If things are this bad within the church, how bad is it in our homes and neighborhoods?

You don’t get to claim Christ’s body without assuming the punishment it suffered.

Pope Francis will meet survivors of sexual abuse during his trip to Ireland Aug. 25-26.

The abuses these survivors suffered at the hands of priests were not crimes of passion, they said, but cold exploitations of control.

A research group aims to hold bishops accountable by compiling publicly available documents and reports on the child abuse crisis.

"We must never stand outside the church to judge her; we are the church. We all are responsible for the church, including when there are problems in the church."