela, and a group of Spanish bishops who were visiting the Vatican following a row over the use of condoms in tackling the Aids ...
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An excommunicated Roman Catholic archbishop continued to defy the Vatican on Sunday when he installed two married men as priests.
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A Catholic bishop is asked to explain his decision to keep a priest in his parish after a sex abuse allegation.
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A leading critic of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has resigned as archbishop of Bulawayo after accusations of adultery appeared in state media but vowed to continue his campaign for democracy.
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ZANZIBAR, Tanzania, Feb. 18 -- The Anglicans' spiritual leader, faced with a deepening rift over homosexuality and scripture in the worldwide Anglican Communion, called Sunday for humility among bishops as the conflict threatened to fracture the church.
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A new Roman Catholic archbishop has been named in Warsaw, Poland, to replace Stanislaw Wielgus, who resigned after admitting to ties with the secret police.Comment
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Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori may face hostility at a meeting in Tanzania with Anglican bishops.
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One of the most prominent critics of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe resigns as an archbishop.
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A Zimbabwean man who has sued the Catholic Archbishop of Bulawayo Diocese Pius Ncube for adultery, has notified the local papal representative of the case, state media reported Sunday.
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Africa's Anglican bishops condemn homosexuality as an "abomination" at their summit meeting in Nigeria.
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Anglican Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane has stepped into the fray between Archbishop Desmond Tutu and President Thabo Mbeki, calling for calm and offering to mediate between the two.
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Heavily armed police commandos stormed a Jerusalem church compound and arrested nuclear whistle blower Mordechai Vanunu on Thursday, drawing harsh condemnation from the Anglican Church to which he belongs.
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One of Cameroon's most senior religious leaders is unhappy with Monday's presidential election.
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Nigerian Archbishop Peter Akinola has rejected the U.S. Episcopal Church's latest efforts to calm tensions over the consecration of gay bishops &#151; an issue threatening to split the global Anglican-Episcopalian family.
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In his continued defiance of the Vatican, Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo may have caused the final rift between himself and the Holy See
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A Sicilian bishop receives death threats after refusing to celebrate the funeral of a notorious Mafia gangster.