The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has banned a Legionaries of Christ priest from publicly exercising his priestly ministry for 10 years after he was convicted in Chile of sexually abusing a young girl. Irish-born Legionaries Father John O’Reilly was convicted in Chile in 2014 and sentenced to four years of “supervised liberty.” […]
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Human trafficking is a “crime against humanity,” because it denies the human dignity of the victim, seeing him or her only as a piece of merchandise to be used to enrich or give pleasure to another, Pope Francis said. Human trafficking, “in its multiple forms, is a wound in the humanity of those who endure […]
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At the end of a highly unusual spiritual retreat for the political leaders of warring factions, Pope Francis knelt at the feet of the leaders of South Sudan, begging them to give peace a chance and to be worthy “fathers of the nation.” “As a brother, I ask you to remain in peace. I ask […]
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A Nicaraguan bishop said he will leave the country indefinitely as concerns for his security increase – presumably the product of his criticisms of the Central American nation’s president. Auxiliary Bishop Silvio Baez Ortega of Managua said he would travel to Rome – at the request of Pope Francis – after finishing Easter celebrations in […]
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The Vatican has for the first time opened its own investigation into the case of Emanuela Orlandi, a 15-year-old Vatican citizen who disappeared in the summer of 1983. The Orlandi family’s lawyer Laura Sgro confirmed the probe. She said “the secretariat of state has authorised the opening of an investigation into a grave in the […]
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Everyone is “in debt” to God, who offers his infinite love and graces for free, Pope Francis said. “We have received so much: our existence, a father and a mother, friendships, the wonders of creation,” the pope said today during his weekly general audience in a rain-soaked St Peter’s Square. “Even if difficult days happen […]
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Ten years after Pope Benedict XVI established personal ordinariates for Catholics coming from the Anglican tradition, the Vatican has issued a slightly updated set of norms governing them. The updated “complementary norms” include a provision Pope Francis approved in 2013 explicitly stating that the personal ordinariates are not only for former Anglicans and their families, […]
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To help bring lasting peace to a nation scarred by civil war, Pope Francis is scheduled to speak with and bless leaders from South Sudan gathered for a spiritual retreat at the Vatican. “The highest civil and ecclesiastical authorities of South Sudan will participate” in the retreat April 10th-11th in the Domus Sanctae Marthae residence […]
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Pope Francis is aware of the suffering that abuse survivors and all Catholics in Chile have endured following the revelations of abuse and cover-up and is doing everything possible to accompany them, said the new apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Santiago. Bishop Celestino Aos Braco of Copiapo, Chile, told journalists at the Vatican on […]
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Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley told members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors how much Pope Francis appreciated their efforts, particularly their proposal for a summit of leaders of the world’s bishops’ conferences and for the recently released safeguarding guidelines for Vatican City and the Roman Curia. The commission met in Rome (April […]
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