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From left to right: External view of St. Peter's Basilica, Rome. Emanuela Orlandi is pictured in a photo that was distributed after her disappearance in 1983
Politics & SocietyNews
Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
The Vatican said Monday it has reopened the investigation into the 1983 disappearance of the 15-year-old daughter of a Vatican employee, months after a new Netflix documentary purported to shed new light on the case.
pope benedict xvi kneels on a kneeler with a red cover, he is wearing white and a red mantel
Politics & SocietyNews
Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
Though he is criticized for the sexual abuse crisis in the church during his papacy, Benedict XVI did more than anyone before him to turn the Vatican around on clergy sexual abuse.
FaithPodcasts
Inside the Vatican
"It is really important for [religious orders] to set the story straight immediately and to reveal all the known facts in a case."
An attendee prays the rosary Oct. 1, 2018, during a public session on the issue of clergy sexual abuse at Our Mother of Confidence Parish Hall in San Diego. (CNS photo/David Maung)
FaithShort Take
Daniel Philpott
Nation-states have modeled a holistic approach that involves all who were affected by injustice and may contribute to a solution. The church can do the same as a response to the clerical sex abuse crisis.
Pope Francis is flanked by Jesuits' superior general Arturo Sosa Abascal
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Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
Bishop Daniele Libanori also said the claims of the women about the Rev. Marko Ivan Rupnik were true and that they had “seen their lives ruined by the evil suffered and by the complicit silence” of the church.
A priest dressed in black priest's garments assists the pope, wearing white papal robes
FaithNews
Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
The Jesuits asked for new evidence against the Rev. Marko Ivan Rupnik, and offered a timeline about his case in an effort to tamp down the scandal.