Title: How will Pope Leo tackle the sex abuse crisis? Author: Colleen Dulle Publisher: America Magazine (America Media) Date: 12JUN2025 A month into Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate, images of artwork created by the disgraced priest Marko Rupnik began disappearing from the Vatican News website—a departure from the Vatican’s earlier stated policy of keeping the artwork
Pope Leo XIV’s history handling abuse Title: Victims group claims Pope Leo XIV has a history of mishandling cases of sexual abuse committed by priests Author: Kaitlin Washburn Publisher: The Chicago Sun-Times Date: 21MAY2025 A group representing survivors of clergy abuse alleges Pope Leo XIV has a poor track record handling allegations of sexual assault
Title: Pope Leo XIV and some unfinished business Author: Kieran Tapsell Publisher: Pearls and Irritations (John Menadue’s Public Policy Journal) Date: 19MAY2025 In its 2017 Final Report, the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse recommended changes to canon law, the most important of which was the abolition of the pontifical secret
OPEN LETTER TO POPE LEO XIV Your Holiness Pope Leo XIV, I write to you not as a theologian or canon lawyer, but as a voice for victims, for truth — and for countless children silenced by the Catholic Church’s misuse of secrecy, power, and privilege. For decades, the Vatican has protected perpetrators of child
Next Pope Do More Than Francis Title: Will the next pope do more than Pope Francis to fight clergy sexual abuse? Author: Joan Vennochi Publisher: The Boston Globe Date: 05MAY2025 The priests were protected, not the children. Is the Catholic Church any different today than it was 20-plus years ago, when the scandal of clergy
Pope Francis Did Enough? Title: Abuse victims question if Pope Francis did enough to stop predators Author: John Sudworth Publisher: BBC Date: 06MAY2025 As 133 cardinals meet in Rome to decide the next pope, questions about the legacy of the last one will loom large over their discussions. For the Catholic Church, no aspect of
Why American Pope? Title: Why the next pope should be an American Author: Anne Barrett-Doyle Publisher: National Catholic Reporter (NCROnline) Date: 05MAY2025 If we are going to have a prayer of curbing sexual abuse crimes and cover-up in the Catholic Church, the next pope should be an American. This might sound not just provincial but
Conclave Watch Zero Tolerance Title: Zero Tolerance Author: SNAP Network Publisher: SNAP Network Date: APRIL 2025 Despite four decades of public exposure of widespread sexual abuse, there is still no universal law in the Catholic Church that requires that Catholic leaders who have sexually abused children or vulnerable people be permanently removed from ministry. Nor
Abuse Scandal In Focus Title: Abuse scandal in focus in search for new pope Author: Alice Ritchie Publisher: AFP via Yahoo News Date: 29APR2025 For decades, the sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests was covered up by the Church. But cardinals on Monday listed it as a key challenge for the next pope. In
Pope Francis Complicated Legacy Title: Pope Francis Leaves Complicated Legacy On Addressing the Sexual Abuse Crisis Author: Junno Arocho Esteves Publisher: OSV News Date: 26APR2025 ROME (OSV News) — Throughout his papacy, Pope Francis, who died April 21 at the age of 88, faced the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church, attempting to balance defending