Publication: Crux
Pope Accepts Resignation of Papal Nuncio to France Who is Accused of Sexual Misconduct
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Archbishop Luigi Ventura, the nuncio to France, who has been under investigation for sexual misconduct in France and in Canada. Announcing the archbishop’s ...
Pope Calls Idea of Declaring Mary Co-Redemptrix ‘Foolishness’
Pope Francis appeared to flatly reject proposals in some theological circles to add “co-redemptrix” to the list of titles of the Virgin Mary, saying the mother of Jesus never took ...
Vatican Calls Greta Thunberg ‘Great Witness’ of Church’s Environmental Teaching
On Thursday top Vatican officials hailed Swedish teen Greta Thunberg, recently named TIME Magazine’s “Person of the Year” for her environmental advocacy, as a “great witness” of Church teaching on ...
Pope Says Peace Comes in a Shade of Green, or Not at All
In his continual effort to quell worldwide conflicts, Pope Francis Thursday chastised world leaders for lacking the will to make change, and also insisted true peace implies an “ecological conversion” ...
Bishop Accused of Corruption, Fathering Child Now Faces Harassment Complaint
Nearly a month after a Catholic bishop facing fire from his own priests for corruption and fathering a child as well as being accused of intimidating a survivor of sexual ...
Argentine Victim Calls Bishop’s Apology a ‘Mockery’
After hearing the recent apology of an Argentinian bishop who asked forgiveness from all those abused by priests and religious in her country, one victim said that instead of being ...
Vatican Charity Knew of CAR Pedophilia Concerns in 2017
The Vatican’s Caritas Internationalis charity says it learned in 2017 of pedophilia concerns involving its Central African Republic director, but left it for his superiors to investigate and he remained ...
Vatican Finance Guru’s Exit Suggests ‘Back to the Future’ Dynamic on Reform
It doesn’t take a genius-level systems analyst to conclude that Brülhart was simply fed up and decided to walk away. Logically speaking, it may be contradictory to call something both ...
Bishop Zanchetta’s Office Raided in Argentina
A diocese in northern Argentina was raided on Thursday as part of a fraud investigation into the rule of Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta, a man close to Pope Francis who also ...
Abuse Inquiry: Pope’s Words ‘Difficult to Reconcile’ with Vatican’s Lack of Cooperation
It was “very disappointing” the Vatican failed to give testimony during an investigation into sex abuse in the Catholic Church in England and Wales, according to the lead counsel to ...
As New Scandal Erupts, Vatileaks Turning into a Horror Movie Franchise
I couldn’t help thinking of the “Scream” franchise of postmodern slasher films on Thursday, especially where in each movie, film nerd Randy gives the “rules” for a series in the ...
Indigenous Priest Says Celibacy Does Not Cause Priest Shortages in Amazon
Father Justino Sarmento Rezende, one of the few indigenous priests participating in this month’s Synod of Bishops on the Amazon, has weighed in on the issue of celibacy, saying it ...
Bishop Says Amazon Mission Should Not Begin With The Poor But With Jesus Christ
It’s admittedly a bit of a discordant note in a synod of bishops in which the Church’s social gospel, focused on the poor, the climate and the indigenous people of ...
In Synod’s ‘Married Priests’ Debate, Someone Finally Names the Elephant in the Room
In a Synod of Bishops where priest shortages in the Amazon have been driving discussion of ordaining married men, the surprise really isn’t that someone finally noticed there’s another solution, ...
Lone Voice in Brazilian Episcopate Speaks Against Synod Document
In Brazil, most of the criticism directed towards the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon came from the government, not from members of the hierarchy. Bishop José Luís Azcona is ...
4 New York Priests Placed on Leave After Abuse Allegations
Four priests from the New York Roman Catholic Archdiocese have been placed on administrative leave following allegations of abuse of minors reaching back decades. The newspaper Catholic New York reported this week ...
Theologian Says Women Religious Should Have Vote at Synod
While the Catholic Church has made strides to include the voice of women, especially in the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon, women should be included among synod voting members ...
Out-of-Touch Vatican Cardinal Says It’s Time to ‘Exit’ Abuse Scandals
When a top papal advisor earlier this week suggested that Catholic prelates “exit” the clerical abuse scandal, in order to lift the “cloud” hanging over the Church, there was an ...
100s of Accused Priests Living Under Radar With No Oversight
Almost 1,700 priests and other clergy members that the Catholic Church considers credibly accused of child sexual abuse are living under the radar with little to no oversight from religious ...
Federal Investigation of Clergy Sex Abuse Yields First Charges
Federal prosecutors filed their first charges Thursday in a sweeping investigation of child sexual abuse by clerics in Pennsylvania, accusing a former Catholic priest of lying to the FBI about ...
Vatican Tells Argentinian Court Accused Bishop Has Job in Rome, Despite Being Suspended
Despite being investigated for allegations of having sexually abused two seminarians, an Argentinian bishop close to the pope has once again been allowed by a judge to travel to Rome ...
