The Catholic Church's synodal process, intended to actively solicit input from all its members, is not a threat to the hierarchy, a cardinal said. "The hierarchical structures of the church have ...
AARON WEINMANN/THE HOYA Robert Bennett (CAS ’61, LAW ’64), Karen Tumulty, John Carr, Dawn Eden Goldstein and Kevin Byrnes react to sexual abuse in the church. Catholic clergy cannot be trusted to ...
Regarding "New abuse charges test the faithful": The second paragraph said: "Church officials have been forced to acknowledge they moved known abusive priests from parish to parish, enabling them to ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Four deaf Wisconsin men were some of the first to seek justice after suffering childhood sexual abuse at the hands of a priest, and a new documentary about the Catholic Church's ...
Lumen Gentium, Vatican II’s Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, is well known for its landmark teaching about the role of the laity. However, an equally important concern of the document, and a much ...
Pope Francis uses incense to venerate an image of St. Thérèse of Lisieux during a prayer vigil in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 1, 2019. (Credit: Paul Haring/CNS.) Listen ROME – Pope ...
Seven women announced Wednesday that they would seek leadership roles in the French Catholic Church that are officially reserved for men, the latest push to give women a place in the Church hierarchy.
Cardinal Mario Grech comes from Malta, but is known to cardinals around the world for his role as the secretary general of an advisory body of bishops. By Elisabetta Povoledo Only about half a million ...