After An Investigation, Vatican Discards Anonymous Accusation of Abuse Against Cardinal Gerald Lacroix

May 21, 2024 07:00

Valentina di Giorgio

Cardinal Gerald Lacroix Photo: ABC

Local Church•Protection of vulnerable people

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

Following a canonical investigation ordered by Pope Francis, the police opened a new investigation that led to the charges. Saunders will plead not guilty to all allegations.

Feb 26, 2024 01:41

Elizabeth Owens

Protection of vulnerable people

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

Five years later, precisely in February, on the morning of February 21, a press conference was held at the headquarters of the National Federation of the Italian Press in Rome, in which two women, former members of the Loyola Community, founded by the priest and former Jesuit Marko Ivan Rupnik, took part.

Feb 22, 2024 13:03

Valentina di Giorgio

Local Church•Protection of vulnerable people

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

The Berne Executive considers that the measures taken by the Church are sufficient to prevent further attacks and that the suspension of contributions has no legal foundation.

Feb 07, 2024 22:24

ZENIT Staff

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

A Church Against the Logic of War: Vatican Voices, Middle East Realities, and the Risk of a Vanishing Christianity

Parolin, speaking on the sidelines of a book presentation dedicated to Pope Leo XIV, framed the current moment as one of dangerous escalation. His message was directed not only at Washington but also at Israel: conflicts must be resolved through diplomacy, not force

Pope Leo XIV summons bishops to Rome to discuss the reimplementation of the controversial Amoris Laetitia

The Pope has invited the presidents of the world’s Episcopal Conferences to Rome to discern the steps to be taken to proclaim the Gospel to today’s families, in light of Amoris Laetitia

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After An Investigation, Vatican Discards Anonymous Accusation of Abuse Against Cardinal Gerald Lacroix

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