The Christian Post's weekly look back highlights three anniversaries from this week in church history: the start of the Protestant Reformation, Doug Phillips' resignation from Vision Forum, and the death of Ethiopian church leader Salama III.
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The Archdiocese of New York has agreed to pay $800 million to settle clergy sexual abuse claims from about 1,300 people, ending more than seven years of litigation. Archbishop Ronald Hicks told clergy the deal becomes final once signed, which is planned for the week of Nov. 6.
Rhoda Jatau, a Christian mother of five from Nigeria who spent more than 19 months in jail on a blasphemy charge before being acquitted, received the First Step Forum's Shahbaz Bhatti Freedom Award on Friday. She was nominated by ADF International. The award honors Bhatti, a Christian Pakistani lawmaker assassinated in 2011 for opposing his country's blasphemy laws.
After Sunday's Angelus, Pope Leo XIV appealed for an end to hostilities in Yemen, pointing to suffering in Taiz from shortages of food, water and medical care. He also prayed for victims of a terrorist attack on churchgoers in Jordan and looked ahead to an Assisi interfaith gathering on Oct. 27.
In a Christian Daily International column, the writer reflects on a series of talks he gave at Haggai International's Global Advisory Council in Bali titled "Meet Me in Galilee." He points to the resurrection accounts, where the angel and Jesus tell the disciples to go to Galilee, and argues the instruction carries a lesson about where God chooses to meet his people.
