French cardinal admits to abusing teen girl 35 years ago
By CNS – French Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, former head of the French bishops’ conference, admitted to abusing a 14-year-old girl...
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Fr Hans Zollner: Women must be included in formation of priests
By Sarah Mac Donald, CNS – One of the church’s leading experts on safeguarding and clerical sexual abuse has said...
Church apologises again after report cites ‘epidemic’ of abuse in UK
By Simon Caldwell, CNS — The Catholic Church renewed its apology to child sex abuse victims of following the publication...
Zero tolerance for priests guilty of abuse, pope says in interview
By Carol Glatz – Calling sexual abuse “diabolical” and a “monstrosity,” Pope Francis underlined there is “zero tolerance” for those...
Report on Cologne Cardinal’s PR Strategy Prompts Renewed Outrage
By CNS -A recent report on the public relations strategy used by Cologne Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki during a clerical...
Polish church official: State commission can’t access abuse documents
By Jonathan Luxmoore – A Polish Catholic official defended the church’s record in tackling sexual abuse by priests, after the...
Irish archbishop dealing with baby home scandal: Listening is important
By Sarah Mac Donald – Archbishop Francis Duffy of Tuam praised Pope Francis for his penitential pilgrimage to Canada to...
Returning Moccasins, Pope Apologises for Church Role in Residential Schools
By Cindy Wooden – The first step of Pope Francis’ “penitential pilgrimage” to Canada involved him returning two pairs of...
Pope: Indigenous and Catholic: One can proudly be both
By Cindy Wooden – While presented as missionary work, the operation of residential schools by Catholics in Canada was actually...
