This week on “Inside the Vatican,” Gerry and Colleen unpack the most comprehensive Vatican document on gender identity yet.
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U.S. bishops approve third-party system for reporting abuse
A nationwide third-party system for receiving confidential reports of “certain complaints” against bishops took a step closer to being implemented during the spring general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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What an absent Father can teach us about the Trinity
A father is a father even when he is absent.
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Explainer: How could Bishop Bransfield misuse funds for years without raising red flags?
I knew who I needed to talk to process this news: my mom, an account who once worked for the Archdiocese of Washington.
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U.S. bishops may revise catechism to reflect capital punishment stance
The bishops’ proposed draft about the death penalty states that “today it is no longer just nor reasonable to apply the death penalty,” stressing that it is not needed to protect society and its application is “inequitable and flawed.”
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The stark choices the Vatican’s gender theory document is raising
The Vatican’s document on “gender theory” is bound to create further conflict, writes David Cloutier of the Catholic University of America, but it exposes the confusion around the differences between nature and choice, and between respect and affirmation.
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Bishops debate extent of lay involvement in sex abuse response
The possibility that bishops would have the option of handling claims of misconduct or mismanagement without the involvement of laypeople troubled the head of the church’s highest sexual abuse commission.
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New poll: U.S. Catholics believe bishops need to manage abuse crisis better
A poll released Tuesday found that 69 percent of U.S. Catholics believe the clergy sexual abuse scandal is “an ongoing problem.”
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Listen to the L.G.B.T. person: a response to the Vatican’s gender theory document
The Congregation for Catholic Education’s new document on ‘gender theory’ is a welcome invitation to dialogue. But it also contradicts science and ignores the real-life experience of L.G.B.T. people, Fr. James Martin, S.J. writes.
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U.S. bishops must address the crisis of pastoral courage
After a year of crisis, the U.S. bishops are still failing to respond adequately to the people they serve, writes Sam Sawyer, S.J.