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Fernando Karadima

Fernando Karadima, former priest whose sex abuse scandal rocked Chile, dead at 90

Jul 26, 2021

By Kevin J. Jones

Fernando Karadima, an influential former priest in Chile whose sexual abuse of minors prompted major questions about episcopal cover-ups, has... Read more

Juan Carlos Cruz attends the red carpet of the movie Francesco during the 15th Rome Film Festival on October 21, 2020 in Rome, Italy.

Pope Francis appoints Juan Carlos Cruz to pontifical commission for protecting minors

Mar 24, 2021

By Courtney Mares

Pope Francis has appointed Juan Carlos Cruz, a Chilean survivor of clerical sex abuse, to the Pontifical Commission for the... Read more

Cardinal Timothy Dolan.

Dolan: Pope’s reported remarks to gay man, while ‘beautiful,’ could require clarification  

May 22, 2018

The Archbishop of New York said Tuesday that while some recent comments about homosexuality attributed to Pope Francis are “orthodox... Read more

Pope Francis, January 2018.

Chilean abuse victim: Pope told me to accept being gay, God made me this way

May 20, 2018

A victim of the Chilean clergy abuse crisis who met privately with Pope Francis told a Spanish news source that... Read more

Archbishop Charles Scicluna.

Vatican abuse investigator to meet with Chilean victim in U.S.

Feb 7, 2018

The delegate appointed by Pope Francis to hear testimony from abuse victims in Chile will also travel to the United... Read more

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Benedict XVI.

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A pilgrim attends the canonization of St. John Henry Newman in Rome, Oct. 13, 2019.

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Bishop Mark Davies of Shrewsbury, England, pictured on April 4, 2012

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Carfin Grotto, Scotland’s national shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes, is cleaned after a suspected arson attack on Oct. 17, 2021.

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St. Jose Sanchez del Rio banner in St. Peter's Square, Oct. 16, 2016.

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Toledo Cathedral in Toledo, Spain.

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Belfairs Methodist Church, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.

Journalists astounded Catholic priest denied opportunity to give last rites to dying MP

Dr. Michael Nazir-Ali, the former Anglican bishop of Rochester, England.

Ex-Anglican bishop: As a Catholic, I want to help the persecuted abroad and marginalized Christians at home

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American missionaries reported abducted in Haiti

Bishop Andrew Cozzens.

Pope Francis names USCCB evangelization chair as new bishop of Crookston diocese

Pope Francis greets members of the Biomedical University Foundation of the Biomedical Campus University, at the Vatican’s Clementine Hall, Oct. 18, 2021.

Pope Francis: Catholic healthcare is called to bear witness to human dignity