By DAMIEN FISHER, OSV News (OSV News) – As Theodore McCarrick faces criminal charges for allegedly sexually abusing a 16-year-old boy,…
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Catholic Church leaders welcome royal commission redress report
The bishops and congregational leaders of the Catholic Church in Aotearoa New Zealand will closely study the interim redress report of the…
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Pope promotes theologian-priest who once testified against abusive mentor
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis named a Chilean priest who had testified against his abusive mentor to be secretary…
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Bishops welcome canon law changes
New Zealand’s Catholic bishops have welcomed Pope Francis’ approval of the new Book VI of the Church’s Code of Canon…
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Citing ‘systemic failures’ in handling abuse, German cardinal offers resignation
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – German Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising, 67, has submitted his resignation to Pope Francis,…
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