Articles by CWR Staff

The long-running struggle between the Vatican and China’s government-backed Catholic Patriotic Association continued through the summer, with the Holy See formally announcing the excommunication of bishops who had been illicitly ordained, and the Patriotic Association […]

In a long-awaited report on the handling of sex-abuse charges in Ireland’s Diocese of Cloyne, released on July 13 by the Irish government, an independent commission severely chastised diocesan leaders—in particular, a bishop who resigned […]

Twice this spring—within the space of barely over a month—Pope Benedict XVI took the highly unusual step of removing a bishop from his office. Early in April he ousted Bishop Jean-Claude Makaya Loemba from leadership […]

A final report on the sex-abuse scandal prepared for the US bishops has found no single factor responsible for clerical abuse. The rise in abuse cases in the 1960s and 1970s was influenced by social […]

In February, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican secretary of state, confirmed that the Vatican had declined to approve a second term for Lesley-Anne Knight, the secretary-general of Caritas International. That announcement triggered several weeks of […]