The bishops’ apology is the latest expression of remorse from the Canadian arms of the Catholic Church but still falls short of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s call for the pope himself to apologize in Canada.
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Synods and plenary councils are happening around the world. Their goal? Conversion.
In many countries, hundreds or thousands of cases of clerical sexual abuse have made the need for conversion in the church painfully obvious.
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Pope Francis orders German cardinal whose handling of abuse created a ‘crisis of trust’ to take a sabbatical
Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne will take a “spiritual sabbatical” after a Vatican investigation found he did nothing illegal in his handling of clerical sex abuse allegations, but he did contribute to a “crisis of trust” in his archdiocese.
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German synodal way begins with calls for the Catholic Church to ‘embrace radical change’
While some bishops have called for rapid and dramatic changes to the German church, representatives from the Vatican have underscored the need for unity and deliberation.
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Pope Francis told bishops to shepherd pro-choice politicians ‘with God’s style.’ What does that mean in practice?
Pope Francis has a broad—and brave—vision of what being a pastor means, writes Sam Sawyer, S.J. And that vision has room for bishops to disagree with each other about the best way forward.
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Women in the College of Cardinals: A modest proposal for a more equal (and prophetic) church
More pressing than the question of whether women can be ordained to the priesthood is the reality that clericalism and sexism have created and sustained a system in which women are treated as second-class citizens.
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After 9/11 and Afghanistan, does just war theory have a place in Catholic thought?
The best argument against just war theory’s continuing place in Catholic teaching may not be that it is necessarily wrong in theory, but that it misunderstands the realities of war and peace today.
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Explainer: What happens when an Anglican bishop becomes Catholic?
Why, and how, do high-profile figures in the Church of England make the swim across the Tiber?
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At Catholic Prayer Breakfast, bishop says Pope Pius XI predicted ‘woke-ism’
This year’s National Catholic Prayer Breakfast had no political speakers and only a small political contingent in attendance, and there was little mention of an upcoming Supreme Court case involving a Mississippi abortion ban.
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Pope Francis speaks about abortion and Communion: Don’t ‘excommunicate’ pro-choice politicians
Pope Francis weighed in on the debate about whether politicians should be denied Communion because of their stance on abortion.