Publication: Catholic News Agency
Vatican Investments Linked to Global Money Laundering Investigations
A fund in which the Vatican’s Secretariat of State has invested tens of millions of euros has links to two Swiss banks investigated or implicated in bribery and money laundering ...
Phoenix Bishop Calls for ‘Humility and Courage’ to Face Difficult Years Ahead
The Church must face the fallout of the abuse scandal with humility and courage, Bishop Thomas Olmsted of Phoenix has said, while predicting “very difficult” years ahead for the Church ...
US Reporting Mechanism for Episcopal Abuse Could Go Live by February
A national third-party reporting system for allegations of abuse, neglect, or misconduct against bishops could be activated by February 2020, the U.S. bishops’ conference said Wednesday. Anthony Picarello, general counsel ...
Amazon Synod Document Calls for Married Priests and Increased Role for Women
The meeting for the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazonian region has approved a final document which calls for the ordination of married men as priests and for women to ...
Hospital Loan and Papal Foundation Controversy Land Vatican Bank in Regulatory Spotlight
The head of the Vatican's central bank appeared to admit this week to a transaction that could be a violation of European regulatory commitments, namely a loan of 50 million ...
Vatican City Security Head Resigns After Confidential Memo Leaked
Source: This was payback for the raid of the Secretariat of State The head of the Vatican City State’s national police force has resigned, after a confidential internal memo was ...
Brazilian Bishop Says He Will Ordain Women If Pope Permits It
A bishop participating in the Vatican’s Amazon Synod said Saturday he would ordain women in his communities as deacons if the idea is recommended by the synod and permitted by ...
German Synod Plan to be Vetted by Controversial Lay Group, not Vatican
The plan for a “binding synodal process” recently approved by the German bishops will be sent to a controversial lay group for amendment and approval, CNA has learned. On Sept ...
Buffalo Diocese Cancels Credit Cards
The Diocese of Buffalo is shutting down its credit cards, effective Friday afternoon. Although some have interpreted the move as a step towards bankruptcy, officials said the decision was unrelated ...
District Attorney Investigating Seminarian’s Sexual Harassment Claims
Erie County District Attorney John Flynn has begun a criminal investigation into claims of sexual harassment raised by a former seminarian against a local priest. Former seminarian Matthew Bojanowski says ...
Pope Francis Says Clericalism Linked to Fixation on Sexual Morality
‘Clericalism has a direct consequence in rigidity,’ Pope Francis said In a meeting with Jesuits in Mozambique earlier this month, Pope Francis said that clericalism is a direct result of ...
Case Dismissed Against New York Priest Accused of Abuse
A priest of the Archdiocese of New York has been cleared of accusations of sexual abuse after the judge dismissed the case at the request of District Attorney’s office. “We were ...
Archbishop Chaput: Fr. James Martin’s Message Causes Confusion About Church Doctrine
A 'pattern of ambiguity' in Fr Martin's teachings wrongly inspires hope that Church doctrine can be changed, Chaput said After Fr James Martin, SJ, spoke at a Philadelphia university, the ...
Bishop Bransfield’s Life of Luxury
New details have emerged about the lavish lifestyle enjoyed by disgraced Bishop Michael Bransfield. Bransfield spent nearly one million dollars on private jets and over $660,000 on airfare and hotels ...
Cheyenne Diocese Finds Credible Three Abuse Allegations Against Emeritus Bishop Hart
The Diocese of Cheyenne announced Tuesday it has found credible and substantiated three allegations of child sexual abuse against Emeritus Bishop Joseph Hart, which it had received since July and ...
Minnesota Bishop Hoeppner Under Investigation
Bishop Michael Hoeppner is the first sitting U.S. bishop to be investigated under new misconduct protocols introduced by Pope Francis earlier this year. Hoeppner, Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, will be ...
Another Buffalo Whistleblower Says He Was Abused as a Seminarian
New allegations have surfaced that the second whistleblower reporting a cover-up of clerical sexual abuse by the Diocese of Buffalo, Fr. Ryszard Biernat, was sexually abused as a seminarian in ...
Four More Abuse Allegations Raised Against Bishop Hart
Four new sex abuse allegations have been raised against Emeritus Bishop Joseph Hart, spanning his time both as a priest in Missouri and a bishop in Wyoming. Jack Smith, a ...
Cincinnati Priest Arrested and Indicted for Sexually Abusing Minor
Cincinnati priest removed from ministry last month for grooming behavior has been indicted on nine counts of raping an altar server. Fr. Geoff Drew was arrested Aug. 19 on allegations ...
Facing Dire Financial Situation, Pittsburgh Diocese Looks To Make Changes
The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh is evaluating options to respond to severe financial strains, exacerbated in the last year by the sex abuse crisis, a diocesan official said Wednesday. “The ...
Archbishop Wilton Gregory Promised Truth and Transparency, But Provides No Answers About McCarrick’s Money
More than one year after the announcement of allegations of sexual abuse against former cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the Archdiocese of Washington has continued to refuse questions about McCarrick’s use of a ...
