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FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The court imposed a six-month suspended prison sentence on him, meaning he will not have to spend time in prison.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pius, who was pope from 1939 to 1958, has been strongly attacked for not speaking out publicly against the Holocaust but defended by some for the vast hidden work he did to help many victims of the Nazis, fascists and communists.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The recent Vatican summit on the protection of minors ended on Feb. 24. Since then many have asked, “What’s next?”
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
If tried and found guilty, the penalties can vary depending on the seriousness of the crime and, often, the age of the accused; possible penalties include removal from office, restricted ministry, “a life of prayer and penance” without any public ministry and dismissal from the clerical state.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The Vatican said the conviction is “a painful news that, we are well aware, has shocked very many persons, not only in Australia.” At the same time, “it reaffirmed maximum respect for the Australian judicial authorities.”
FaithVatican Dispatch
Michael J. O’Loughlin
“To generalize, to look at a whole category of people is never legitimate,” said Archbishop Charles Scicluna, one of the Vatican’s point man in the fight against sex abuse. Homosexuality and heterosexuality are “human conditions,” he said, adding, “they are not something that predisposes to sin.”