May, 2018
Archbishop Philip Wilson to step down after sex abuse cover-up
May 28, 2018 · By www.bbc.com
A Catholic archbishop in Australia convicted of concealing child sexual abuse will step down from his position. Philip Wilson, the archbishop of Adelaide, South Australia, was found guilty of covering up the crimes of a paedophile priest by a court on Tuesday. He is the most senior Catholic in the world to be convicted of […]
Read More...The Process of Justice and Injustice
May 25, 2018 ·
The Process of Justice and Injustice Fr. Shay Cullen 25 May 2018 The Avila sex bar in Calapandayan, Subic town, Zambales is closed with a steel gate since the hand of justice came to that place when we rescued young girls from sex slavery and the domineering power of the owner, US National Arthur […]
Read More...Ex-Celtic youth coach and kitman pleads guilty to child sex offences
May 25, 2018 · By Independent.ie Newsdesk for www.independent.ie
A former Celtic Football Club youth coach and kitman has plead guilty to a series of child sex offences. Jim McCafferty, 72, was involved in football in Scotland and Ireland from the 1980s. He was arrested in Belfast by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) after walking into a police station in December 2016. […]
Read More...Australian archbishop Philip Wilson guilty of concealing child sex abuses
May 25, 2018 · By www.bbc.com
An Australian court has found a Catholic archbishop guilty of concealing child sexual abuse in the 1970s. Philip Wilson, now archbishop of Adelaide, becomes the most senior Catholic in the world to be charged and convicted of the offence. He was found to have covered up the abuse of altar boys by a paedophile priest […]
Read More...Editorial: Francis should seize momentum of Chile resignations
May 25, 2018 · By NCR Editorial Staff for www.ncronline.org
Recent weeks have seen several milestone events in the Catholic Church’s decadeslong struggle to come to terms with the scandal of clergy sexual abuse and its cover-up by the hierarchy. The headline event was the mass resignation of the Chilean episcopate May 18. While at press time Pope Francis had not yet formally accepted any […]
Read More...Mother and stepfather jailed for raping girl ‘after social services ignored abuse complaints’
May 24, 2018 · By Independent.ie Newsdesk for www.independent.ie
A mother and stepfather have been jailed for the rape of a girl who was returned to their care after social services dismissed her as “troublesome”. The parents, now both in their 70s, abused the girl when she was around 13 for up to two months in 1978. A jury at Southwark Crown Court convicted […]
Read More...Archbishop Romero, martyr, to be made saint at Vatican ceremony Oct. 14
May 24, 2018 · By Joshua J. McElwee for www.ncronline.org
VATICAN CITY — After a 38-year-wait, it is now official. Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero, murdered in 1980 for speaking out against military oppression, will be made a saint of the Roman Catholic Church at a Vatican ceremony Oct. 14. Pope Francis, the first pontiff from the Americas, announced the decision May 19 during a meeting […]
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May 24, 2018 ·
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Francis names 14 cardinals, surpassing numbers appointed by Benedict and John Paul
May 24, 2018 · By Joshua J. McElwee for www.ncronline.org
ROME — Pope Francis named fourteen new Catholic cardinals May 20, again diversifying representation in the most elite body of church prelates with selections from places as far-flung as Iraq, Pakistan and Japan and solidifying his influence on the group that will one day elect his successor. In a surprise announcement at the end of […]
Read More...Vatican offices decry ‘profoundly amoral culture’ of global financial system
May 23, 2018 · By Joshua J. McElwee for www.ncronline.org
VATICAN CITY — Two Vatican offices have taken the global financial system to task, decrying in a new document the way markets primarily serve the world’s wealthiest minority and stress profit to an extent that creates “a profoundly amoral culture.” In a joint venture giving theological weight to Pope Francis’ frequent criticism that “this economy […]
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