The allegations will be explored in investigative Italian TV show Le Iene on Sunday.

The accusations date back to the 1980s and 1980s at the Vatican’s St Pius X youth seminary. The boys were between the ages of 10 and 14 at the time.

The Guardian reports during the programme one of the accused priests is confronted by a journalist about the allegations.

After he hears the accusations made against him in the audio interviews, he responds: “No, it’s not possible. I can’t remember … I’m not saying they’re lying, I’m saying they have misunderstood.”

The criminal complaints come after the Vatican said in September it would seek to indict 28-year-old Fr Gabriele Martinelli, for allegedly abusing several altar boys in 2012 when he trained at the youth seminary. According to The Guardian, that move was prompted by Le Iene’s first investigation into the school in 2017.

The Vatican also said two months ago that it was seeking to indict a former rector at the youth seminary. It was claimed Fr Enrico Radice, assisted someone to commit an offence.

Gaetano Pecoraro, one of the two authors of the investigation said: “We decided to keep digging as we had the feeling that the previous cases were not isolated.

“There were more victims and more priests involved in sexual abuse within the Vatican.”

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Folau, who was sacked by Rugby Australia (RA) in May for posting controversial comments on social media, described the fires as a “little taste of God’s judgement”.

Wildfires have raged across eastern Australia in recent weeks destroying hundreds of homes and killing six people.

Speaking to members of Sydney’s Truth of Jesus Christ Church on Sunday, the former Wallabies player implied the natural disaster was an act of judgement by God following the nation’s recent decision to pass laws on abortion and same-sex marriage.

“God’s word says for a man and a woman to be together, one man and one woman in the covenant of marriage to be together.

“Abortion – it’s now okay to murder and kill unborn children and they deem that to be okay.

“Look how rapid these bushfires, these droughts, all these things have come in a short period of time, do you think it’s a coincidence or not?

“God is speaking to you guys – Australia, you need to repent and take these laws and turn it back into following what is right by God,” Folau said.

Australian Prime Minister and Christian, Scott Morrison has condemned Folau’s remarks as “appallingly insensitive”.

Morrsion told reporters on Monday: “He is a free citizen, he can say whatever he likes but that doesn’t mean he can’t have regard to the grievance [and] offence this would have caused to the people whose homes have burnt down.”

Folau is…

The allegations will be explored in investigative Italian TV show Le Iene on Sunday.

The accusations date back to the 1980s and 1980s at the Vatican’s St Pius X youth seminary. The boys were between the ages of 10 and 14 at the time.

The Guardian reports during the programme one of the accused priests is confronted by a journalist about the allegations.

After he hears the accusations made against him in the audio interviews, he responds: “No, it’s not possible. I can’t remember … I’m not saying they’re lying, I’m saying they have misunderstood.”

The criminal complaints come after the Vatican said in September it would seek to indict 28-year-old Fr Gabriele Martinelli, for allegedly abusing several altar boys in 2012 when he trained at the youth seminary. According to The Guardian, that move was prompted by Le Iene’s first investigation into the school in 2017.

The Vatican also said two months ago that it was seeking to indict a former rector at the youth seminary. It was claimed Fr Enrico Radice, assisted someone to commit an offence.

Gaetano Pecoraro, one of the two authors of the investigation said: “We decided to keep digging as we had the feeling that the previous cases were not isolated.

“There were more victims and more priests involved in sexual abuse within the Vatican.”

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Rev Roland Parson, 72, said on 10^th November, police offers told him he could not show his ‘Blood of Jesus Christ’ banner, which was fixed with rope to the side of his preaching stand.

Rev Parsons said two police officers informed him that he was violating the Royal Parks regulations banning the display of printed material. However, he said officers didn’t do anything about other large banners displayed in the area.

 “How can these words be a crime?’ Parsons told The Mail on Sunday. “There is nothing inflammatory or disrespectful about them.”

“I have come to Hyde Park at least once a month for 20 years to preach with my banner. I have never before been stopped by police but now suddenly I am told it is a crime.

“Speakers’ Corner is the bastion of free speech and this is my calling from God. Yet neither seems to matter to the authorities.”

Speakers’ Corner in Hyde Park is a traditional site area where open-air public speaking, debate, and discussion are allowed.

The Mail on Sunday said Metropolitan Police confirmed officers “spoke to a man who had attached a large banner to infrastructure in the park in contravention of regulations. He was asked to remove the banner, which he did.”

Rev Parsons has said he will take the matter to court.

