Catholic Church must do more to help sexual abuse survivors and hold church leaders to account, hard-hitting report says (CNN) — A Vatican commission for the protection of children has said the ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -The Vatican's child protection commission accused senior Catholic leaders on Thursday of being too slow to help victims of sexual abuse by clergy and implement new safeguarding ...

Pope Leo XIV presides over a Rosary vigil for peace in St. Peter’s Square on the 63rd anniversary of the start of the Second Vatican Council, at the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2025. Credit: AP ...

This Dec. 1, 2012 file photo shows a silhouette of a crucifix and a stained glass window inside a Catholic Church in New Orleans. (Credit: Gerald Herbert/AP.) Listen The New Orleans Archdiocese will ...

Advocates against priest sex abuse are calling on Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch to apologize for comments he recently made on a radio talk show that seemed to minimize the scope and severity of the ...

On Palm Sunday in 2002 as I prepared to begin Mass, I took a brown paper bag with the eyes, nose and mouth cut out and placed it over my head. As I processed up the aisle, I could hear giggles and saw ...

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A Vatican commission for the protection of children has said the mishandling by the Catholic Church’s leaders of sexual abuse allegations involving clergy is causing “ongoing harm” to victims, in a ...