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A mosaic by Father Marko Rupnik on the Church of Our Lady of the Canadian Martyrs in Rome, Italy, on June 28, 2024. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Vatican website removes pictures of artwork created by priest accused of abuse

Jun 9
Christopher R. Altieri

Pope Leo XIV meets with Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors on June 5, 2025, in the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo’s long meeting with Commission for Protection of Minors shows abuse crisis not over

Jun 8
Christopher R. Altieri

In the photo released by the Diocese of Chulucanas, Bishop Robert Prevost, third from right, poses with members of the clergy in Chulucanas, Peru, on Aug. 12, 2024. (Credit: Diocese of Chulucanas via AP.)

Serious questions of credibility surround coverup allegations against new pope

May 9
Elise Ann Allen

Then-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick speaks in South Bend, Indiana, on March 4, 2015. (Credit: Robert Franklin/South Bend Tribune via AP.)

Theodore McCarrick is dead, and his ghost haunts the Church

Apr 6
Charles Collins

Primatial Cathedral of Saint Mary of Toledo, Spain. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Toledo abuse case in Spain further illustrates snags in seeking justice

Jan 31
Elise Ann Allen

Archbishop of Lima Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne celebrates Mass Jan. 18, 2001, in Lima, Peru. (Credit: Martin Mejia/AP.)

Once powerful Peru cardinal denies allegations of sexual abuse

Jan 27
Elise Ann Allen

Dave West, left, and his brother Larry West, both of Fort Worth, Texas, demonstrate outside the hotel where the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops are meeting in Dallas on June 14. 2002. (Credit: Charlie Riedel/AP.)

Survivors and safeguarding experts call on Vatican to remove all abusers

Nov 20, 2024
Charles Collins

Moment of prayer at La Almudena in Madrid, Spain. (Credit: Religión Digital.)

Abuse survivors cry out to ‘their’ church: ‘The bad win when the good do nothing’

Oct 25, 2024
Jesús Bastante,
Religión Digital

Pope in Belgium calls for peace, condemns abuse, forced adoptions

Sep 27, 2024
Elise Ann Allen

Archbishop Dermot Farrell at Saint Mary's Pro-Cathedral in Dublin, on September 21, 2024. (Credit: Archdiocese of Dublin.)

Irish Archbishop says until abuse crisis is addressed, ‘authentic’ renewal is impossible for Church

Sep 23, 2024
Charles Collins

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