Francis underlined the advances which recent reforms to canon law ... abuse scandal to impact the Catholic Church. Earlier this week, the 94-year-old former pope denied he knew about allegations ...
“The sexual abuse of ... s love,” the pope said. To address this failure, he said he had confirmed that the decree “Vos Estis Lux Mundi” is henceforth a universal law of the Catholic ...
Pope Francis raised some eyebrows while discussing sex abusers, whom he labeled ... but how do we love at the same time people who have experienced abuse and their abusers?” ...
The American church delegation said the issue of a possible resignation of Cardinal Bernard Law, Archbishop of Boston, once spoken of as the next Pope but now accused of mishandling sex abuse ...
McSwain, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, last month asked the U.S. bishops to preserve their files on sex-abuse complaints ... in a court of law.
Legacy of Karol Wojtyła under scrutiny as Poland comes to terms with scale of sexual abuse in Catholic church With under six months to go before a parliamentary election that is expected to be ...
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Franco Mulakkal as bishop of Jalandhar in northern India, who was acquitted last year of repeatedly raping a nun over a two year period. A court acquitted ...
"The Gospel asks us to love, but how do we love at the same time people who have experienced abuse and their abusers?" a Jesuit asked the pope. "God loves everyone. He loves them, too. But what ...
Earlier this year, the pope made permanent his signature clergy sex abuse law, Vos Estis, which was established to hold bishops and religious superiors accountable for abuse that they commit or ...
Pope Francis has sent one of his top sex crimes investigators to Bolivia at a time when the Andean nation is being shaken by ...
"The Gospel asks us to love, but how do we love at the same time people who have experienced abuse and their abusers?" a Jesuit asked the pope. "God loves everyone. He loves them, too. But what about ...
Former Pope Benedict XVI asked for forgiveness from victims of sexual abuse in Catholic churches in a statement published Tuesday. “I can only express to all the victims of sexual abuse my profound ...
