Columnist: Christopher White
Australian Ambassador to the Vatican Says Sex Abuse an Existential Threat for Church
“Clerical abuse has resulted in lost credibility, a mounting devotional crisis and, it would not be hyperbolic to say, a real existential threat for the Catholic Church,” Chiara Porro said ...
Cardinals Cupich and McElroy Call on US Bishops’ Conference to be More ‘Synodal’ (whatever that means)
Two top U.S. cardinals are calling for the U.S. bishops' conference to revamp its governance structures to better reflect Pope Francis' call for a more synodal church. "There needs to ...
Cardinal McElroy Claims Pope’s Climate Vision Not Getting Enough Attention from US Bishops
Pope Francis' call for the world to address the coming consequences of global climate change has not garnered enough attention at the U.S. Catholic bishops' conference, said a leading American ...
Anglican Female Bishop Praises Francis For Inviting Her To Address Women’s Ordinations
An Anglican woman bishop who addressed Pope Francis and his advisory Council of Cardinals says she believes the pontiff took a "risk" in extending her an invitation to speak to ...
On Gay Catholics, Synod Ensured ‘Nothing Is Closed,’ Says African Jesuit
Although the final document for Pope Francis' summit on the future of the Catholic Church did not mention better inclusion of the faith's LGBTQ members, it also made sure that ...
Cupich and McElroy Claim its ‘Impossible to go Back’ to Synods Without Lay Voters
Two U.S. cardinals said one of the immediate results of Pope Francis' major summit on the future of the Catholic Church is that it should now be "impossible" to return ...
Vatican’s Secretary of State Claims Clerical Abuse Not Linked to Homosexuality
The Vatican's secretary of state has dismissed the claim that clergy sexual abuse is linked to homosexuality, labeling it a "serious and scientifically untenable association." "Homosexual orientation cannot be considered ...
Former Campus Minister at Franciscan University Indicted on Rape Charges
A former campus minister at Franciscan University of Steubenville has been charged with rape and sexual battery against an individual with mental illness placed under his care for mental health ...
WATCH: Archbishop Gregory Doubles-Down on Criticism of the President
Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Washington doubled down on his criticism of President Donald Trump’s visit to the Saint John Paul II National Shrine earlier this week, saying Friday that a ...
Court-Appointed Official Says Vatican Failing on Accountability in Nienstedt Case
A court-appointed official for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis is alleging that the Vatican’s Congregation for Bishops is failing to comply with new protocols for bishop accountability created ...
Bishop Hart’s Decades of Abuse Destroyed Lives, Traumatized Families
As parishioners attended the Feast of the Assumption Mass inside Guardian Angels Catholic Church on August 15, members of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) gathered outside ...
Pressure Mounts For Buffalo’s Bishop Malone To Resign After Two Seminarians Leave Over Scandal
As pressure continues to mount for Buffalo Bishop Richard Malone to step down over his handling of sex abuse cases, two seminarians have publicly left the diocesan seminary and echoed ...
Retired Wyoming Bishop Likely to Face Vatican Trial for Multiple Acts of Abuse
At a time when the U.S. Catholic bishops are meeting to vote on new measures for bishop accountability, Pope Francis has given the green light for a penal process for ...
Final U.S. Jesuit Province Releases Names of Accused Abusers Bringing Total To Over 300 Jesuits Nationally
Fulfilling a vow to release the names of all U.S.-based Jesuits credibly accused of abuse, the Northeast Province of the Jesuits released a list on Tuesday, becoming the final province ...
Vatican Investigating Third Accusation of Abuse Against McCarrick
Six months after the scandal surrounding former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick first came to light - wherein accusations of sexual abuse from a former altar boy prompted subsequent revelations of abuse ...