The athletic director of Holy Redeemer High School has been placed on administrative leave amid allegations that he has engaged in “inappropriate conduct.” Luzerne County District Attorney Sam Sanguedolce and Wilkes-Barre Police Chief Michael Boyle confirmed in a statement issued…
VATICAN CITY, 25 October 2026 — A letter from the Vatican Secretariat of State to organizers of the annual Ad Petri Sedem pilgrimage, obtained by this journalist, confirms reports that the pilgrims were barred from entering St. Peter’s Basilica in procession to pray…
The pontiff emphasized that a responsible synthesis between faith and culture is “an essential requirement for bearing witness to the faith.” VATICAN CITY — Continuing his catechetical series on the pastoral constitution Gaudium et Spes on Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV called…
The humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is accused of failing to adequately inform the Swiss authorities of the scale of reports of sexual misconduct by MSF staff in Chad. The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) has now…
Amira Abuzeid, EWTN News on Wednesday, October 28, 2026 Archbishop Hicks said the settlement puts the archdiocese “on the verge of being able to … bring some measure of healing and reconciliation to all victim-survivors.” With all your heart, soul, and mind – Bishop…
In an October 24 press release, attorneys for claimants who had filed sex abuse claims against the Catholic Archdiocese of New York announced:Survivors of clergy sexual abuse and their attorneys have agreed to an $800 million settlement with approximately 1,300 survivors of…
The Vatican announced Tuesday that Pope Leo XIV will hold “several meetings” with victims of clerical sexual abuse during his apostolic journey to Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru from Nov. 6–17. “During the days of the Holy Father’s upcoming apostolic journey to…
ROME — Pope Leo XIV will meet with survivors of clergy sexual abuse during his upcoming trip to Latin America, which will take the American pope to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, the Vatican said Tuesday. The Vatican statement didn’t say when…
The Vatican statement didn’t say when the encounters would take place or where, but said “several meetings are planned,” suggesting more than one encounter. The Nov. 6-17 trip is going ahead as planned despite Leo's Oct. 13 lung cancer surgery which had…
The number of Ireland’s Catholic bishops could be reduced by as much as a third following Vatican consultations which involved Pope Leo shortly before his election to the papacy last year. Five years ago there were 26 dioceses in Ireland, each…
Clergy sexual abuse in the Catholic Church: survivors, investigations, lawsuits and diocesan bankruptcies, and the Church's safeguarding reforms.
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