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  • [ October 20, 2025 ] Pope Leo XIV condemns usury, a grave sin that speaks to the corruption of the human heart News Briefs
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Former Crookston bishop apologizes for failures in governance

April 14, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Bishop Michael Hoeppner. CNA file photo.

Crookston, Minn., Apr 14, 2021 / 10:57 am (CNA).
Bishop Michael Hoeppner, who has resigned as Bishop of Crookston after being accused of mishandling cases of priests accused of sexual misconduct, apologiz… […]

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Abuse commission of Church in Germany defends citing Michel Foucault

April 13, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

The Square Michel Foucault in Paris. Credit: J. Maughn via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).

Rome Newsroom, Apr 13, 2021 / 15:15 pm (CNA).
The abuse commission of the Catholic Church in Germany has defended its citation of French philosop… […]

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Priest who served at Franciscan University of Steubenville indicted on rape allegations

April 12, 2021 Catholic News Agency 2

The Portiuncula Chapel on the campus of the Franciscan University of Steubenville. / Robert Pernett via Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0).

Tacna, Peru, Apr 12, 2021 / 19:08 pm (CNA).
A Franci… […]

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Former Albany bishop will be investigated under ‘Vos estis’ norms

March 24, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

Denver Newsroom, Mar 24, 2021 / 04:28 pm (CNA).- An anonymous plaintiff last week filed a lawsuit against former Albany bishop Howard Hubbard, alleging that Hubbard molested him in 1977, soon after his installation as bishop. The diocese of Albany… […]

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After legal error, sex abuse ‘window’ amendment will not go before Penn. voters

March 23, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

CNA Staff, Mar 23, 2021 / 07:22 pm (CNA).- Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania this week chose not to present a proposed constitutional amendment to voters via an emergency process. The amendment would have opened a two-year window during which victim… […]

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Canadian diocese to release list of priests found guilty of sex abuse

March 18, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

CNA Staff, Mar 18, 2021 / 09:51 pm (CNA).- The Canadian diocese of Saskatoon has promised to release a list of priests and Church officials found guilty of sexual abuse since 1933. Brenda Fitzgerald, who heads the diocese’s Safeguarding Advisory C… […]

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Bankruptcy judge rules Buffalo diocese will not pay for retired bishops’ lawyers

March 9, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

Buffalo, N.Y., Mar 9, 2021 / 04:41 pm (CNA).- A bankruptcy judge ruled this month that the Diocese of Buffalo has “no obligation” to retain a law firm on behalf of two retired bishops, whom the state attorney general is suing for alleged cover-up of se… […]

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Dodge City bishop under investigation for alleged abuse of a minor

February 9, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 9, 2021 / 10:13 am (CNA).- The Bishop of Dodge City is under a Vatican-ordered Vos estis investigation over allegations of sexual abuse of a minor.
 
The Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas announced Feb. 8 that it … […]

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Vatican exonerates retired bishop of multiple abuse claims but issues canonical rebuke

January 26, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 26, 2021 / 08:15 am (CNA).- The Vatican’s doctrinal congregation has exonerated retired Bishop Joseph Hart of Cheyenne over numerous accusations of the sexual abuse of minors, but issued a canonical rebuke. 

T… […]

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Second man accuses Chicago’s Father Pfleger of sex abuse

January 25, 2021 Catholic News Agency 11

CNA Staff, Jan 25, 2021 / 02:24 pm (CNA).- A second alleged victim has accused activist Chicago priest Fr. Michael Pfleger of sexually abusing him as a minor decades ago, the Chicago archdiocese has confirmed […]

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