Faith Wed, 22 Jan 2025 23:01:41 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Pope renews membership of child protection commission /home/international/item/26841-pope-renews-membership-of-child-protection-commission /home/international/item/26841-pope-renews-membership-of-child-protection-commission VATICAN – Pope Francis has named nine new members to the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, including abuse survivors or the parents of survivors, the Vatican said.
]]> cns@catholicnews.com (Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service) International Sat, 17 Feb 2018 17:42:47 -0500 Boston Cardinal O’Malley praises Oscar winner ‘Spotlight’ /features/arts/item/21863-boston-cardinal-o-malley-praises-oscar-winner-spotlight /features/arts/item/21863-boston-cardinal-o-malley-praises-oscar-winner-spotlight

Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley has praised the Oscar-winning movie “Spotlight,” which portrays The Boston GlobeƵapp investigation of clergy sexual abuse in the archdiocese, for forcing the Catholic Church to acknowledge its “crimes and sins” in covering up for predator priests.

]]> Movie News Wed, 02 Mar 2016 07:29:50 -0500 Vatican approves statutes for papal commission for protecting minors /faith/item/20207-vatican-approves-statutes-for-papal-commission-for-protecting-minors /faith/item/20207-vatican-approves-statutes-for-papal-commission-for-protecting-minors

VATICAN CITY - The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors received temporary approval of its first set of statutes.

]]> Vatican Fri, 08 May 2015 12:00:00 -0400 Cardinal O'Malley says Rome 'urgently' needs to look into Bishop Finn /home/international/item/19201-cardinal-o-malley-says-rome-urgently-needs-to-look-into-bishop-finn /home/international/item/19201-cardinal-o-malley-says-rome-urgently-needs-to-look-into-bishop-finn

WASHINGTON - In an interview with the CBS newsmagazine "60 Minutes" scheduled to air Nov. 16, Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston said the Vatican needs to "urgently" address the situation of Bishop Robert W. Finn of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Missouri, who was convicted in 2012 on one misdemeanor count of failing to report suspected child abuse.

]]> International Fri, 14 Nov 2014 12:30:00 -0500 ‘Remarkable work of grace’ in Boston, 10 years on /opinion/columnists/item/13682-%E2%80%98remarkable-work-of-grace%E2%80%99-in-boston-10-years-on /opinion/columnists/item/13682-%E2%80%98remarkable-work-of-grace%E2%80%99-in-boston-10-years-on

Is it over? Yes and no. It was 10 years ago this month that the sexual abuse crisis exploded in the archdiocese of Boston, with reverberations across the world.

Cardinal Sean O’Malley, sent to Boston in 2003 as archbishop to right the reeling ship, has written at length on the 10th anniversary. He is quick to argue that the sexual abuse crisis is not over. ItƵapp not over principally because sexual abuse is not something a victim simply gets over. ItƵapp also not over because the process of purification and penance is a path the Church cannot abandon.

]]> fr_desouza@catholicregister.org (Fr. Raymond J. de Souza) Fr. Raymond de Souza Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:48:14 -0500