Commentary: In 2019 Pope Francis introduced Vos Estis Lux Mundi, a church law to hold bishops and religious superiors accountable for abuse. But to be the transformative tool that is needed, Vos Estis must be revised.
Analysis: The report on disgraced ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick makes it clear: Pope John Paul II decided to appoint the priest as archbishop of Washington despite repeated warnings from high-level advisers.
A prominent Polish cardinal who was recently sanctioned by the Vatican over sexual abuse allegations has been hospitalized since last week and remains unconscious, Polish media reported Tuesday.
The Vatican's report calls into question the decision-making of three popes and reveals a series of institutional failures that led to the repeated promotion of now disgraced ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick.
Polish Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, the influential former long-time personal secretary of Pope John Paul II, is denying a priest's accusation that he covered up a case of clerical abuse in 2012.
Janusz Szymik claims that between the years of 1984 and 1989 he was sexually abused almost 500 times by Fr. Jan Wodniak in a Polish village about two hours southeast of Krakow. He reported it in 1993 but is still waiting for justice.
On the 75th anniversary of Poland's uprising against the Nazis, Krakow Archbishop Marek Jedraszewski denounced LGBTQ campaigners, who have been staging controversial equality marches across Poland.
Michael Sean Winters rounds up political news and commentary: Trump's animus toward Puerto Rico; Cardinal Dziwisz's defense of John Paul II on abuse; GOP still attacking Obamacare.
A close aide to St. John Paul II has vigorously defended the late pope's handling of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy and denied accusations that he ignored the problem during his 27-year pontificate.
