“Even if you leave the ordination question aside for a moment, there is still a great need to explore ways of engaging women in all other levels of the life of the church in significant roles. There is still a lot of work to be done.”
Sexual Abuse
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Buffalo Diocese submits to independent oversight in lawsuit over sexual abuse
Under the agreement, filed Oct. 25 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, the diocese is required to implement enhanced child protection measures.
Posted inExplainer, Faith
‘Vatican Girl’: Netflix’s true-crime documentary on the Holy See’s 40-year-old missing person mystery
A new true-crime documentary series on Netflix, “Vatican Girl,” tells the story of the 1983 disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi, a 15-year-old girl who is still the only Vatican citizen considered missing.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
New study of priests shows a distrust of bishops, fears of false sex abuse allegations and widespread burnout
A new study on the well-being of U.S. Catholic priests found that most support a zero-tolerance policy against child sex abuse but do not trust that their bishop would support them in the face of a false allegation.
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Prominent Chicago priest Michael Pfleger accused of sexual abuse of minor
A Catholic priest who gained national fame as an activist has been asked to step away from his ministry while allegations that he sexually abused a minor decades ago are investigated.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Vatican disciplined Nobel laureate bishop after child sex abuse allegations in East Timor
The Vatican said that it imposed disciplinary sanctions on Nobel Peace Prize-winning Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo following allegations that he sexually abused boys in the 1990s.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Cardinal McElroy on Curia reform, Vatican finances and the Pope Francis resignation rumors
In the second part of his interview with America’s Vatican correspondent, Cardinal McElroy describes the discussions of Vatican finance and sexual abuse reforms that happened in the cardinals’ meeting this week.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
The missing piece of Shia LaBeouf’s conversation with Bishop Barron: the stories of abuse victims
There is no reason to doubt Bishop Barron’s good intentions. But his conversation with Shia LaBeouf offers another example of the kind of disregard for victims and women that is so often leveled against Catholic leaders.
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Milwaukee’s Archbishop Weakland, social justice champion who resigned amid scandal, dies at age 95
Retired Archbishop Rembert Weakland, O.S.B. of Milwaukee, a leading Catholic intellectual who pushed for social justice and increased power for women in the church before he resigned amid a sexual and financial scandal, has died.
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Pope Francis says not enough evidence to try Cardinal Ouellet, a close adviser, for sexual assault
A preliminary Vatican investigation into allegations against Cardinal Marc Ouellet concluded there was not sufficient evidence to warrant opening up formal proceedings against the cardinal for sexual assault.