The leaders of the U.S. bishops’ conference said they shared with Pope Francis how the church in the United States has been “lacerated by the evil of sexual abuse.”
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Vatican confirms ongoing Sistine Chapel Choir finance investigation
The Vatican confirmed an ongoing investigation into financial irregularities involving the directors of the Sistine Chapel Choir.
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Pope Francis accepts resignation of West Virginia bishop accused of sexually harassing adults
Bransfield had been implicated in 2012 in an infamous Philadelphia priestly sex abuse case.
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Cardinal meeting with Pope Francis accused of ignoring abuse
As U.S. Catholic leaders head to the Vatican to meet with Pope Francis about a growing church abuse crisis, the cardinal leading the delegation has been accused by two people of not doing enough to stop a priest who was arrested this week on sexual abuse charges.
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Kenyan religious leaders fight to rescue young girls from child marriage
As she sat outside her hut making jewelry to sell to tourists, 9-year-old Sajon Lengupayi pleaded with passers-by to rescue her from an early marriage that she said her parents arranged without her consent.
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Report: 3,677 sex abuse cases in German Catholic Church
A report on sexual abuse inside the Catholic Church in Germany says 3,677 people were abused by clergy between 1946 and 2014, two leading German media outlets said Wednesday.
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Chilean archdiocese responds with practical measures to tackle abuse
Chilean Catholics are training clerics and parishioners in abuse prevention and counseling victims, but not just abuse in church settings.
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Catholic teaching, pastoral response shows hope for those hurt by suicide
Pennsylvania priest ministers to a family that had just lost a son to suicide.
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19 more Catholic institutions divest from fossil fuel industry
The Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference and Caritas India are among 19 Catholic institutions that have decided to divest from the fossil fuel industry.
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Archbishop Ganswein says abuse crisis is church’s 9/11
The concern of now-retired Pope Benedict XVI and the promises made by the majority of church leaders were not able to stop the evil of clerical sexual abuse, which has been the 9/11 of the Catholic Church, the retired pope’s personal secretary said.