Tag: Motu proprio “Vos estis lux mundi”

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Opinion

The challenge of sexual abuse: What has happened since the February 2019 Summit

Challenge of Sexual Abuse Title: The challenge of sexual abuse: What has happened since the February 2019 Summit Author: Father Federico Lombardi, SJ Publisher: Vatican News Date: 26AUG2021 In February 2019, Pope Francis invited the presidents of every episcopal conference to the Vatican for a Meeting on the Protection of Minors in the Church to

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Podcast

Podcast: Abuse survivor Juan Carlos Cruz responds to the McCarrick Report

Survivor Juan Carlos Cruz Title:  Podcast: Abuse survivor Juan Carlos Cruz responds to the McCarrick Report Podcast Host:  Colleen Dulle Guest:  Juan Carlos Cruz Publisher:  America Magazine (America Media) Date: 23NOV2020 Juan Carlos Cruz is an abuse survivor and advocate who has the pope’s ear when it comes to clerical sexual abuse. In 2018, when

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Pope Francis abolishes pontifical
Podcast

Podcast: The McCarrick report set a precedent. Other survivors want their reports published, too.

Vatican McCarrick Report Precedent Title:  Podcast: The McCarrick report set a precedent. Other survivors want their reports published, too. Podcast Producer & Host: Colleen Dulle Co-Host:  Gerard O’Connell Publisher:  America Magazine Date: 18NOV2020 Last week, the Vatican released its report on how former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick was able to rise through the ranks of the church hierarchy

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Pope Francis abolishes pontifical
Podcast

Podcast: The Rise and Fall of Theodore McCarrick

Dulle OConnell Theodore McCarrick Title: Podcast: The Rise and Fall of Theodore McCarrick Podcast Producer & Host: Colleen Dulle Co-Host:  Gerard O’Connell Publisher:  America Magazine Date:  11NOV2020 The Vatican’s long-awaited report on the rise of former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick was finally published yesterday. The document reveals that complaints about Mr. McCarrick’s abuse of seminarians reached all the

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Pope Francis abolishes pontifical
News

Cardinal Parolin on McCarrick Report: moved by the truth to avoid past errors

Cardinal Parolin McCarrick Report Title: Cardinal Parolin on McCarrick Report: moved by the truth to avoid past errors Author: Cardinal Pietro Parolin Publisher: Vatican News Date: 10NOV2020 In a statement of the Cardinal Secretary of State, he advises that the document be read in its entirety so as not to draw partial conclusions: “We publish

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News

Priest urges Vatican to intervene as fresh sexual misconduct allegations emerge from the Diocese of Broome

Diocese Broome Vatican Scandal Title: Priest urges Vatican to intervene as fresh sexual misconduct allegations emerge from the Diocese of Broome Author: Erin Parke Publisher: ABC Kimberley Date: 09NOV2020 A second priest has broken ranks with the Catholic Church, going public with concerns about what he has described as the “abysmal and extremely unjust” Vatican response

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News

Holy See Offers observations on Royal Commission recommendations

Vatican Response Royal Commission Title: Holy See Offers observations on Royal Commission recommendations Author: ACBC Staff Publisher: The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference Media Blog Date: 04SEP2020 The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has provided the Holy See’s observations on 12 recommendations from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse to the Australian Government.The Royal

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News

Church in Argentina is making a ‘change in mentality’ on clerical sexual abuse

Argentina Clerical Sexual Abuse Title: Church in Argentina is making a ‘change in mentality’ on clerical sexual abuse Author: Ines San Martin Publisher: Crux Date: 30JUL2020 ROSARIO, Argentina – Two major archdioceses in Argentina are facing allegations of wanting to “replace the state” by creating a commission to receive allegations of clerical sexual abuse, but one

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Kieran Tapsell

Pope Francis finally makes bishops accountable for cover-ups

Kieran Tapsell Vademecum Analysis Title: Pope Francis finally makes bishops accountable for cover-ups Author: Kieran Tapsell Publisher: John Menadue-Pearls and Irritations Date:  24JUL2020 On 16 July 2020, the Vatican published a manual for dealing with allegations of child sexual abuse against Church personnel. It marks a significant change in culture expressed in canon law for

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