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1. 300 Priests Abused More Than 1000 Children. Now What?

This week, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court released a grand jury report into child sex abuse, listing more than 300 accused Catholic clergy and over 1,000 child victims. The report documents that one group ...

Created on 16 August 2018

2. Report: Bishops Covered Up Decades of Priests' Sexual Abuse

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro has released a more than 1,300-page grand jury report detailing allegations of widespread sexual abuse of more than 1,000 children by Catholic priests in the ...

Created on 15 August 2018

3. NYT: Pope's 'Respect' for LGBT a Sign of Future 'Acceptance'

On Thursday, The New York Times published an op-ed that asked whether the Catholic Church would ever be able to get its progressive act together and shift its stance towards the LGBT community. While not ...

Created on 05 July 2018

4. Charismatic Catholic on Short List as Supreme Court Nominee ...

Amy Coney Barrett, a charismatic Catholic who has become somewhat of a hero to religious conservatives over the past year, has apparently been placed on the short list to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy ...

Created on 03 July 2018

5. 14 Priests Suspended Over 'Improper Conduct'

Catholic church authorities in the Chilean city of Rancagua on Tuesday suspended 14 priests while they are investigated for "improper conduct," a development that could deepen the crisis the church is facin ...

Created on 23 May 2018

6. Pope Francis Could Purge Catholic Hierarchy ...

Thirty-four Chilean bishops summoned to the Vatican over a cover-up of sexual abuse by clergy began crisis meetings with Pope Francis on Tuesday that could result in a purge of Chile's Catholic hierarchy ...

Created on 15 May 2018

7. Pope on Sexual Abuse Cover-up: 'I Was Part of the Problem'

Pope Francis told Chilean victims of clerical sexual abuse "I was part of the problem" and apologized for dismissing accusations of a cover-up by Catholic bishops, one of the victims said on Wednesday ...

Created on 04 May 2018

8. Pope Francis Adviser Pleads Not Guilty to Sexual Crimes, Must Face Trial

Vatican Treasurer George Pell must face trial on charges of historical sexual offenses, an Australian court ruled on Tuesday, making him the most senior Catholic official to be tried on such allegations. ...

Created on 01 May 2018

9. Cardinal to Saudi Leaders: Christians Cannot Be Second-Class Citizens

... citizens. French cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran's trip, the first by such a senior Catholic figure, raised hopes of more openness in the kingdom, which is home to Islam's holiest sites but bans the practi ...

Created on 26 April 2018

10. Pope Invites Leaders of All Christian Denominations in the Mideast to Peace Summit

Pope Francis has invited leaders of all Christian denominations in the Middle East to join him in Italy in July to discuss how they can help bring peace to the region, the Vatican said on Wednesday. The ...

Created on 25 April 2018

11. Pope Francis Calls Out Satan Himself After Alleged 'No Hell' Comments

... In the document known as an Apostolic Exhortation called "Gaudete et Exsultate," (Rejoice and Be Glad), the pope also bewails the amount of defamation and slander spread online by some Roman Catholic blogger ...

Created on 09 April 2018

12. Change of Heart? China Makes Effort to Open Relations With Church

... of bishops. Chinese Catholics are split between those who attend officially sanctioned churches run by government-approved bishops and technically illegal "underground" churches, the vast majority of whic ...

Created on 03 April 2018

13. Did Pope Francis Really Just Deny the Existence of Hell?

... l doesn't exist, the disappearance of sinning souls exists." The universal catechism of the Catholic Church says "The teaching of the Catholic Church affirms the existence of hell and its eternity." I ...

Created on 29 March 2018

14. Pope Francis: These People Cannot Call Themselves Christians

... Italy, such as Sicily's Cosa Nostra and Calabria's 'Ndrangheta, see themselves as part of a religious, cult-like group. Particularly in smaller towns and cities in the south, they take part in Catholic s ...

Created on 28 March 2018

15. Hundreds of Catholic Leaders to Petition for Clean Dream Act ...

As the March 5 deadline for DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) looms, the Catholic community is escalating its demands for a compassionate response to the crisis faced by an estimated 800,000 ...

Created on 22 February 2018

16. Come Wednesday, Christians Will Face Unique Conundrum for the First Time Since WWII

... food, reflecting and carrying out extra acts of charity. Heavily Irish-American Roman Catholic dioceses in the United States often make an exception when St. Patrick's Day falls on a Lenten Friday, allow ...

Created on 12 February 2018

17. Former Pope Makes Stunning Confession

Former pope Benedict said in a letter published in an Italian newspaper on Wednesday that he is in the last phase of life and on a "pilgrimage towards home." Benedict, who in February 2013 became the first ...

Created on 08 February 2018

18. Pope Expresses 'Pain, Shame' Over Church Sex-Abuse Scandal

Pope Francis expressed "pain and shame" on Tuesday over a sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church in Chile, seeking forgiveness for a crisis that has scarred its credibility and left many faithful skeptica ...

Created on 16 January 2018

19. Pope Orders Vatican Takeover

Pope Francis has ordered the Vatican takeover of an elite Catholic society in Peru whose founder is accused of sexually and physically abusing children and former members of the group. The move, announced ...

Created on 11 January 2018

20. Cardinal Who Covered Up Significant Sex Abuse Dies

Cardinal Bernard Law, the former Archbishop of Boston who resigned in disgrace after covering up years of sexual abuse of children by priests and whose name became a byword for scandal in the Catholic Church, ...

Created on 20 December 2017