Many Australian priests find themselves alienated from Rome.

BERLIN. In a rare move that needed the Pope's approval, a Lutheran convert has been ordained as a Catholic priest in Germany and is being allowed to remain married to his wife — who has already become a nun.

Australian priests should be allowed leeway to adapt to the new Mass, the National Council of Priests said. Hundreds of priests were angry about the lack of consultation over the new liturgy, with some indicating they would refuse to use it when it came into force in Australia in November...read more

THE Catholic Church faces open defiance over the introduction of its new Mass translation this year, with a dozen priests indicating they will refuse to use it and hundreds of others "steaming" over a lack of consultation.

KAMPALA. Scuffles erupted at the funeral of a murdered Ugandan gay rights activist after the presiding priest charged that homosexuality is "evil and will be punished by God".