While other countries have taken a hard look at the abuse of children by priests, Italy’s approach has been something closer to a media blackout.
Tag: Roman Catholic Church
Pope Opens Meeting on Clerical Sex Abuse Under Great Pressure From Victims for Change
Addressing 190 bishops and Roman Catholic Church leaders from around the world, Francis said the faithful were owed “concrete and effective measures.”
Gay Priests, Secret Rules and the Abuse of Nuns: Some of the Vatican Controversies as Bishops Meet
As a historic Vatican conference on child sexual abuses gets underway, a swirl of recent scandals are threatening to overshadow the agenda.
Survivors of Sexual Abuse Want Church Reform. Here’s Why It Might Not Happen.
As church leaders convene at the Vatican, they say that a diversity of views and legal and cultural barriers around the world, as well as denial, make one global standard impossible.
Vatican Hopes Meeting on Child Sex Abuse Will Be a Turning Point
Church leaders spoke of demanding accountability and transparency, but there have been similar calls in the past and change has been slow.
Vatican’s Secret Rules for Catholic Priests Who Have Children
The Vatican confirmed, apparently for the first time, that it has general guidelines for what to do when clerics break celibacy vows and father children.
In Center of Catholicism, New Mormon Temple Invites Curious Romans for a Look
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is opening an enormous temple in Rome, and intrigued Italians are taking the opportunity to glimpse inside.
Pope Defrocks Theodore McCarrick, Ex-Cardinal Accused of Sexual Abuse
The move by Pope Francis, announced by the Holy See on Saturday, was the first time a cardinal in the United States has been removed from the priesthood.
Vatican Envoy to France Under Investigation for Sexual Assault
Archbishop Luigi Ventura, the pope’s representative in Paris, is accused of molesting a City Hall staffer there last month.
Humanitarian Aid Stalls, Testing Venezuela’s Opposition
It had hoped to force a confrontation by transporting food and medical donations to Venezuela. The government reacted not with force, but with a crude, yet effective blockade.