A gavel and block are seen in this illustration photo. Sean Sweeney, a former business manager at St. Matthias Parish in suburban Philadelphia, was arrested Nov. 20, 2025, and charged with stealing more than $1.1 million, allegedly diverting funds through his private companies while billing the parish as a subcontractor during his 2017-2024 tenure there. (OSV News photo/Andrew Kelly, Reuters) The Finnish Supreme Court has convicted parliamentarian Päivi Räsänen on one charge related to her expression of her Christian beliefs on marriage and sexual ethics. In the 3-2 decision, the court said Räsänen’s criminal conviction over the distribution of a 2004 pamphlet alongside her Lutheran Bishop Juhana Pohjola was for “making and keeping available to…
