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Fernando Karadima, former priest whose sex abuse scandal rocked Chile, dead at 90

July 26, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

Fernando Karadima / Chilean Judicial Branch

Denver Newsroom, Jul 26, 2021 / 14:45 pm (CNA).
Fernando Karadima, an influential former priest in Chile whose sexual abuse of minors prompted major questions about episcopal cover-ups, has died at the… […]

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When it comes to Viganò, Pope Francis continues to deflect and distract

May 30, 2019 Christopher R. Altieri 24

When Pope Francis told journalists in essence to look into the “testimony” the former Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, released last summer, we all thought he meant that we should […]

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Zanchetta affair exposes culture of fear, indifference

March 18, 2019 Christopher R. Altieri 14

The global Catholic leadership crisis deepened on Monday, when Crux cited anonymous sources in Argentina in a report claiming two young men have lodged criminal complaints with civil authorities, alleging Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta abused them. […]

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What the Bishop Zanchetta case tells us about Church leadership

January 22, 2019 Christopher R. Altieri 26

The Vatican has doubled down on its insistence it never received any accusation of sexual abuse against Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta until well after Zanchetta, the former bishop of Orán, Argentina, was ensconced in a position […]

Analysis

Analysis: Justice by papal fiat points to serious lack of trust within the Church

October 15, 2018 Christopher R. Altieri 39

The Vatican announced on Saturday that Pope Francis has reduced two Chilean bishops to the lay state. One of the defrocked is an 85-year-old man reported now to be suffering senile dementia, Francisco José Cox […]

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A crisis of leadership? Francis’ defenders call for reform on sex abuse

February 7, 2018 Christopher R. Altieri 13

For even his staunch supporters, Francis’ moral authority hangs in the balance. […]

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Sending Abp Scicluna to Chile raises more questions than it answers

February 2, 2018 Christopher R. Altieri 15

The Vatican is sending a highly-qualified investigator to examine the case against Bishop Barros. Is this an ad hoc response to bad press, or a […]

The Dispatch

Observers remain “mystified” over Pope’s remarks on clerical sex abuse, and call for bishop accountability

January 26, 2018 Christopher R. Altieri 14

The Vatican deemed Bishop Barros’ accusers credible. Why doesn’t the Pope believe them when they say the bishop knew about their abuse? […]

Features

The Pope’s misuse of “calumny” distracts from deeper, more troubling questions

January 23, 2018 Christopher R. Altieri 33

The problem with Pope Francis’ defense of Bishop Juan Barros is not that Francis has a poor grasp of technical legal terminology or misuses certain words, […]

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