In many countries, hundreds or thousands of cases of clerical sexual abuse have made the need for conversion painfully obvious and have led to a reckoning with how power is viewed, exercised and protected within the Church.
Authority in a wounded church: Leaders see ‘synodality’ as way forward
Guardian Angels: Safeguarding minors is a mandate, not a choice
The pope’s steadfast position to abuse scandals is fighting abuse and ensuring accountability cannot be a one-man operation and needs to be backed by a global army.
Postulator says he found no evidence St. John Paul covered up abuse
The commission involved in investigating the life of Pope John Paul II for sainthood cause found no evidence that the pope knowingly neglected or covered up abuse scandals.