The Vatican Secretariat of State sent a formal statement to the French Embassy to the Holy See reaffirming that Pope Francis had sent a top Vatican official to investigate a French religious congregation and warning that interference by a French civil court
A civil court in Lorient in France's Brittany region has ruled that a French religious congregation, Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet -- a former high-ranking Vatican official -- and two Vatican-appointed investigators committed "serious misconduct" in expelling Sabine Baudin de la Valette, whose
New testimony of alleged sex abuse victim revealed in Canadian court in defamation case filed by Cardinal Ouellet against accuser
New testimony of alleged sex abuse victim was revealed in Canadian court June 13 in the defamation case filed by Cardinal Ouellet against his accuser
An event at The Catholic University of America in Washington headlined by Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet examined the theology of the priesthood, drawing clergy and religious from across the country.
Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet, the recently retired prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Bishops, has launched an international movement to revitalize the collaboration between ministerial priests and the priesthood of the faithful. He has organized a gathering for American theologians, priests, seminarians
Pope Francis has chosen Chicago-born Bishop Robert F. Prevost of Chiclayo, Peru, to succeed Canadian Cardinal Ouellet as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America.
The Vatican announced Jan. 30 the retirement of Cardinal Ouellet
A preliminary Vatican investigation into allegations against Cardinal Marc Ouellet concluded there was not sufficient evidence to warrant opening up formal proceedings against the cardinal for sexual assault, a Vatican spokesman said.
However, the Jesuit who did the investigation was a long-time associate