Pope Leo XIV has already appointed the new president of the Vatican’s anti-abuse commission. His name is Thibault Verny and he is a French bishop who has been part of this body since 2022. In fact, he can be seen at some of the meetings with Pope Francis. …

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo on Saturday appointed a French archbishop as the new leader of the Vatican's commission on clergy sexual abuse, in the U.S. pontiff's first public move to confront an issue that has damaged the global Church's …

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Leo XIV's appointment of the new president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors shows that safeguarding remains a top priority, its former president said. "Our Holy Father Pope Leo XIV has affirmed …

Pope Francis (R), sitting next to Cardinal Sean O'Malley, archbishop of Boston (C), addressing members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors during a private audience in Vatican City, in April 2022. EPA Pope Francis (R), sitting …

Is it possible that the next Pope could be a former Bishop of Fall River? In a word, the answer is:  yes. Now retired, Cardinal Sean Patrick O'Malley has been discussed as a candidate for pope in the past. Specifically, O'Malley’s name came up …

Pope Francis, a transformative figure who revitalized the hopes of millions of Catholics after decades of scandal, stagnation and increasing social irrelevancy for the global church, died on April 21 after a prolonged battle with double pneumonia, for …

Their spiritual gurus were Pell and US Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, who once famously compared the Church under Francis to "a ship without a rudder". In 2016 and in 2023, Burke and a handful of other cardinals lodged public challenges known as …

ALBAWABA - Pope Leo XIV has made French Archbishop Thibault Verny the new head of the Vatican's Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors. This is the first big thing he has done to deal with the problem of priest abuse around the world.   The …

Massachusetts and Boston Catholics are joining the faithful around the world in celebrating the election of the first American-born pope."Everyone was, you know, prognosticating. But we got a surprise today, and I think that surprise is a happy one,…

No pope was elected on the first day of voting at the Vatican. More than 130 cardinals are sequestered in the Sistine Chapel as the conclave continues two weeks after the death of Pope Francis. Black smoke billowed from the chimney Wednesday, meaning no …