Publication: Catholic News Agency
Pro-LGBT Priest Who Helped Raised Money for Lady Gaga Found Guilty of Sexual Misconduct
A New York priest who told a prospective seminarian to lie to Church officials about his sexuality has been indefinitely suspended from ministry after a canonical penal process found him ...
Lay Advisers Urge US Bishops to Press for Release of McCarrick Documents
Advisory bodies to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops called Tuesday for the bishops to urge the Holy See to make public all documentation related to the misconduct of Theodore ...
Bishop Bransfield, the USCCB, and the Holy Spirit
The U.S. bishops arrive in Baltimore next week for their second plenary meeting in the year of serious crisis that began last June. They will meet, again, under the specter ...
Pervert-Predator John Capparelli Murdered While Soliciting “Young and Good Looking Men” on Craigslist
John Capparell, a former New Jersey priest accused of groping and brutalizing teenage boys from 1980 to 1992, was found shot to death in his Nevada home in March. This ...
Francis Responds To Heresy Charges
Pope Francis said he reacted “with a sense of humor” to the accusation of heresy made against him earlier this month. “It does not hurt me at all. Hypocrisy and ...
Zanchetta Will Go To Trial For Sexual Misconduct
Pope Francis has said a preliminary investigation against Bishop Gustavo Oscar Zanchetta has concluded and will now proceed to trial. Zanchetta, Bishop Emeritus of Orán, had been under Vatican investigation ...
Benedict Breaks His Silence on the Sexual Abuse Crisis
On February 21 to 24, at the invitation of Pope Francis, the presidents of the world's bishops' conferences gathered at the Vatican to discuss the current crisis of the faith ...
Archdiocese of Milwaukee Removes Names of Two Bishops From Buildings
The names of Archbishops Willam Cousins and Rembert Weakland removed from buildings The Archdiocese of Milwaukee announced Tuesday that it will remove from archdiocesan buildings the names of two former ...
Despite Serious Allegations, Archbishop Francis Chullikatt Remains an Apostolic Nuncio
An archbishop who served as the Holy See’s permanent observer to the United Nations is accused of financial and professional misconduct, including the use of Vatican staff and influence to ...
Bishops Bransfield and Bennett Restricted from Exercising Ministry
Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore announced on Monday restrictions on the ministry of both retired West Virginia Bishop Michael Bransfield and retired Bishop Gordon Bennett, S.J. The restrictions against Bransfield ...
Catholic Senator Patty Murray (D-Washington) Blocks Medical Care for Abortion Survivors
Archbishop Sartain, the ball's in your court. Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) introduced the Born-Alive Survivors Protection Act and looked to pass the bill Feb. 4 via unanimous consent. That process ...
Wuerl Denies Prior Denials Denied Knowledge of McCarrick Seminarian Abuse
Just when you thought it could not get any crazier.... this from CNA: Cardinal Donald Wuerl told Washington, DC priests Saturday that he appropriately handled a 2004 allegation of misconduct against ...
U.S. Catholics Losing Trust in Clergy
Trust in the clergy has declined sharply over the last year, a new Gallup poll shows. Only 31 percent of American Catholics now rate the honesty or ethical standards of ...
Wuerl Knew of McCarrick Abuse Allegations in 2004
Recall that Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò called Wuerl a 'shameless liar' in his testimony back in August 2018 - now this from CNA: An allegation of misconduct against Archbishop Theodore McCarrick ...
Vatican Press Directors Resign
Pope Francis Monday accepted the resignations of Press Office Director Greg Burke and Vice Director Paloma Garcia Ovejero, who have served at the head of the Holy See’s press office ...
NY Archdiocese Vouched for Priest Under Abuse Investigation
The Archdiocese of New York told a California college this month that a local priest had never been accused of sexual abuse, even while the priest was being investigated by ...
After Guilty Verdict, Questions Raised About Pell Trial
After reports of a guilty verdict emerged in the trial of Australian Cardinal George Pell, some in Australia have questioned the integrity of a process undertaken under the veil of ...
Cupich and Wuerl Collaborated on Alternative Sex Abuse Proposal
Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago and Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington collaborated extensively on a recently proposed policy for handling abuse allegations against bishops, CNA has learned. Cupich submitted the ...
Clergy Sex Abuse on the Rise and Church Leaders are Ignoring Why
After years in decline, Catholic clergy sex abuse could be on the rise again, warns a professor-priest’s analysis of relevant data. The professor’s report sees a rising trend in abuse, ...
US Bishops to Hold Retreat Following Abuse Scandals
The bishops of the United States will meet for a week-long retreat to reflect upon the current situation facing the Church in America. The meeting will take place early next ...
Pope Francis Convokes World-Wide Meeting of Bishops on Abuse Crisis
Pope Francis has called for all the presidents of the Catholic bishops’ conferences of the world to meet at the Vatican in February to discuss the issue of sexual abuse ...
