Articles on this issue "abuse"
A new Vatican instruction on the Eucharist takes pains to emphasize that the Blessed Sacrament "is too great for anyone to permit himself to treat it according to his own whim." The Vatican …
read moreIn canonical criminal proceedings it is necessary to balance the demands of the common good with the dignity and rights of the accused, said participants at a symposium. The symposium on …
read moreIn an age of Muslim suicide attackers and distortion by the secular culture, the Christian sense of the word "martyr" must be recovered, says the founder of the Community of Sant'Egidio. …
read moreBy Delia Gallagher A Vatican study on sex abuse that was released just a few days before the reports of the U.S. bishops' conference, merits a closer look. Among the expert opinions, it …
read moreThough saddened and troubled by the National Review Board's report on clergy sex abuse, Archbishop Daniel Buechlein hopes the Church will learn from its mistakes and make positive changes. "It …
read moreGeorge Weigel thinks the U.S. bishops' National Review Board has turned out a report that is a "real service to the Church" as Catholics face the question of genuinely Catholic reform in light …
read moreAbout 700 priests and deacons have been removed from ministry in Catholic dioceses since January 2002 because of policies aimed at sexual abuse, says the president of the U.S. episcopate. …
read moreThe Boston Archdiocese released a report showing that 162 of its priests have been accused of molesting 815 minors since 1950 -- about 7% of the 2,324 ordained priests who served. ''The …
read moreThe president of the U.S. bishops' conference is preparing for "a very sobering and important milestone" when two reports on clerical sexual abuse are released next week. Referring to the …
read moreAbout 30% of U.S. dioceses and eparchies had to be told to move ahead with implementing all the guidelines adopted by American bishops in the wake of the sex-abuse scandals. This was among the …
read moreHere is the address delivered by Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto, head of the Holy See's Delegation to the Ministerial Conference sponsored by the Pompidou Group on the struggle against drug …
read moreThe Boston Archdiocese has agreed to pay $85 million to settle hundreds of lawsuits filed by people who say they were sexually abused by priests, attorneys representing the plaintiffs said. …
read moreHere is the text of the letter Bishop Wilton Gregory, president of the U.S. episcopal conference, sent to Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy Dolan in the wake of a letter from about 160 priests …
read moreCoadjutor Archbishop Diarmuid Martin is coming home to Dublin. And he has a plan. Formerly the Vatican's permanent observer at the United Nations in Geneva, he is returning to settle in his …
read moreJohn Geoghan, the convicted child molester who was a central figure in the U.S. clerical sex-abuse scandals, died after apparently being strangled in prison. The defrocked priest, 68, died …
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