Pope Francis removes Belgian bishop convicted of abuse from the clerical state

Mar 21, 2024 00:07

Joachin Meisner Hertz

Roger Vangheluwe Photo: De Morgen

Dicasteries•Protection of vulnerable people

Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith Clarifies the Term “Vulnerable Adult” in Cases of Abuse and Its Competence in This Regard

(ZENIT News / Ciudad del Vaticano, 30.01.2024).- The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith published a clarification related to the term “vulnerable adults” — concept used in contexts of abuses in the Church –, stressing that the definition encompasses broader cases than […]

Jan 30, 2024 23:08

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Protection of vulnerable people

U.S. Bishop Asks Rome to Clarify Accusations Against Him

John Nienstedt is the first American Bishop on whose ministry a ban has been publicly imposed, following an investigation under the rules of Vos Estis Lux Mundi. The Archbishop left his position in 2015, after a series of accusations of not having addressed appropriately cases of clerical sexual abuse by priests of the Archdiocese.

Jan 22, 2024 01:39

Rafael Manuel Tovar

Good News•Protection of vulnerable people•Testimonies

Three nuns receive English recognition for their fight against human trafficking

All three sisters are experts and strong advocates in the fight against slavery. They are Sister Seli Thomas, SMI, from India; Sister Patricia Ebegbulem, SSL, from Nigeria; and Sister Francoise Jiranonda, SPC, from Thailand.

Nov 23, 2023 00:07

ZENIT Staff

Analysis Opinion•Protection of vulnerable people

Spiritual Abuse in the Heart of the Church

In a new book, the superior general of the Carthusians faces up to abuses in the religious life and gives insights that have wide application to the entire abuse crisis.

Nov 20, 2023 23:44

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Pope Francis•Protection of vulnerable people

Pope Proposes Three Actions to Protect Minors from Abuses

The Holy Father’s address to the participants in the First National Meeting of Territorial Listening Services and Centers for the Protection of Minors and Vulnerable People

Nov 18, 2023 22:23

ZENIT Staff

Buenos Aires, Argentina’s capital, will lose the title of the country’s Primate Archdiocese

By Pope Francis’ Decision, Buenos Aires Is No Longer the Primate Diocese of Argentina

A Primate Diocese is a diocese that has a preeminent position or leadership in the Catholic Church in a region or country.

Pope Francis delivered the traditional weekly address before the Marian prayer of the Angelus

What do the Gospel, rest and compassion have to do with each other? Pope Francis explains and warns against «dictatorship of doing»

Allocution on the occasion of the recitation of the Angelus on Sunday, July 21, 2024

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Pope Francis removes Belgian bishop convicted of abuse from the clerical state

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Pope’s Commission on Guardianship of Minors gives green light to study group on vulnerable adult issue

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Australian bishops’ president speaks out on abuse allegation against bishop emeritus of Broome

Rupnik Case on the 5th Anniversary of the Summit on Abuses Held in the Vatican: Two Abused Women Show Their Faces

Swiss government refuses to suspend contributions to Catholic Church after abuse report

Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith Clarifies the Term “Vulnerable Adult” in Cases of Abuse and Its Competence in This Regard

U.S. Bishop Asks Rome to Clarify Accusations Against Him

Three nuns receive English recognition for their fight against human trafficking

Spiritual Abuse in the Heart of the Church

Pope Proposes Three Actions to Protect Minors from Abuses