World Feb 16 Vatican defrocks former US cardinal McCarrick over sex abuse Pope Francis has defrocked former U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick after Vatican officials found him guilty of soliciting for sex while hearing confession and sexual crimes against minors and adults, the Holy See said Saturday.
World Feb 09 Vatican ex-doctrine chief pens manifesto amid pope criticism The Vatican’s former doctrine chief has penned a “manifesto of faith” to remind Catholics of basic tenets of belief amid what he says is “growing confusion” in the church today.
World Feb 05 Pope publicly acknowledges problem of sexual abuse of nuns by priests, bishops: ‘We’re working on it’ In the past year, The Associated Press and other media have reported on cases of abused nuns in India, Africa, Europe and South America — evidence that the problem is by no means limited to a certain geographic area.
World Feb 05 Pope celebrates first-ever papal mass in Arabian Peninsula ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Pope Francis ministered on Tuesday to the thriving Catholic community in the United Arab Emirates as he concluded his historic visit to the Arabian Peninsula with the first-ever papal Mass here and a…
World Feb 03 Pope in UAE for historic trip after call for Yemen relief Pope Francis has landed in Abu Dhabi on the first papal trip ever to the Arabian Peninsula, the birthplace of Islam.
World Jan 23 Amid border wall debate, Pope Francis says fear of migration is ‘making us crazy’ Francis famously has called for "bridges, not walls." After celebrating Mass in 2016 on the Mexican side of the U.S. border, he denounced anyone who wants to build a wall to keep out migrants as "not Christian."…
World Dec 28 Vatican hears testimony from man who alleges ex-Cardinal McCarrick abused him James Grein, who testified Thursday in New York, says ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick sexually abused him for years starting when he was 11.
World Dec 27 Pope Francis’ early blind spot on sex abuse threatens legacy It has been a wretched year for Pope Francis, whose blind spot on clergy sex abuse conspired with events beyond his control to threaten his legacy and throw the Catholic hierarchy into a credibility crisis not seen in modern times.
World Dec 24 Pope Francis leads Christmas Eve Mass at Vatican "An insatiable greed marks all human history, even today, when paradoxically a few dine luxuriantly while all too many go without the daily bread needed to survive," Francis said.
World Dec 21 Pope Francis says Catholic Church will ‘never again’ conceal clergy sex abuse Francis dedicated his annual Christmas speech to Vatican bureaucrats to abuse, evidence that a year of devastating revelations of sexual misconduct and cover-up around the globe has shaken his papacy and caused a crisis of confidence in the Catholic hierarchy.