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Vatican and Unicef speak out against online violence and abuse
28 Sep 2025 00:45 GMT
… Vatican said “technology is being used to exacerbate certain forms of abuse … of this. A Catholic priest had lured and groomed … Sexual Abuse or Exploitation of Children and Anti-Child Sexual Abuse or … shock about how widespread child abuse images are online, …
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Rupnik abuse documentary wins acclaim at Toronto Film Festival as Vatican trial looms
27 Sep 2025 15:51 GMT
… sexual, spiritual and psychological abuse by the Slovenian priest and artist.
Rupnik … that often centred on the abuse of children. They were struck, they … the Church, including the removal of Rupnik’s artworks from official Vatican …
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A priest from Reus has been removed from prison for sexual abuse in the 1990s.
26 Sep 2025 17:09 GMT
… the Faith, the Vatican body that handles sexual abuse complaints. The file … proceedings. Morell was charged with child abuse and pornography in 2016, when … an investigation by the Church itself, the priest was found guilty and …
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Pope taps Italian canon lawyer for top position at Dicastery for Bishops
26 Sep 2025 15:24 GMT
… Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY — In the first … : Penal Sanctions in the Church,” one of seven books … sexual abuse, including child pornography, and the required actions of a bishop … and was ordained to the priesthood in 1982.
Within the …
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Poverty, violence still ‘persistent issues’ affecting women, girls, top Vatican diplomat tells UN
25 Sep 2025 02:14 GMT
… girls worldwide, said a top Vatican diplomat.
On Sept. 22, … genital mutilation, female infanticide, child marriage and sexually based … exacerbate certain forms of abuse and violence.”
He noted … abortion rejected.”
The Catholic Church teaches that human life …
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Bishop Checchio to join troubled Archdiocese of New Orleans as coadjutor
24 Sep 2025 13:24 GMT
… XIV on Wednesday named Bishop James Checchio coadjutor archbishop … guilty to the molestation of 17 children over a 15- … Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) have criticized … News Agency’s senior Vatican correspondent. After growing up …
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Pope names successor to embattled New Orleans archbishop after sex abuse settlement
24 Sep 2025 11:28 GMT
… investigate and sanction bishops who abuse or mishandle abuse cases. Checchio had … system, which the Vatican codified for the whole church in 2019.
… , such as former Catholic priest Lawrence Hecker, who pleaded … do to make sure our children are safe, I will,” …
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Pope Leo XIV names next Archbishop of New Orleans, a NJ bishop who spent years at Vatican
24 Sep 2025 10:33 GMT
… diocese in coming months, the Vatican announced on Wednesday.
His … Catholic church, before being named by Pope Francis as Bishop of … several years as a parish priest in the Diocese of … with community members and school children, according to his letters …
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Leo’s first move, all to play for, and let them eat swan
26 Sep 2025 20:45 GMT
… s long serving secretary, Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta, with … laicised child sexual abuser, Iannone gave an interview to Vatican media … barrister who publicly upheld Church teaching during referendum debates … “polarization” of the Church’s liturgy, including the …
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Bibi Regrets Gaza Church Shelling Error
18 Jul 2025 13:16 GMT
… mistakenly hits Holy Family Catholic Church, killing civilians sheltering inside … child, and at least ten wounded, among them the parish priest … humanitarian law.”
Italy, the Vatican’s host country, summoned … If evidence emerges of such abuse in this case, it …