Without a faith dimension, ideological and political notions of development will fail, even if they have some initial success, Cardinal Gerhard Muller said.

“Church leaders in Australia took a long time to sit down with victims. Some still don’t.”

Sean Salai, S.J., interviews canon lawyer Kurt Martens.

Pope Francis, in Milan on March 25, sought to strengthen their faith and to address the dissatisfaction among young people and families due to economic difficulties, which creates fertile soil for populist movements.

“If the church is not committed to child protection, our efforts at evangelization will be to no effect.”

Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, the postulator for the cause of Blessed Óscar Romero, experienced firsthand pushback against the archbishop’s canonization.