VATICAN CITY -- A former apostolic nuncio to the United States accused church officials, including Pope Francis, of failing to act on accusations of abuse of conscience and power by now-Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick.
In an open letter first published...
DUBLIN -- Before celebrating Mass in a Dublin park, Pope Francis solemnly asked forgiveness for the thousands of cases of sexual and physical abuse perpetrated by Catholics in Ireland.
"We ask forgiveness for the abuse in Ireland, abuse of power...
By LOUIS DE ANGELO
Imagine rolling a pair of dice. You have the greatest probability of rolling the number seven. It has more combinations than any other number. (Actually, six sets of combinations total seven.) Perhaps for this reason the...
DUBLIN -- Pope Francis spent 90 minutes meeting privately with eight survivors of sexual, physical and emotional abuse at the hands of Catholic clergy or in Catholic-run schools and institutions.
The meeting took place at the Vatican nunciature in Dublin...
DUBLIN -- Acknowledging the failures "of bishops, religious superiors, priests and others" in the Catholic Church to protect children from the "repugnant crimes" of physical and sexual abuse, Pope Francis began his two-day visit to Ireland.
Meeting with civil, cultural...
WASHINGTON -- It has been a summer of anguish and shame in Washington, and some of it has nothing to do with politicians.
The summer solstice had only just begun when news detailing sexual abuse allegations against the Archdiocese of...
DUBLIN -- Marie Collins, a survivor of Irish clerical sex abuse, has given her backing to Boston Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley as president of the Vatican's Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.
At a news conference at the World...
WASHINGTON -- What became known following a New York Times investigation into two seminarians who said they had been abused by Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick is that settlements were reached with each man in the mid-2000s.
What was less clear...
DUBLIN — Parish life, peer education and public-private partnerships are needed to combat addiction, said Darren Butler, national coordinator of the Irish Bishops’ Drugs Initiative during an Aug. 22 presentation at the World Meeting of Families 2018 in Dublin.
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WILMINGTON – When Terre Taylor accepted the position of principal of the upper school at St. Elizabeth School, she added one more Catholic school connection to her family’s resume.
The Alessandrini family is most commonly associated with St. Mark’s High...