The Major Superiors of Religious Orders and Congregations around the world have issued a statement calling the abuse of children “wrong anywhere and anytime.”
The Vatican says a Holy See lawyer who appeared on a list of American priests credibly accused of sexual abuse isn't currently at the Catholic Church's supreme court, where he holds a top position.
IMAGE: CNS photo/Greg Shemitz By Beth Griffin NEW YORK (CNS) -- In a robust demonstration that actions speak louder than words, New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan Feb. 18 introduced representatives...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey By Paul Jeffrey KALOOKAN, Philippines (CNS) -- A Catholic bishop in the Philippines said his government's controversial war on drugs is really a war against the...
IMAGE: CNS By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Twisted ideas of power and authority in the Catholic Church have contributed to the clerical sexual abuse crisis, leaders of religious orders said...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- When presented with an accusation that a priest has sexually abused a child, "whether it's criminal or malicious complicity and...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob Roller By WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The Vatican's removal from the priesthood of Theodore E. McCarrick "is a clear signal that abuse will not be tolerated," said the...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has confirmed the removal from the priesthood of Theodore E. McCarrick, the 88-year-old former cardinal and archbishop of...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jose Luis Gonzalez, Reuters By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Catholic bishops near the U.S.-Mexico border, joined by other U.S. prelates, voiced opposition immediately after...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Even if Christians struggle to recognize him with his "torn clothes (and) dirty feet," Jesus is present in the migrants...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Chaz Muth By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A group of city commissioners in the border city of McAllen, Texas, voted in mid-February to remove from a building a popular...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Sean Gallagher, The Criterion By Sean Gallagher INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) -- The openness to people of other faiths that Pope Francis modeled during his Feb. 3-5 visit to the United Arab...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Barbara Fraser By Barbara J. Fraser LETICIA, Colombia (CNS) -- Rafael Noteno Capinoa, a Kichwa Indian, worries about what could happen to the forest around his village on Peru's Napo...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves ROME (CNS) -- Sustainable development in rural areas is key to making poverty and hunger a thing of the past, Pope Francis said. In an address to...