By Virginia Carter
The jury attributed 60 percent fault to the Diocese of Duluth and the other 40 percent to the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, a religious order based in St. Paul. The victim testified that he was molested by
Haitian officials look into new allegations against man who founded orphanage
Michael Geilenfeld won a defamation case against a Freeport man in a federal civil trial in Portland this past summer.
Haitian investigators are looking into new allegations of child sex abuse against an American man who founded an orphanage for
Peru Catholic Society Admits Sex Abuse Probe against Founder
A secretive Roman Catholic society with chapters across South America and in the U.S. has revealed under pressure that a Vatican investigator is looking into allegations that its founder sexually molested young recruits.
The scandal at the Peru-based Sodalitium Christianae
Vatican synod calls for a more welcoming Catholic Church
Deeply divided clerics at a landmark Vatican summit echoed the more inclusive tone of Pope Francis on Saturday, extending more welcoming language to divorced and gay Catholics but stopping short of calling for clear alterations in policy
Archbishop Cupich lays out pathway for gay couples to receive Communion at Vatican press scrum
By John-Henry Westen and Pete Baklinski
Archbishop Blase Cupich of Chicago — who is participating in the Synod of the Family at Pope Francis’ personal invitation — said at a press scrum in the Vatican press office this afternoon that
Pro-LGBT Catholic pastors, bishop met in Rome for pre-Synodal conference
By Emmanuele Barbieri
Around a hundred people gathered at the Pilgrim Centre “Santa Teresa Couderc” in Rome, for the international conference entitled Ways of Love: Snapshots of Catholic Encounters With LGBT People and Their Families, sponsored by the “Global
Church language and sexuality
Archbishop: Family ministry is giving more love to those most in need
By Cindy Wooden
Chicago Archbishop Blase J. Cupich told reporters that something his mother once said might give the Synod of Bishops a way to balance the need to affirm church teaching while reaching out to those who are struggling.
NJ archbishop sets rules for barring Catholics from Communion
File under: Grandstanding Idiot
By David Gibson
Even as Pope Francis and Catholic leaders from around the world debate ways to make the Catholic Church more inclusive, Newark Archbishop John Myers has given his priests strict guidelines on refusing Communion
The mystery surrounding the letter allegedly sent by cardinals criticising Synod procedure
By andrea tornielli