Pope Francis heads for Ireland as Catholic Church reels from sex abuse scandals
From WN Missouri’s attorney general launched a statewide investigation Thursday into sex crimes within the Catholic Church. The probe follows an investigation in Pennsylvania that determined more than 300 priests had abused more than 1,000 children, CBS News reported….
Pope Francis condemns child sex abuse and Church cover-ups
From BBC Pope Francis has condemned the “atrocities” of child sex abuse and clerical cover-ups in a letter to the world’s 1.2bn Roman Catholics. The letter to “the People of God” calls for an end to the “culture of death”…
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Learn from the past before looking to future, pope tells young people
By Junno Arocho Esteves • Catholic News Service From CatholicPhilly VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The future cannot be understood without reflecting on the past and on the history and traditions passed on to young people from parents and grandparents, Pope…
Pope Francis lands in Chile
From teleSUR The pontiff will also speak with survivors of the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990). Chilean President Michelle Bachelet greeted Pope Francis this evening as he stepped onto the tarmac of the Santiago airport, arriving from Rome. He…
The link between poverty and migration top discussion between UN agency President and Pope Francis
Rome, 11 January 2018 – Just days after renewing his plea to respect the rights of migrants, Pope Francis will have a private meeting with Gilbert F. Houngbo, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) during which it…
Pope: Media sins by dredging up, sensationalizing old news
From Newsmax Pope Francis is criticizing journalists who dredge up old scandals and sensationalize the news, saying it’s a “very serious sin” that hurts all involved. Francis, who plans to dedicate his upcoming annual communications message to “fake news,” told…
Cardinal Pell charges: A body-blow to the Vatican’s reputation
By David Willey BBC Vatican correspondent From BBC Australian Cardinal George Pell, one of Pope Francis’ most senior advisers, is facing criminal charges for alleged sex offences dating back several decades. Cardinal Pell has emphatically denied the charges. At the…
This secret Catholic exorcist cult in Brazil is making a deal with the Devil
By BARBIE LATZA NADEAU From The Daily Beast ROME—Plinio Correa de Oliveira is almost as peculiar in death as he was in life. Dr. Plinio, as he is still known by his devout followers, was a right-wing Catholic figure who…
Talk of Catholic Church Schism as Conservatives oppose Pope
From newsmax There has been a “growing backlash” in the church to some of Pope Francis’ more progressive ideas, The Los Angeles Times reports. It has been led “largely by German and American bishops who fear the pope may be…
Pope in Christmas speech blasts Vatican resistance to reform
By NICOLE WINFIELD, ASSOCIATED PRESS From ABC Pope Francis on Thursday denounced the resistance he’s encountering in reforming the Vatican bureaucracy, saying some of it is inspired by the devil and that the prelates who work for him must undergo…
