In the last 20 years, since the complaints against the priest Julio César Grassi were broadcast on television, 128 members of the Argentine Catholic Church were involved in cases of sexual abuse, from Archbishop Edgardo Gabriel Storni or Bishop Gustavo Óscar Zanchetta, to altar boys and nuns. It’s just a sample. View Interactive Map In … Read more
“If we continue to remain silent, we contribute to continuing to hurt victims in their pain and loneliness. Even selfishly, we should start asking, talking, finding out why, given what we have seen and what remains to be seen, no one is free from being a victim of any type of abuse in the Church.” … Read more
The former archbishop of La Plata, Víctor Manuel Fernández, was recently appointed to be the Vatican’s doctrine chief by Pope Francis. An archbishop very close to the Pope is accused of covering up sexual abuse in Argentina, Víctor Manuel Fernández together with Pope Francis, who appointed him the new prefect of the Doctrine of the … Read more
Regarding the systematic cover-ups of abuses, this has been the constant: there is silence and cover-up until the media brings the information to light. The Rupnik case and the “damage” it caused and continues to cause went beyond the borders of the Loyola Community, becoming a paradigmatic case, with harmful direct and indirect effects on … Read more
This is the first article being published in a series of five articles. At a time when ecclesiastical movements are emerging that appear to want to clean up the image of priest and artist Marko Rupnik, 7MARGENS shows how the female religious institution that he helped create was born crooked and, confirming the popular saying, … Read more
Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich then proceeds to slam conservative Catholics. In two weeks, the Roman meeting of the Synod of Bishops will begin. Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich is one of its organisers. In an interview, he explains what it will be about – and what it will not be about. Although there are some “hot potatoes” on … Read more