A Catholic woman in Japan has alleged the officials of the Divine Word religious congregation covered up the crimes of a priest, who sexually abused her for five years. The unnamed woman in her 60s ...

After a turbulent struggle for justice, the trial against a former priest charged with sexual abuse of children in his shelter finally starts on February 22 in Timor-Leste. It is the biggest case in ...

Although the University of San Carlos North Campus (formerly USC Boys High) is administered by the Society of the Divine Word (SVD), only few of its students know that the future religious missionary ...

A Society of the Divine Word (SVD) official has denied allegations of “conspiracy” and “false accusations” against Richard Daschbach, who was dismissed from the priesthood for sexual abuse committed ...

SAINT Arnold Janssen was a prayerful high-school teacher in mathematics and science. He was ordained as a diocesan priest in August 1861. Working in the missions, he realized the importance of ...

The fact that no child safeguarding case management files existed in the Divine Word (SVD) missionary congregation prior to 2013 "is of great concern and indicates a lack of any focus on child ...

A Filipino missionary of the Societas Verbi Divini (SVD) congregation was recently appointed as the national director for the Pontifical Mission Societies in New Zealand. The Catholic Bishops' ...

'A list with the names of the girls was on his door, so we knew when it was our turn...It happened every day, during his afternoon naps and the night,' says one victim DILI, Timor-Leste – The police ...

The Divine Word Seminary - Tagaytay (DWST) is marking its 50th anniversary or Semicentennial this year and has chosen the theme: Grace upon Grace to celebrate its harvest of over 3,000 alumni coming ...