Holy See and Rights of the Child Title: The Holy See and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Author: Kieran Tapsell Publisher: UCANews Date: 09DEC2025 The Holy See was one of the strongest promoters and first signatories of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted on Sept. 2, 1990. This convention
Zero Tolerance and Transparency Title: Pope Leo XIV and transparency in child sexual abuse cases Author: Kieran Tapsell Publisher: UCANews Date: 12NOV2025 In an address to the National Safeguarding Conference held in the Philippines from Oct. 20-24, Pope Leo stated that “there can be no tolerance for any form of abuse in the Church.” At
ACT Stand Up For Survivors Title: The ACT has made a historic decision. What about survivors elsewhere? Author: Louise Milligan Publisher: ABC News Date: 31Oct2025 “I think it’s a good day, but let me put it this way: if this was a trench in Ukraine, we’ve put a foot forward in the right direction, but we’ve
Release the Full Epstein Files Title: Statement from the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) on the Call to Release the Full Epstein Files Author: Angela Walker, SNAP Executive Director Publisher: Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) Date: 05SEP2025 This week’s press conference demanding the release of the full Epstein files
Rest In Peace Stephen Title: The true legacy of the rapist George Pell Author: Louise Milligan Publisher: The Monthly Date: September 2025 As the Catholic Church finds a new legal defence against child sexual abuse charges, disgust with the late cardinal George Pell’s glorification has now led some of his own victims to come forward
Firm Action Sex Abuse Title: Pope Leo XIV affirms celibacy for priests, demands ‘firm’ action on sex abuse Author: Nicole Winfield Publisher: Associated Press (AP) Date: 25JUN2025 ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV affirmed Wednesday that priests must be celibate and insisted that bishops take “firm and decisive” action to deal with sex abusers, as
Pope Leo Zero Tolerance Title: Pope Leo XIV says there should be no tolerance for abuse of any kind in Catholic Church Author: Franklin Briceno Publisher: Associated Press (AP) Date: 22Jun2025 LIMA, Peru (AP) — Pope Leo XIV has said there should be no tolerance in the Catholic Church for any type of abuse –
NCR exposed Catholic Church Title: NCR first exposed Catholic Church’s sex abuse scandal 40 years ago this month Author: Ryan Di Corpo Publisher: National Catholic Reporter (NCROnline) Date: 19JUN2025 Forty years ago this month, readers of the National Catholic Reporter first learned through a series of three articles about a dark secret in the Catholic
Transparency Twin Sibling of Silence Title: A Pending Element of Tackling The Abuse Crisis: Transparency Author: Paulina Guzik Publisher: OSVNews Date: 15JUN2025 (OSV News) — While much was done during Pope Francis’ pontificate to tackle the global abuse crisis — a crisis moving at differing speeds in the church, depending on the country — one significant
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