This week we go over the plans (and planners) of the Vatican’s upcoming summit on sexual abuse. What do they tell us about what we might expect from this meeting—and whether it will create lasting change?
Sexual Abuse
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Exclusive: Archbishop Scicluna says February meeting start of ‘global approach’ to fighting sex abuse
The Vatican announced today the archbishop will serve on a committee overseeing the bishops’ meeting along with Cardinals Blase Cupich and Oswald Gracias and Jesuit Father Hans Zollner.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Six students charged with sexual assault at iconic Canadian Catholic high school
The accused are 14- and 15-year-old students of St. Michael’s College School in midtown Toronto. Five of the accused turned themselves into police early Nov. 19 and a sixth was arrested on his way to school.
Posted inFaith, News Analysis
Has Catholic infighting gotten worse?
Gerry and Colleen look into some new developments in the stories surrounding the U.S. bishops’ delay of the vote on new sex abuse protocols. They also discuss Pope Francis’ recent initiatives to make “invisible people visible.”
Posted inFaith, News
More Jesuit provinces announce plans to release list of accused priests
“It is my hope that through the publication of this information, we can work to rebuild trust, always with the well-being of victims in mind,” said Father Ronald A. Mercier.
Posted inFaith, Features
#ChurchToo: How can we prevent the abuse of women by the clergy?
Is the Catholic Church doing enough to prevent the abuse of women by clergy?
Posted inFaith, Short Take
How pastoral failures in communication are provoking a crisis of faith
The tragedy of the last week is that the faithful are left to read tea leaves to understand what their bishops and their pope are trying to do in the first place. The Vatican’s action, which in the past could have been interpreted and explained over time, instead provokes a crisis of faith in church leadership.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Cardinal says he leaves U.S.C.C.B. assembly more hopeful than when it started
Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston said in remarks closing the assembly that his hope was primarily grounded in Christ as well as realizing that the body of bishops was on the road to implementing protocols to boost the accountability of bishops to laypeople and survivors of clergy sex abuse.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Inside the Vatican: Why did Rome stop the U.S. bishops vote?
America’s Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell has some ideas about the reasons behind the controversial, 11th-hour intervention from Rome at the U.S. bishops’ November meeting.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
No major action on sex abuse accountability at U.S. bishops’ meeting
At the request of the Vatican, the U.S. bishops postponed a vote on a set of proposals aimed at holding themselves accountable over sexual abuse.