A news brief published in the “World Watch” section of the November 2011 issue of Catholic World Report, on page 10, incorrectly stated that Bishop Robert Finn of Kansas City-St. Joseph “has acknowledged that he […]
Appearing on a German television show on September 19, Pope Benedict XVI said that during a September 22-25 visit to his native country, he would bring a simple but challenging message: “We must rediscover our […]
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 […]
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