VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis issued a groundbreaking law Thursday requiring all Catholic priests and nuns around the world to report clergy sexual abuse and cover-up by their superiors to church ...
A distraught Pope Francis again pledged justice for the victims of sexual abuse by members of the Catholic ... advances which recent reforms to canon law have meant, which hold abusers accountable ...
Pope Francis approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples under certain circumstances, the Vatican announced Monday. Why it matters: The rule change affirms and expands on a progressive ...
But the Pope is known for having more modern ideas about social issues, like supporting civil union laws for same-sex couples and being against laws that make being gay illegal. No matter how ...
Pope announces ... has pledged to toughen laws on the rape of children after a massive online movement has seen hundreds of victims share accounts about sexual abuse within their families.
ROME (AP) — The clergy sexual abuse scandal is slowly ... Rugolo was a seminarian at the time the abuse began. The Vatican’s in-house laws at the time only called for canonical sanctions ...
sexual abuse and the abuse of women. The text, published by the Vatican doctrine office on Monday, states that attempts to obscure “the sexual difference between man and woman,” including ...
Pope Francis has received Swiss Defence Minister Viola Amherd for a 25-minute audience at the Vatican. Amherd, who holds the ...
For four hours, local students and crime enthusiasts were enthralled and brought into the minds of the law enforcement officers who prosecuted David Pope, the stepfather of two-year-old Hodgie who ...
The lawsuit also alleges wrongful termination in retaliation for reporting illegal payroll practices. Counsel have not yet appeared for the defendants. The case is Pope v. Phoenix Transportation ...
ROME (AP) — The clergy sexual abuse scandal is slowly ... Rugolo was a seminarian at the time the abuse began. The Vatican’s in-house laws at the time only called for canonical sanctions ...