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What’s (not) in Pope Francis’s new accountability measures

May 11, 2019 Christopher R. Altieri 19

We spent most of Thursday learning what is in the new law, Vos estis lux mundi, after Pope Francis presented it to the public ahead of June 1st, the date on which is slated to […]

The Dispatch

The problem with Benedict’s essay

April 13, 2019 Christopher R. Altieri 40

Pope emeritus Benedict XVI’s release of his letter on “The Church and the Crisis of Sexual Abuse” took most of the world—including Rome, by all accounts—quite by surprise. In the English-speaking world, the Catholic News […]

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St John Paul II’s abuse record defended by his long-time secretary

March 21, 2019 Catholic News Agency 26

Krakow, Poland, Mar 21, 2019 / 05:00 pm (CNA).- Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, a personal friend and close collaborator of St. John Paul II, this week defended the Polish pope’s record on the abuse crisis, which […]

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Analysis: Abuse summit ends with more questions than answers

March 1, 2019 Catholic News Agency 7

Vatican City, Mar 1, 2019 / 01:30 pm (CNA).- There was a moment during the final press conference of this month’s Vatican abuse summit that, for many observers, symbolizes a theme that ran throughout the […]

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New documents challenge Vatican claims about accused Argentine bishop

February 25, 2019 Catholic News Agency 4

Vatican City, Feb 25, 2019 / 04:31 pm (CNA).- An Argentine newspaper has published documents purporting to show that the Vatican knew about allegations of sexual abuse by Bishop Gustavo Oscar Zanchetta prior to his […]

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Analysis: In spite of itself, Vatican abuse summit may still do some good

February 22, 2019 Catholic News Agency 5

Vatican City, Feb 22, 2019 / 12:32 pm (CNA).- The Vatican’s abuse summit this week will not solve the problems plaguing the Catholic Church in the U.S. In fact, it doesn’t aim to. The summit […]

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Ahead of summit, Cupich discusses sex abuse, homosexuality, priestly formation

February 18, 2019 Catholic News Agency 23

Vatican City, Feb 18, 2019 / 10:15 am (CNA).- Cardinal Blase Cupich said Monday that this week’s Vatican sex abuse summit needs to be focused on the protection of minors, underscoring that homosexuality is not […]

Analysis

As a McCarrick verdict looms, the Vatican still faces rough waters

February 11, 2019 Christopher R. Altieri 26

The world waits on tenterhooks for the announcement—expected, according to some sources, as early as Tuesday—of a verdict (and presumably a penal sentence) in the case of the disgraced former archbishop of Washington, DC, Theodore […]

The Dispatch

Analysis: How the Vatican is preparing for its February abuse summit

December 19, 2018 CNA Daily News 4

Vatican City, Dec 19, 2018 / 12:00 pm (CNA).- Preparations in the Vatican are underway for a summit of the bishops to discuss the problem of clerical sexual abuse. The meeting, which will involve the […]

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What if St. Augustine was an organizer for the February meeting on sexual abuse?

December 13, 2018 Peter D. Beaulieu 5

Two organizers for the February 2019 Vatican meeting on sexual abuse, Cardinal Blasé Cupich of the United States and Archbishop Scicluna of Malta, have remarked: “This meeting has to be understood as part of a […]

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Full text: Pope Francis’ arrival speech in Rio de Janeiro

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Below is the text of Pope Francis’ speech upon his arrival today in Rio de Janeiro for this week’s World Youth Day festivities. The speech was delivered at Guanabara Palace to a crowd that included […]

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