The Archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis says his archdiocese has followed the law in its bankruptcy process, responding to... Read more
The movie Spotlight’s Best Picture win at the Academy Awards has brought renewed attention to the Catholic sex abuse scandals... Read more
The superior general of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae has made public that the community has had an apostolic visitor since... Read more
A founder of the Human Rights Campaign, an influential gay advocacy group that has begun targeting Catholic bishops for protests,... Read more
The Archdiocese of Granada, Spain, has defended its response to the case of three priests accused of abusing an underage... Read more
A Vatican tribunal has “definitively determined” that there is no proof of sexual misconduct by Monsignor Richard Loomis, a prominent... Read more
The Archdiocese of Chicago released new documents involving 36 priests with substantiated allegations of sexual misconduct involving minors with most... Read more
A former Vatican spokesman has written, against the backdrop of the house arrest of a former nuncio being investigated for... Read more
The Holy See press officer announced Tuesday that Jozef Wesolowski, the former apostolic nuncio to the Dominican Republic who was... Read more
The Vatican countered media reports that it protected a former nuncio who faces sex abuse charges through diplomatic immunity, saying... Read more
A lawsuit charges that a Colorado Planned Parenthood affiliate failed to recognize and report the sexual abuse of a 13-year-old... Read more
Attorneys for the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph have questioned the legality of a $1 million abuse penalty against the... Read more
Pope Francis strongly denounced clerical sex abuse of children, saying that such abuse will not be tolerated and announcing a... Read more
Pope Francis’ new advisory commission on the protection of minors is expanding its membership to include representatives from around the... Read more
Pope Francis called April 11 for an “even stronger” Catholic Church response to combat sexual abuse, saying he felt compelled... Read more
The PBS Frontline documentary series’ recent episode “Secrets of the Vatican” largely covered old scandals in a one-sided way, said... Read more
Archbishop Roberto Gonzalez Nieves of San Juan and Bishop Daniel Fernandez Torres of Arecibo in Puerto Rico have handed over... Read more
Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia had found two local priests to be unsuitable for ministry following separate, substantiated allegations... Read more
A United Nations commission report on the Vatican’s response to abuse of children was not “fair or particularly helpful,” but... Read more
Responding to the release of documents about Chicago priests accused of abusing minors over the past 50 years, Cardinal Francis... Read more