Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger urged that dissent from ordinary Magisterium should be disclosed privately to church authority.

The saints are passionate; the lukewarm are professional.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops responded quickly after the letter became public.

Church officials in Chicago say that revelations regarding other fraudulent cases could be forthcoming, a prospect that both the archdiocese and victim advocates say will be a disservice to genuine victims.

Thanks to social media, thousands of stories of sexual harassment and sexual assault are going viral under the social media movement, #MeToo.