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The other side of 'Spotlight': how the Church changed to fight sex abuse

Mar 1, 2016

By CNA Staff

While the movie “Spotlight” won Best Picture for portraying a journalistic investigation of the sex abuse crisis in Boston, the... Read more

Italian diocese laments suicide of priest who admitted abuse

Oct 29, 2014

By Andrea Gagliarducci

The Diocese of Trieste has announced “with a spirit full of sorrow and dismay” that one of its priests, who... Read more

St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.

Pope's appointment may signal advances in new abuse office

Sep 11, 2014

By Andrea Gagliarducci

Pope Francis’ latest appointment to a commission designed to fight sexual abuse of minors may have an effect in shaping... Read more

Fr. Robert W. Oliver. Courtesy of Archdiocese of Boston.

Child protection is 'gospel priority' for Church, Pope Francis

Sep 10, 2014

By Kevin J. Jones, Alan Holdren

The protection of minors from sexual abuse is a number one priority for Pope Francis, says the new secretary of... Read more

Msgr. Robert W. Oliver. Courtesy of Archdiocese of Boston.

Boston priest named secretary of Vatican commission to protect minors

Sep 10, 2014

By Elise Harris

The Vatican announced today that Msgr. Robert W. Oliver will leave his position as promoter of justice to take on... Read more

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Father Hans Zollner.

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Pope Francis, seated in a wheelchair, greets a child during the pope's general audience at the Vatican on Jan. 25, 2023.

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Pope Francis' General Audience in St. Peter's Square on March 29, 2023.

Pope Francis: ‘The true Christian is one who receives Jesus within’

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Pope Francis mourns ‘senseless act of violence’ at Nashville Christian school

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A woman prays at a makeshift memorial for victims outside the Covenant School building at the Covenant Presbyterian Church on March 28, 2023, following the March 27, 2023, shooting at the school in Nashville, Tennessee.

Police: Shooter at Nashville Christian school was former student, had ‘manifesto’

Thousands participated in the March for Life in Lima, Peru, on Saturday, March 25, 2023.

Latin America celebrates Day of the Unborn Child with pro-life marches in several countries

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Religion, patriotism, and having children diminish in importance for Americans: WSJ poll

Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, SJ, speaking at a press conference in the Vatican on Aug. 26, 2022.

Cardinal Hollerich: There’s ‘space to expand’ Church teaching on all-male priesthood

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Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, SJ, speaking at a press conference in the Vatican on Aug. 26, 2022.

Cardinal Hollerich: There’s ‘space to expand’ Church teaching on all-male priesthood

A woman prays at a makeshift memorial for victims outside the Covenant School building at the Covenant Presbyterian Church on March 28, 2023, following the March 27, 2023, shooting at the school in Nashville, Tennessee.

Police: Shooter at Nashville Christian school was former student, had ‘manifesto’

A group of Traditional Latin Mass supporters in Italy posted signs as part of a billboard campaign in a neighborhood near the Vatican on March 28, 2023.

‘For love of the pope’: Latin Mass supporters post billboards near Vatican

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Religion, patriotism, and having children diminish in importance for Americans: WSJ poll

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U.S. House passes bill to combat forced organ harvesting