Newman expert says enlisting him in battles over pope 'not fair'
- Oct 13, 2019
Abuse
- Home
- Abuse
Liberian bishops summoned to Rome over alleged sex scandal
- Church in Africa
- Jun 4, 2019
Last week representatives of the Liberian bishops’ conference traveled to the Vatican to address accusations from a local priest that two of the country’s bishops were guilty of the abuse of power and soliciting him for sex.
READ MORE
In Romania, Pope delivers shout-out for women and call to ‘encounter’
- Pope in Romania
- May 31, 2019
“Contemplating Mary enables us to turn our gaze to all those many women, mothers and grandmothers of these lands who, by their quiet sacrifices, devotion and self-denial, are shaping the present and preparing the way for tomorrow’s dreams,” Pope Francis said Friday.
READ MORE
UN panel probes Italy’s role in Church’s child abuse scandals
- Church in Europe
- Jan 31, 2019
A UN committee questions the Italian government Jan. 22-23 on its handling of sexual abuse against minors, especially by clergy.
READ MORE
Ireland agrees to reassess claims of workers in Magdalene laundries
- Catholic News Service, Church in UK and Ireland
- Jan 2, 2019
Women who worked in Ireland’s “Magdalene laundries” but were denied compensation under the state’s Magdalene Restorative Justice program have won their long-running battle to have their applications reassessed.
READ MORE
Rome event challenges key Indian prelate’s record on sex abuse
- Vatican
- Nov 28, 2018
Indian Cardinal Oswald Gracias, one of the organizers for Pope Francis’s February 21-24 summit on the global clerical abuse crisis, has been accused by one of his former collaborators of covering up clerical sexual abuse in his own diocese of Mumbai.
READ MORE
Irish government approves excavation of Catholic orphanage mass grave site
- Associated Press, Church in UK and Ireland
- Oct 24, 2018
Ireland’s government has approved a forensic excavation of a Catholic-run orphanage where a mass grave containing the remains of hundreds of children was discovered.
READ MORE
Most Read
Latest Stories
Quick Links
Currents News The Tablet DeSales Media Group in the Diocese of Brooklyn Angelus News The Catholic Channel on Sirius XM Catholic Standard Catholic TV
About Crux
We’re a news site dedicated to offering the very best in smart, wired and independent coverage of the Vatican and the Catholic Church.
Connect with us
Latest
© 2019 Crux Catholic Media Inc. 