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A landmark deal agreed upon between China and the Vatican is a win for Beijing, giving official recognition to bishops appointed by the government despite a crackdown on religion, and potentially softening the ground for full diplomatic relations after 67 years of estrangement, analysts ...
Vatican and China make breakthrough deal on bishop appointments
The Vatican and China said Saturday they had signed a "provisional agreement" over the appointment of bishops, a breakthrough on an issue that stymied diplomatic relations for decades and aggravated a split among Chinese Catholics. The deal resolved one of the major sticking points in ...
U2's Bono saw 'pain' on pope's face over clergy sex abuse scandals
U2 front man Bono said he could see the pain on Pope Francis's face on Wednesday when he told him "it looks to some people that the abusers are being more protected than the victims. "Having just come from Ireland we talked about the pope's ...
Pope's role in study of Argentine sex abuse case under scrutiny
Pope Francis' role in Argentina's most famous case of priestly sex abuse is coming under renewed scrutiny as he faces the greatest crisis of his papacy over the Catholic Church's troubled legacy of cover-up and allegations he himself sided with the accused. Francis, who at ...
Vatican expels suspended Chilean priest accused of sexual abuse
Chilean church authorities say Pope Francis has ordered a man accused of sexually abusing minors removed from the priesthood. The Santiago archbishop's office said Saturday the decision cannot be appealed. Cristian Precht already had earlier been suspended from priestly duties for five years after an investigation ...
Pope says he hopes to visit Japan next year, fulfilling wish
Pope Francis said Wednesday he hopes to visit Japan next year, a trip that would enable him to draw attention to both the legacy of Christian martyrs centuries ago and survivors of the atomic bombs in 1945. Francis made the announcement while meeting with members ...
Letter confirms Vatican received complaint in 2000 alleging Theodore McCarrick's sexual abuse
A 2006 letter from a top Vatican official confirms that the Holy See received information in 2000 about the sexual misconduct of a now-resigned U.S. cardinal, lending credibility to bombshell accusations of a cover-up at the highest echelons of the Roman Catholic Church. Catholic News ...
Vatican begins push-back against ex-ambassador over 2015 meeting with gay rights advocate Kim Davis
The Vatican is starting to push back against Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, author of the bombshell accusation of a sex abuse cover-up against Pope Francis, with a statement Sunday from its former spokesman about a controversial 2015 meeting Vigano organized. The Rev. Federico Lombardi and ...
Conservative media move to front line of battle to undermine Pope Francis
Last March, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano dined on the outskirts of Rome at the home of a conservative Italian Catholic journalist. Over pasta, fish and white wine, the prelate poured out his concern for the future of the Roman Catholic Church. It was the start ...
The author of the bombshell accusation of a sex abuse cover-up against Pope Francis denied Wednesday he acted out of revenge or anger, breaking his silence as his claims continued to divide a Catholic Church already polarized under Francis' reformist agenda. While the Vatican is ...
Pope's alleged cover-up of abuse seen pivoting on when, or if, sanctions were leveled
The archbishop of Washington on Monday "categorically denied" ever being informed that Pope Benedict XVI had sanctioned his predecessor for sexual misconduct, undercutting a key element of a bombshell allegation that the current pope covered up clergy abuse. Cardinal Donald Wuerl issued a statement Monday ...
Pope on claims from former Vatican official: 'I won't say a word about it'
Pope Francis declined Sunday to confirm or deny claims by the Vatican's retired ambassador to the United States that he knew in 2013 about sexual misconduct allegations against the former archbishop of Washington, Theodore McCarrick, but rehabilitated him anyway. Francis said the 11-page text by ...
