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On Good Friday, papal preacher says cross brings hope to the oppressed

The cross serves as a warning to the powerful and a message of hope for the poor and oppressed, said the preacher of the papal household.

4/19/19

Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service

Retired Pope Benedict publishes reflection on abuse crisis

Retired Pope Benedict XVI, acknowledging his role in helping the Catholic Church come to terms with the clerical sexual abuse crisis beginning in the 1980s, wrote an article outlining his thoughts about what must be done now.

4/11/19

By CAROL GLATZ | Catholic News Service

Vatican issues updated norms for personal ordinariates

Ten years after Pope Benedict XVI established personal ordinariates for Catholics coming from the Anglican tradition, the Vatican has issued a slightly updated set of norms governing them.

4/9/19

By CINDY WOODEN | Catholic News Service
Italian nun to write Way of Cross meditations

Pope Francis has asked an Italian nun, who has been on the frontlines in the fight against human trafficking, to write this year's Way of the Cross meditations.More

4/9/19

By CAROL GLATZ | Catholic News Service

Church, world need the gifts of young people, pope says

The Vatican releases the pope’s reflection on the 2018 Synod of Bishops. More

4/2/19

By CINDY WOODEN | Catholic News Service

Pope issues new child protection law, guidelines for Vatican City State

To better protect minors and vulnerable adults from all forms of abuse and exploitation, Pope Francis approved a new law and a set of safeguarding guidelines for Vatican City State and the Roman Curia. More

3/29/19

Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service

Vatican Secret Archives to open in 2020

Declaring that the Catholic Church is unafraid of history, Pope Francis announced that documents in the Vatican Secret Archives relating to the wartime pontificate of Pope Pius XII will be open to scholars in 2020.More

3/4/19

By CAROL GLATZ | Catholic News Service

Blessed Newman's vision binds faith, reason

Blessed John Henry Newman had a sweeping vision for how campuses as a whole should be run — one rooted in the underlying truth that binds faith and reason together.More

2/27/19

Jacob Comello | Catholic News Service

After the summit, the stakes are clear

While none of these are new proposals, the impact of the summit, the explicit commitment of the pope, and the clear expectations of the larger world for a change in the status quo will put enormous pressure on the Vatican to deliver on these commitments while they in turn press all dioceses to do the same.More

2/26/19

Greg Erlandson | Catholic News Service

Summit emphasizes need to put victims first

The clerical sexual abuse crisis has caused "serious scandal" in the Catholic Church and in society "because of the dramatic suffering of the victims, as well as the unjustifiable lack of attention to them" and attempts by church leaders to cover up the crimes of the guilty, Pope Francis said. More

2/25/19

Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service

Summit affirms need to hold bishops accountable, Cardinal DiNardo says

The Vatican summit on child protection and the clerical sexual abuse crisis affirmed the U.S. bishops' strong belief that bishops and cardinals who abuse children or cover up abuse must be held accountable, said Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston. More

2/25/19

Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service

Pope: Time for 'all-out battle' against crime of abuse

The time has come for an "all-out battle" against the abuse of minors, erasing this abominable crime from the face of the earth, Pope Francis said, closing a global four-day summit on child protection in the Catholic Church. More

2/25/19

Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service

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