Vatican says bishops should report sex abuse to police
Vatican City AP The Vatican told bishops around the world on Thursday they should report cases of clergy sex crimes to police even when not legally bound to do so, in its latest effort to compel church leaders to protect minors from predator priests. The Vatican issued a long-awaited manual for bishops and religious superiors […]
Essay: ‘Humanae Vitae’ – sex and authority in the Catholic Church
Fifty years after it was first released, Catholic priest THOMAS REESE looks at how the dispute among Catholics over the controversial papal encyclical ‘Humanae Vitae’ wasn’t just about sex but about church authority itself…
Pope shakes up Vatican by replacing conservative doctrinal chief
RNS/Reuters Newly elected Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Muller of Germany arrives during a consistory ceremony led by Pope Francis in St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican in February, 2014. PICTURE: Reuters/Alessandro Bianchi In a major shake-up of the Vatican’s administration, Pope Francis replaced Catholicism’s top theologian, a conservative German cardinal who has been at odds with the pontiff’s vision […]