Pope: Women have ‘legitimate claims’ for justice, equality

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 11:39:21 +0000

Pope: Women have 'legitimate claims' for justice, equality

VATICAN CITY  — Pope Francis said Tuesday that women have “legitimate claims” to seek more justice and equality in the Catholic Church, but stopped short of endorsing more sweeping calls from his own bishops to recognize the “urgency of an inevitable change” to give them leadership roles.

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Pope mandates reporting of sex abuse claims in Vatican City

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 11:17:56 +0000

Pope mandates reporting of sex abuse claims in Vatican City

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has issued sweeping new sex abuse legislation for Vatican personnel and Holy See diplomats overseas, requiring the immediate reporting of abuse allegations to Vatican prosecutors, a policy shift aimed at being a model for the Catholic Church worldwide.

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French cardinal convicted of not reporting abuse

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 09:26:21 +0000

French cardinal convicted of not reporting abuse

A French court has found Cardinal Philippe Barbarin guilty for failing to report to justice accusations against a pedophile priest.

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Australian Cardinal Pell to spend his first night in prison

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 06:13:16 +0000

Australian Cardinal Pell to spend his first night in prison

The most senior Catholic cleric ever convicted of child sex abuse will face his first night in prison Wednesday while he waits two weeks to learn his sentence for molesting two choirboys in a Melbourne cathedral two decades ago.

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Pope’s sex abuse summit: What it did and didn’t do

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 11:03:33 +0000

Pope's sex abuse summit: What it did and didn't do

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis’ summit on preventing sexual abuse was never going to meet the expectations placed on it by victims groups, the media and ordinary Catholics outraged over a scandal that has harmed so many and compromised the church’s moral authority so much.

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Cardinal admits Church files on pedophile priests ‘destroyed’

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2019 01:09:33 +0000

Cardinal admits Church files on pedophile priests 'destroyed'

A cardinal admitted that files on priests accused of sexually abusing children were destroyed which allowed pedophiles to prey on others.

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Vatican summit on sex abuse focuses calls for accountability

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 10:16:39 +0000

Vatican summit on sex abuse focuses calls for accountability

VATICAN CITY — Cardinals attending Pope Francis’ summit on preventing clergy sex abuse have called for a new culture of accountability in the Catholic Church to punish bishops and religious superiors who fail to protect their flocks from predator priests.

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French bishops agree to compensation for sex abuse victims

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 07:30:30 +0000

French bishops agree to compensation for sex abuse victims

A French Catholic Church official says the country’s bishops have “agreed in principle” to provide financial compensation to sex abuse victims whose cases are too old to be taken to court.

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