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[Catholic Caucus] Polish Police Disrupt Mass, Kidnap Priest (Video) Polish police removed Salesian Father Michał Woźnicki, 54, from his room while he was celebrating an October 19 Traditional Latin Mass. Woźnicki was suspended for alleged “disobedience” in 2016, and expelled from his order in 2018. Nevertheless, he kept living in the Salesian house in Poznan where he built an altar in his room in order to say Mass for some faithful. The priest doesn't comply with coronavirus restrictions and doesn't use masks. Therefore, in a spirit of mercy, the Salesians called police. When the officers entered, Woźnicki told them to...

One well-authenticated cure by Fr. John Bosco took place the same year that six boys were healed of smallpox at Lanzo. It occurred about 5 p.m. on May 16, the evening of Pentecost, in the Church of Mary Help of Christians, which Don Bosco built next to his complex of homes and schools for boys in Turin. Maria Stardero, a blind girl of ten or twelve, was led by her aunt into the church, where dozens of boys were standing about or kneeling in prayer as they waited for Don Bosco to arrive for con­fessions. Fr. Francis Dalmazzo, one of...

As they continued to look for survivors and shelter the homeless, officials from the Salesians of St. John Bosco learned Tuesday that several hundred people had perished, according to Hannah Gregory, a Salesian public relations representative. The private high school is a part of the Salesian Catholic order, which works specifically with young people around the world, encouraging them to learn and care for themselves. The order had six facilities in Haiti; most have been destroyed. The hardest hit was a compound called Enam in Port-au-Prince that served primary grades and offered vocational training for older children, said the Rev....

 At 30 years old, Sister Danielle Gonzalez is the youngest of 19 nuns at the community of Mary Help of Christians Academy in North Haledon. No lightning-bolt moment brought Danielle Gonzalez to the convent at St. Joseph's Provincial Center, just a gentle and consistent call that only she could hear.  Gonzalez, 30, who grew up in Pequannock, was a senior at the College of New Jersey who enjoyed wearing Jones New York suits by day and dancing at clubs with friends by night. She earned a black belt in karate before the idea of becoming a nun ever entered...

As a teenager in Mexico, Pascual Chavez asked his dying mother for money to buy a pair of basketball shoes. His mom agreed to give him the money if he became a priest. Today, at 59, Rector Major Chavez is the leader of the Salesians of Don Bosco, the second-largest Catholic order in the world, behind the Jesuits. He lives in Rome. His only superior is the pope. In his first visit here to the U.S. since becoming rector major in 2002, Chavez is touring the Salesians' Eastern United States Province for two weeks this month. Headquartered in New Rochelle,...

Australia arrests priest 12:37 AM CDT on Friday, June 25, 2004 Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia – Police arrested a Catholic priest Friday after he was deported from Samoa for failing to disclose his conviction in a child molestation case. The Rev. Frank Klep faces five charges of indecent assault stemming from offenses against boys dating to 1973, police told The Associated Press. Authorities on Samoa, in the South Pacific, on Wednesday ordered Father Klep deported, giving him two days to leave, said Samoan official Auseugaefa Poloma Komiti, according to The Dallas Morning News. Mr. Komiti said Father Klep's superiors...

Samoa moves to deport fugitive priest 03:05 PM CDT on Wednesday, June 23, 2004 By REESE DUNKLIN / The Dallas Morning News The Samoan government, prompted by a Dallas Morning News investigation, is moving to deport a fugitive Catholic priest because he failed to disclose his conviction in a previous child molestation case when entering the country. The priest’s superiors in the Salesians of Don Bosco religious order also face an immigration inquiry because they, too, failed to make the same disclosures, said Auseuga Poloma Komiti, the senior adviser to Samoa’s prime minister and Cabinet. Samoan authorities will serve...

Government moves to deport fugitive priest 02:11 PM CDT on Wednesday, June 23, 2004 By REESE DUNKLIN / The Dallas Morning News The Samoan government, prompted by a Dallas Morning News investigation, is moving to deport a fugitive Catholic priest because he failed to disclose his conviction in a previous child molestation case when entering the country. The priest's superiors in the Salesians of Don Bosco religious order also face an immigration inquiry because they, too, failed to make the same disclosures, said Auseuga Poloma Komiti, the senior adviser to Samoa's prime minister and cabinet. Samoan authorities will serve the...