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German cardinal opposes use of the abuse crisis to push female priests and abolishing celibacy

COLOGNE, Germany February 18, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) -- Cardinal Rainer Woelki – the archbishop of Cologne – has responded to what he calls a “factional dispute” in Germany raised by the clergy sexual ab... read more

Will the Vatican’s Sex Abuse Summit Face Up to the Root of the Crisis?

But the first and primary fault of the clergy does not rest in the abuse of power but in having ... power and false self-satisfaction, and stand again on the solid ground of the word and spirit of God ... read more

Tagle: Confront the 'stench of filth' caused by abuse

An expert on abuse ... we should not underestimate the need to confront ourselves with the deep wounds inflicted on victims of sex abuse by members of the clergy,” he said, and said that bishops need ... read more

Searing testimony heard at Vatican sex abuse summit

Opening a first-ever Vatican summit on preventing abuse, Francis warned 190 bishops and religious superiors on Thursday that their flocks were demanding concrete action, not just words ... read more

Abuse Summit Address by Linda Ghisoni, Undersecretary for the Laity of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family, and Life

In this witness of a woman, victim of abuse of conscience ... to witnesses such as this is not an exercise of commiseration, it is an encounter with the flesh of Christ in which wounds are ... read more

Jesus Doesn't Ignore Sexual Abuse—He Confronts It

The Vatican meeting seems like too little, too late for the hundreds of thousands of victims of sex abuse ... not act swiftly and decisively to protect victims and punish abusers, we send the signal t... read more

Francis opens abuse summit with call for ‘concrete measures’

At the start of the Vatican’s sex abuse summit ... marriage, not allowing for any exceptions to the permanent commitment of marriage. “He does this to confirm the plan of God, in which the strength an... read more

Pope Francis at Sex Abuse Summit: ‘The Holy People of God Are Watching’

Opening the Vatican summit on child protection and the clerical sexual abuse crisis, Pope Francis said, “The holy people of God are watching and are awaiting from us not simple ... that one cannot pro... read more

Diocese Denies Knowledge Of Past Abuse By Christ The King Priest

PETERSBURG, FL — The Catholic Diocese of St. Petersburg has pledged to support a 45-year-old man who said he was sexually abused ... at Christ the King. "As I understand it, you have accepted Father H... read more

The value of public penance in the age of clerical abuse, mass incarceration and #MeToo

celebrated a Mass of atonement in reparation for the sexual abuse and its cover-up by Catholic ... rise from the dead and Christ will give you light.” At this, the penitents stand up, their place in t... read more

Cardinal Tagle: Bishops Must Confront the ‘Stench of Filth’ Caused by Abuse

we should not underestimate the need to confront ourselves with the deep wounds inflicted on victims of sex abuse by members of the clergy,” he said, adding that bishops need to be like Simon of Cyren... read more