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French archbishop appointed head of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

clergy abuse crisis

Pope Leo XIV meets with Archbishop Thibault Verny in the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

French archbishop appointed head of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Jul 5
Charles Collins

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Survivor letters frame challenge facing Leo XIV on abuse and coverup

Jun 22
Christopher R. Altieri

In this 2007 file photo, Cardinal Roger Mahony speaks during an annual multi-ethnic migration Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. (Credit: Reed Saxon/AP.)

Criticism of Cardinal Mahony’s role in papal funeral points to abuse crisis still affecting Church

Apr 25
Charles Collins

Father Justo José Ilarraz. (Credit: Argentina's public news agency.)

Pope laicizes Argentine priest for multiple cases of child abuse

Dec 16, 2024
Eduardo Campos Lima

More than three-quarters of English Catholics think the Church must change a great deal to prevent further cases of child sexual abuse. (Credit: Pixabay.)

Most Catholics in England say abuse crisis has weakened Church’s moral authority

Oct 10, 2024
Charles Collins

German-born Father Otto Stauss in Bolivia. (Credit: Given by parish.)

German-born priest acquitted of abuse charge in Bolivia

Oct 10, 2024
Eduardo Campos Lima

Pope Francis greets a cleric in a wheelchair during an audience with participants attending the general chapter of the Comboni Missionaries at the Vatican June 18, 2022. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Disability shouldn’t be a ‘boutique interest’ for the Church, experts say

Jun 27, 2024
Elise Ann Allen

People protest with signs that read in Spanish “Shameless priest do not touch me” and “I march for sexual education without Church interference,” outside the offices of the Bolivian Episcopal Conference in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, May 15, 2023. (Credit: Juan Karita/AP.)

Bolivia to investigate diary of another Jesuit child abuser

Jun 19, 2024
Eduardo Campos Lima

Gov. Gavin Newsom makes an appearance at the California Democratic Party headquarters in Sacramento Sept. 14, 2021. (Credit: Fred Greaves/Reuters via CNS.)

Fresno latest California diocese to file for bankruptcy

May 30, 2024
John Lavenburg

The offices of the Catholic Diocese of Sacramento are seen in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, June 5, 2023. (Credit: Tran Nguyen/AP.)

Sacramento latest California diocese to file for bankruptcy

Apr 2, 2024
John Lavenburg

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French archbishop appointed head of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Jul 5
Charles Collins

Pope Leo tells British school teachers they are ‘models in life’

Jul 5
Charles Collins

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Jul 5
Ngala Killian Chimtom

African bishop slams ‘outdated, biased’ global finance system

Jul 3
Ngala Killian Chimtom