“I think this cliche must be put to an end: the idea that the pope, who wants the reform, is on one side and, on the other, a group of resisters who want to block it.”
Sexual Abuse
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Abuse survivor Marie Collins: “Resistance” from CDF led to my resignation from papal commission
“Any delay in improving safeguarding documents around the world is leaving vulnerable people and children in danger.”
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Abuse survivor quits protection commission, says Vatican wasn’t protecting children and vulnerable adults
Marie Collins, one of the founding members and the last remaining abuse survivor on the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, has quit.
Posted inFaith, Interviews
Finding a way forward for wounded and hurting Catholics
A former member of the Legion of Christ on a life turned upside down by sexual abuse in the church.
Posted inFaith, News
Cardinal Burke will preside over trial investigating Guam archbishop
Three men have publicly accused Archbishop Apuron of sexually abusing them when they were altar boys in the 1970s
Posted inFaith
Pope Francis in preface to new book: The church must be ‘extremely severe’ with pedophile priests
Francis denounced the abuse of children by priests as “an absolute monstrosity, a horrendous sin, that is radically contrary to all that Christ teaches.”
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Vatican leaks keep coming in new book
Author Francesca Chaouqui received a 10-month suspended sentence for conspiring to pass confidential documents onto two journalists.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Investigation of Catholic sexual abuse in Australia leaves church ‘humiliated’
Between January 1980 and February 2015, 4,444 people made allegations of child sexual abuse that related to more than 1,000 institutions.
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Founder of clergy abuse group quits in second major loss following lawsuit
Barbara Blaine said her decision to leave the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests had nothing to do with the legal action.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Archbishop Martin reflects on a different Northern Ireland as bishops visit Rome
“The church is in a different space,” says Archbishop Martin. “We must be more invitational, using a ministry of presence, gently explaining the message of the church and inviting people in.”