Federal authorities have filed additional child pornography charges against Father James Jackson. The priest was arrested last weekend, after investigators allegedly found hundreds of explicit sexual images on an external hard drive in his rectory office. He is a member of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter, and pastor of a parish in Providence Rhode Island. He was previously pastor of a Traditional Latin Rite parish in Colorado.
Texans voted this week to prohibit the state from taking any action that would prohibit or limit religious services. The vote is widely considered to be a response to the closing of churches and religious services during the COVID pandemic.
Pope Francis will travel to Cyprus and Greece in early December. The four-day trip will include stops in Athens, Nicosia, and the Greek island of Lesbos. This will be the pope’s second trip to the island of Lesbos. The island is home to an infamous refugee camp that was damaged in a fire last year.
Today the Church honors Saints Elizabeth and Zachariah, the parents of John the Baptist. Elizabeth was a relative of Mary, but the exact biological relationship between them is unclear.