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Huzzah! Or, what a bawdy “historical” drama can teach us about Church reform

March 03, 2021

To change domestic policy, or even the course of a war, it is more important to amuse the monarch than inform him, and an insinuation will work better than an argument.

Analysis: Are legal reforms in the Vatican designed not to work?

February 28, 2021

A Vatican City criminal court heard two days of frequently gruesome testimony last week, in the trial of two clerics: 28-year-old Fr. Gabriele Martinelli and 71-year-old Fr. Enrico Radice. Martinelli, a former student at the St. Pius X minor seminary in the Vatican, is charged with sexual abuse of a junior boy when Martinelli was

“Vatican Justice” Doesn’t Hold Water

February 21, 2021

Most of the changes are technical and procedural, and – as my friend, John Allen Jr, rightly noted – are designed to dispel or at least mitigate the impression, general among Vatican insiders, that “Vatican Justice” is heavily weighted against defendants, who are typically laymen and laywomen or clergy of the lower ranks.

Primate of All Ireland on Day of Prayer for Victims and Survivors of Abuse

February 19, 2021

"They need to hear from Church leaders like me," Archbishop Martin says, saying also that it is “no wonder" so many victims of abuse find it difficult to forgive or to trust the Church.

Member of Pontifical Commission for Protection of Minors Calls for “Balance” of “Confidentiality, Transparency, Accountability”

February 19, 2021

Dr Myriam Wijlens, a canon law professor at the University of Erfurt and a member of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, told Vatican News the work of the Commission has recently focused on "balancing Confidentiality, Transparency and Accountability”.

Christmas greetings to Roman Curia: Which end up for Pope Francis?

December 21, 2020

Pope Francis delivered his annual “State of the Church” address to high officials of the Roman Curia on Monday.

Survey: Catholic Poland increasingly distrusts Church

December 18, 2020

The Church’s reputation in Poland has suffered from scandal frequently related to sexual abuse and coverup.

Ex-nuncio to France given suspended 8-month prison sentence

December 17, 2020

The archbishop was first accused in early 2019 of inappropriately touching a staffer at a Jan. 17, 2019, reception for the New Year address of Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo.