The Cross : How are you ? Father Bienvenu Kasongo: For my part, I am doing well after this difficult moment. When the cyclone passed, I had to take refuge in the cellar of the presbytery. The two large trees in the courtyard fell, the Apprentis d’Auteuil orphan boarding school next door was affected, as … Read more
Exegete, writer, poet… Gérard Bessière was above all “a seeker of light, who wanted to understand men through companionship with Jesus»underlines Yves Bescond, the founder of Diabase, who published the last works of the priest who died on Sunday December 8, at the age of 96. Author of around fifty works, Gérard Bessière became known … Read more
When he was still officiating in his home diocese of Yopougon (Ivory Coast), Father Yves Magloire Olloué heard his Ivorian confreres returning from a mission in the diocese of Blois. “They said that there, they lived alone in big houses, that it was hard, he remembers. I was apprehensive. In Ivory Coast, I always lived … Read more
No more priest, but a computer which sits in the confessional. For the hundredth anniversary of the Swiss society of Saint-Luc, the Saint-Pierre chapel, located in Lucerne (Switzerland), installed an artificial intelligence system called “Deus in Machina”, so that the faithful can dialogue directly with… Jesus. The faithful thus share their questions with “a celestial … Read more
“The outcome of a fight”: the day after the announcement of the conviction of a Touraine priest by the canonical criminal court to a perpetual ban on practicing, due to sexual abuse of several children, the victims expressed their ” relief “. “This conviction is a huge step for the victims and the families, the … Read more
A priest from the diocese of Nancy and Toul was sentenced to 18 months suspended for possession of child pornography images by the Nancy criminal court. He was acquitted of sexual assault charges brought against him, France Bleu reported on Monday. Already subject to a canonical penal decree prohibiting him from any contact with minors … Read more
It was in 2018 that the diocese claims to have received the first testimonies. On its website, the diocese of Marseille revealed that testimonies of sexual abuse targeted Father Raymond Mizan, known in Marseille for having taught and then directed the Paul-Mizan high school for almost half a century, between 1951 and 1997 The priest … Read more
A priest was sentenced on Friday October 8 to 18 years in prison for rape and sexual assault committed on several children, notably when he was a priest in the village of Massiac (Cantal). Philippe Pouzet, 70, was also sentenced to a treatment order, five-year socio-judicial monitoring, a ban on traveling to Cantal and a … Read more
An assassination with worldwide repercussions. However, the death of Father Marcelo Pérez, killed on Sunday October 20, in Chiapas, in southern Mexico, is far from being an isolated case. The facade adjoining the Sagrada Familia church in Mexico City is decorated with a colorful fresco. In the center of the painting, two men, gray hair, … Read more
Jesuit priest Marcelo Perez was killed in a shooting Sunday, October 20, in the Mexican town of San Cristobal de Las Casas, shortly after celebrating Sunday mass, according to Chiapas state prosecutors. “Father Marcelo”as his parishioners called him, was known for his defense of indigenous and worker rights, but also for his public denunciations of … Read more