Dispatches

ldquo The accountability of bishops is a source of great concern rdquo to the 17 members of the Commission for the Protection of Minors established by Pope Francis in March 2014 Cardinal Sean O rsquo Malley the president of this body told reporters at a Vatican press briefing February 7 ldquo

Pope Francis made a cybersplash with his recent participation at a Google hangout where he live-chatted with young people from around the world In December he reached out directly to a different group of young people in Arizona volunteers for the Jesuit-sponsored Kino Border Initiative The group

In a new and important initiative aimed at protecting minors from sexual abuse in the Catholic Church eliminating all such abuse and assisting the victims of past abuse Pope Francis has sent a letter to the Presidents of the Bishops Conferences and the Superiors of the Institutes of Consecrated Li

Archbishop Oscar Romero ldquo is a martyr of the Church of the Second Vatican Council In killing him they wanted to hit the Church that flowed from the Second Vatican Council rdquo Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia the postulator of his cause for beatification told a press briefing in the Vatican on

El Salvadoran archbishop ‘was killed in hatred of the faith’ on March 24, 1980

In a brief statement today Pope Francis set Archbishop Oscar Romero on a course to canonization by confirming his death as a martydomAccording to the Vatican release quot Promulgation of Decrees of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints quot Today the Holy Father Francis received in privat

Benedict Daswa, a layman, was killed for his opposition to the use of traditional medicines.

A few hours before the Super Bowl I happened upon some tweets from the Ignatian Solidarity Network opining over the kinds of advertisements they wish we rsquo d see during the game ndash ads about how climate change is real or the need for comprehensive immigration reform They even did some moc

Notorious apartheid-era death squad commander given parole after 20 years behind bars.