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USCCB president: Church must address leaders' 'moral failures of judgment'

Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick "will rightly face" a Vatican canonical process regarding sexual abuse allegations against him, but the U.S. Catholic Church must take steps to respond to church leaders' "moral failures of judgment," said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Pope accepts Cardinal McCarrick's resignation from College of Cardinals

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation from the College of Cardinals of Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington, and has ordered him to maintain "a life of prayer and penance" until a canonical trial examines accusations that he sexually abused minors.

Cardinal O'Malley calls for 'specific actions' needed now to address claims against Cardinal McCarrick

Boston Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley called for "three specific actions" to immediately address allegations of sexual abuse of minors and "sexual improprieties" with seminarians made against Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, starting with "a fair and rapid adjudication of these accusations."

Two-year process to revise bishops’ protection charter nears completion

The chair of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on the Protection of Children and Young People said a two-year project to revise the charter that guides the U.S. church in protecting minors from sexual abuse is nearly ready to be presented to the full body of bishops.

All of Chile's bishops offer to resign after meeting with pope on abuse

Every bishop in Chile offered his resignation to Pope Francis after a three-day meeting at the Vatican to discuss the clerical sexual abuse scandal.

Clergy abuse survivors say they feel pope heard them in private meetings

After private meetings with Pope Francis, three survivors of clergy sexual abuse from Chile said they felt they had been heard and were hopeful for changes in the way the Catholic Church handles accusations of abuse.

Pope meets his advisory commission on child protection

In its efforts to help advise the pope, the Roman Curia, bishops’ conferences and local churches on protecting minors from abuse, a Vatican commission listened to abuse survivors from Great Britain and discussed the results of Australia’s public inquiry into its country’s institutional responses to abuse.

Francis’ papacy at year five; Vatican reboots abuse commission

As Pope Francis reaches the five-year mark of his papacy, one of the major shifts that has occurred under him is the move to push power away from Rome and out to the local churches. For the pope, the Roman Curia works best when it operates as a coordinating hub, helping dioceses by sharing information and practices from across the global church.

On recent trip, Pope Francis takes sacraments to the people

Danielita is 15 years old and suffers from severe cerebral palsy. Abandoned by her parents when she was just three months old, she is cared for by volunteers at the Hogar San Pedro home in Lima, Peru, a facility that is run by the Missionaries of the Holy Apostles. During Pope Francis’ visit to Peru, volunteers from Hogar San Pedro waited patiently outside the apostolic nunciature in Lima where he was staying, hoping to catch a glimpse of the Latin American pope.

Pope apologizes to sex abuse victims for choice of words, defends accused Chilean bishop

Pope Francis apologized to victims of clergy sex abuse, saying he unknowingly wounded them by the way he defended a Chilean bishop accused of covering up abuse by his mentor.
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