Tag: laicization

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Opinion

Belgian Church official warns Vangheluwe case could mar papal visit

Pope Francis Vangheluwe Belgium Title: Belgian Church official warns Vangheluwe case could mar papal visit Author: Luke Coppen Publisher: The Pillar Catholic Date: 31JAN2024 A Belgian Church official has told a parliamentary committee that the Vatican’s failure to laicize a bishop who admitted to abuse threatens to overshadow Pope Francis’ scheduled visit to the country. Archbishop Luc

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News

Paedophile priest Vincent Gerard Ryan dead at 84

Paedophile Vincent Gerard Ryan Title: Paedophile priest Vincent Gerard Ryan dead at 84 Author: Giselle Wakatama Publisher: ABC News Newcastle Date: 30MAY2022 Notorious paedophile priest Vincent Gerard Ryan has died at the age of 84. Key points: Vincent Gerard Ryan had 37 known victims Ryan has died at the age of 84 Catholic Church officials will not

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Opinion

Confessions of a Vatican source: Jason Berry on the McCarrick report

Jason Berry McCarrick Report Title: Confessions of a Vatican source: Jason Berry on the McCarrick report Author: Jason Berry Publisher: National Catholic Reporter (NCR) Date: 25NOV2020 When Pope John Paul II made Theodore McCarrick a cardinal in 2001, the archbishop of Washington, D.C., was a silk-between-the-fingers fundraiser. A year later, when the pope summoned the

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Decades before the Vatican’s McCarrick report, there was a mother on a secret mission

Mother’s Secret McCarrick Mission Title: Decades before the Vatican’s McCarrick report, there was a mother on a secret mission Author: Michelle Boorstein Publisher: The Washington Post Date: 20NOV2020 Decades before there was a “bombshell Vatican report” about ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick, before there was the 2020 fall meeting of U.S. bishops discussing whether the best reaction

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Vatican report tracks McCarrick’s rise despite allegations of abuse and misconduct

Vatican Theodore McCarrick Report Title: Vatican report tracks McCarrick’s rise despite allegations of abuse and misconduct Author: Gerard O’Connell Publisher: America Magazine Date:  10NOV2020 In a long awaited act of transparency, fulfilling a commitment from Pope Francis, the Vatican has today published a report based on a two-year internal investigationinto the career of former cardinal

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Pope Francis abolishes pontifical
Opinion

Hand Washing or Social Distancing in the Time of Pell

Pope Social Distance Pell Title: Hand Washing or Social Distancing in the Time of Pell Author: Gail Freyne Publisher: John Menadue – Pearls & Irritations Date: 02NOV2020 The parish priest, Jorge Bergoglio could afford the luxury of welcoming with open arms an old colleague whom he believed to have been falsely accused of sexual abuse.

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Pope Francis abolishes pontifical
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Archbishop Aymond asking all diocesan priests credibly accused of child sex abuse to leave the clergy entirely

New Orleans Archbishop Aymond Title: Archbishop Aymond asking all diocesan priests credibly accused of child sex abuse to leave the clergy entirely Authors: David Hammer & Ramon Antonio Vargas Publisher: NOLA.Com Date: 21OCT2020 In his most aggressive action to date while managing the fallout of an ongoing clerical molestation scandal, New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond

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Pope Francis abolishes pontifical
Crisis: Clergy Abuse in the Catholic Church Podcast

Crisis: Episode 2: Show Notes

Podcast: Crisis Episode 2 Title: Crisis: Episode 2: Show Notes Podcast: Crisis: Clergy Abuse in the Catholic Church Host: Karna Lozoya Publisher: The Catholic Project Date: 16SEP2020 Sexual abuse by clergy of the Catholic Church is not a new problem. “How Did We Get Here?” looks at the early signs in the 1950’s and walks

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Poland’s agreement with Vatican helps protect abusers, NSS tells UN

Vatican helps protect abusers Title: Poland’s agreement with Vatican helps protect abusers, NSS tells UN Author: Publisher: National Secular Society Date: 04SEP2020 The National Secular Society has urged a UN committee to push Poland to renegotiate a treaty with the Vatican, in order to better protect child abuse survivors in the Catholic Church. In a

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