Update: Benedict XVI responds to German abuse report
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has responded to accusations that he mishandled four cases of clerical sexual abuse when he was archbishop of Munich and Freising. His response came 20 days after a German l...
8 Feb 20223min
The Vatican’s leading expert in preventing sexual abuse weighs in on Benedict XVI’s predicament
An investigation, last month, into sexual abuse in the German archdiocese of Munich and Freising found that when Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI served as its archbishop he had mishandled cases of sexual a...
3 Feb 202223min
Pope Benedict was accused of mishandling four abuse cases. Here’s what we know.
An investigation into sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising released Jan. 21 found that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and Cardinal Reinhard Marx, the current archbishop, had mishandled c...
27 Jan 202227min
Deep Dive: The beatification of Rutilio Grande, El Salvador’s first martyr-priest
In 1977, driving on a rural, dusty road between Aguilares and El Paisnal, a Jesuit priest named Rutilio Grande S.J. was shot and killed by El Salvador’s government security forces. The assassination h...
21 Jan 202242min
Update: German abuse report faults Pope Benedict, Cardinal Marx
A long-awaited report on how sexual abuse cases were handled in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising between 1945 and 2019, was released today, and it accuses both Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and Car...
20 Jan 20223min
Pope Francis calls out ‘cancel culture’ in address to ambassadors
Pope Francis addressed ambassadors from the 183 countries that have diplomatic relations with the Holy See about his top international priorities on Monday and, surprisingly, devoted a portion of his ...
13 Jan 202229min
Pope Francis' 'action-packed' plans for 2022
Pope Francis has an “action-packed” agenda this year, but the relentless spread of Covid-19 worldwide could complicate his plans to visit countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. But wh...
6 Jan 202229min
Pope Francis' Christmas message: Be humble.
Pope Francis’ Christmas messages to “the church and the world” (“Urbi et Orbi”) and to the Roman Curia focused this year on the theme of humility. “He is the word of God who became an infant, capable ...
30 Dec 20216min
