Safeguarding minors and vulnerable persons must be a priority for everyone in the church, Pope Francis said during an audience May 5 with staff and members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors at the Vatican.
Perspective: Each one breaks my heart. Each one represents a young person who, like me, will spend a long time figuring out that the blame belongs completely to the adult predator.
Grace on the Margins: During Holy Week, one Francis was the pope of the pandemic, inspiring hope in word and action. But creativity, apparently, has its limits. And that's where the other Pope Francis stepped in.
Caritas Internationalis, the Vatican-based confederation of 165 national Catholic charities, has expressed sadness and outrage over incidents of child abuse by a Belgian Salesian priest who had been the national director of Caritas in the Central African Republic
A survivor of clergy sexual abuse in Chile said he hopes his meeting with Pope Francis will be an opportunity to make a difference and bring an end to a culture within the Catholic Church that disparages victims and makes them feel guilty for coming forward.
With Barbara Blaine gone, I worried that survivors might hold their stories tight, and keep those damaging secrets hidden. I am only guessing, but it seems she continues her mission, from heaven.