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The project, to mark 2020 Year of Cathedrals, Year of Pilgrimage, will ensure there is a pilgrimage route for every Church of England cathedral taking in established wayfarer routes, other places of faith, spiritual pathways and lesser known pilgrim ways.

Each cathedral will have a route available to its visitors, offering one day options to two weeks and beyond in some cases.

Most routes, such as the 35-mile St Alban Pilgrim Way from St Paul’s Cathedral that opened in June, offer “green” public transport options to make them more environmentally sustainable.

Dr Guy Hayward of the British Pilgrimage Trust was inspired to do the project as 2020 brings together a number of individual cathedral anniversaries, from the 850th anniversary of Becket at Canterbury to the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Coventry]

Next year also see a number of new pilgrimage routes opened and established including the Northern Saints Trails that explores the North East as the Christian crossroads of the British Isles.

Dr Howard said: “This project is about creating a whole new way of engaging with cathedrals for everyone, whether or not they have been into a cathedral before.

“It turns cathedrals into more than just tourist places by turning tourists into visitors and visitors into pilgrims.

“And cathedrals are, in some way, holy magnets: they draw you towards them, most…

According to Catholic aid charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), demonstrators recently broke into the Church of the Assumption in Santiago  and set fire to pews, statues and other sacred images, many of which were dragged out of the church to make barricades against police.

The church was also covered in satanic imagery and graffiti.

Following the attack, the parish priest, Fr Pedro Narbona, told parishioners “not to slip into the cycle of hatred that can only end up poisoning the souls”.

He added: “The Church is built not so much out of physical materials, but rather of the living stones, which we [all] are… We are the living stones and this is the fundamental truth.”

The attack on the Church of the Assumption, part of a spate of attacks on churches in Chile, came during protests sparked by the government of President Sebastian Pinera’s decision to increase the prices of subway tickets.

ACN said a week earlier, on 1^st November, there was another attempted attack on the Church of the Assumption but Fr Pedro called the fire brigade in time.

The charity added that The Church of Vera Cruz, Santiago, Vilparaiso Cathedral, and the parish of Saint Teresa of the Andes in Villa Alfredo Lorca, Punta Arenas, were also attacked over the past few weeks.

Maria Covarrubias, National Director ACN (Chile), said the charity is deeply concerned at spike in violence…

Although 17^th November has been set aside for Christians in the UK and Ireland to pray for persecuted Christians, people are being urged to set aside the whole month for prayer.

Some 80 per cent of those persecuted for their faith around the world today are Christians, and the indications are that violence against Christians is on the rise, according to a report commissioned by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office from the Bishop of Truro.

Release International said part of the reason it chose to focus on Pakistan for this year’s IDOP is because “believers face discrimination in education, employment and the law”.

The charity added: “Most Christians in Pakistan are poor, illiterate and vulnerable to abuse, especially young women and girls. Pakistan’s blasphemy laws have been used to make false allegations against Christians, often to settle personal vendettas.”

Release International has helped Christians who have been falsely accused of blasphemy and given support to families of prisoners like Asia Bibi, a Pakistani mother who spent 10 years in jail on charges that were later thrown out by the Supreme Court.

Speaking recently from Canada, the 54-year-old called on Christians everywhere to remember others behind bars.

She said in a video posted on YouTube: “I Asia Bibi, believe in Jesus. My belief is strong. I never let my belief weaken.

“Stay true to your…

In a Facebook post the US evangelist shared an article about one of West’s Sunday Service’s and said he was “thrilled to read about Kanye West using his testimony of what God has done in his life to point thousands of people to Jesus Christ”.

He said he was glad that the services are “reaching a whole new group of people”.

“Kanye is doing what he believes, even if there are sceptics and even though it goes against the liberal beliefs of most in the entertainment industry,” Rev Graham added.

“Pray for Kanye—there will be many temptations and the devil will try to discourage, distract, and even destroy him. Pray that he will keep his eyes focused on Jesus, and that God would guide and protect him. God bless you, Kanye—we’re praying for you.”

The rapper started hosting Sunday Services earlier this year.  The venue and time for the services are only announced with a few days’ notice, but are usually held in Los Angeles at “The Forum”.

The service includes worship with West’s gospel choir, a preacher sharing the message of salvation, and an altar call.

West is due to attend Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas on Sunday morning. It’s been reported his choir will perform at an evening service.

The rapper released his first Christian album Jesus is King last month. The album has broken records on Billboard charts and has…