Faith Thu, 23 Jan 2025 01:57:56 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Vatican official praises Catholic media for coverage of sex abuse crisis /faith/item/29772-vatican-official-praises-catholic-media-for-coverage-of-sex-abuse-crisis /faith/item/29772-vatican-official-praises-catholic-media-for-coverage-of-sex-abuse-crisis

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- In a remarkably frank and detailed speech, the Vatican official heading the department charged with reviewing clergy sexual abuse allegations told an assembly of Catholic journalists that his investigators and the press "share the same goal, which is the protection of minors, and we have the same wish to leave the world a little better than how we found it."

]]> Vatican Thu, 20 Jun 2019 16:00:42 -0400 Six sex abuse survivors announce lawsuit against U.S. bishops, urge bishops to 'come clean' /home/international/item/28446-six-sex-abuse-survivors-announce-lawsuit-against-u-s-bishops-urge-bishops-to-come-clean /home/international/item/28446-six-sex-abuse-survivors-announce-lawsuit-against-u-s-bishops-urge-bishops-to-come-clean BALTIMORE – As the U.S. bishops entered the last public part of their 2018 fall general assembly, centered largely on the clergy sex abuse crisis, six clergy sex abuse survivors announced Nov. 14 a lawsuit against the prelates' main organization, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Thu, 15 Nov 2018 07:37:37 -0500 Archbishop Vigano urges U.S. bishops to act as 'courageous shepherds' /home/international/item/28426-archbishop-vigano-urges-u-s-bishops-to-act-as-courageous-shepherds /home/international/item/28426-archbishop-vigano-urges-u-s-bishops-to-act-as-courageous-shepherds VATICAN – Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò sent Tuesday a message to the bishops of the United States, who are holding a plenary assembly, encouraging them to act as courageous shepherds in the face of the sex abuse crisis.
]]> International Tue, 13 Nov 2018 14:20:12 -0500