Cardinal Kevin Farrell, head of the Vatican’s family and laity office, spoke as the U.S. church hierarchy has come under fire from ordinary American Catholics outraged that ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s misconduct with men was apparently an open secret in some U.S. church circles.
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Vatican meets #MeToo: Nuns denounce their abuse by priests
After decades of silence, the nun is one of a handful worldwide to come forward recently on an issue that the Catholic Church has yet to come to terms with: The sexual abuse of religious sisters by priests and bishops.
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Revelations of US cardinal sex abuse will force pope’s hand
If the accusations against Cardinal Theodore McCarrick bear out — including a new case reported Friday involving an 11-year-old boy — will Pope Francis revoke his title as cardinal?
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Polish priest set for sainthood criticized for anti-Semitism
Pope Francis’ decision to move the World War II-era head of Poland’s Catholic Church a step closer to possible sainthood has hit a stumbling block, after two leading Jewish organizations and even Polish Catholic publications called him out for anti-Semitic views.
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Vatican City still has no policy to fight clergy sex abuse
Seven years after the Vatican ordered all bishops conferences around the world to develop written guidelines to prevent abuse, tend to victims, punish offenders and keep pedophiles out of the priesthood, the headquarters of the Catholic Church has no such policy.
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Pope Francis: Abortion is ‘white glove’ equivalent to Nazi crimes
“Last century, the whole world was scandalized by what the Nazis did to purify the race. Today, we do the same thing but with white gloves,” Pope Francis said.
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Pope begins purge in Chile church over sex abuse scandal
Bishop Barros has been at the center of Chile’s growing scandal ever since Francis appointed him bishop of Osorno in 2015 over the objections of the local faithful, his own sex abuse prevention advisers and some of Chile’s other bishops.
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LGBT community cheers Pope Francis’ ‘God made you like this’ remark
The Vatican declined to confirm or deny the remarks in keeping with its policy not to comment on the pope’s private conversations.
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The Swiss Guard will be getting new, 3D-printed headgear
The world’s oldest standing army is getting some new headgear.
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Memoir of secretly baptized Jewish boy under new scrutiny
The kidnapping became an international scandal and contributed to the anti-clerical sentiment sweeping across Europe.