St. Ignatius ”was a reformer and a better reformer than Luther,” Father Sosa says in this interview with America for the start of the Ignatian Year, because he “obtained reforms without causing division.”
Sexual Abuse
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New lawsuit alleges former Newark archbishop abused 5-year-old girl
An archbishop of Newark groomed a 5-year-old girl by delivering food to her struggling family and regularly babysitting her, then sexually abusing her on multiple occasions in the 1970s, a lawsuit alleges.
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It’s time for our Catholic president to address the church’s sexual abuse scandal
For more than 25 years, the U.S. Catholic Church has been dealing with the horror of widespread clergy sex crimes and cover-ups. Yet U.S. abuse survivors have never received official acknowledgment of their pain by any federal official.
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St. Michael the Archangel is back. (Or at least his prayer is.)
Renewed interest in the prayer developed in the fall of 2018 in the wake of concerns about church unity and new revelations of the sexual abuse of children by clergy.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Do you love the church but sometimes hate it? There’s a word for that feeling (and it can be beneficial).
The psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan explained how it can be healthy to sometimes ‘hate’ what we truly love, including the church.
Posted inArts & Culture, Last Take
Catholics owe Marty Baron a debt of gratitude. He told us the truth about the clerical sex abuse crisis.
An outsider in parochial Boston not beholden to ties of kin and culture, Mr. Baron greenlighted an expensive and difficult investigation.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
‘Francesco’ review: New Pope Francis documentary is an intimate look at a globetrotting papacy
“Francesco” dissolves much of the distance between the pope and the people of all faiths who embrace him.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis names Juan Carlos Cruz, prominent abuse survivor and whistleblower, to Vatican panel
Pope Francis has appointed Juan Carlos Cruz—a well-known Chilean victim of abuse, international advocate for survivors of clerical abuse and a gay man—to the Pontifical Council for the Protection of Minors.
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New Orleans Archdiocese revises its response to sexual abuse allegations
“There’s no need for us to be at odds,” Archbishop Aymond said of the relationship between the archdiocese and SNAP. “We want the same thing, and reconciliation has happened.”
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Catholic foundations worth $48 billion are pushing for stronger sexual abuse protections
A consortium of Catholic foundations is using its collective giving-power to push for stronger safeguarding measures aimed at protecting children and vulnerable adults from sexual abuse, misconduct and harassment.