Monsignor Owen Campion writes that, despite changes in the way people receive their news, the Church still has good news to tell: “Reliable reporting, and good Catholic commentary, still are needed by Catholics, but this country, and Western Europe, are facing a
The nation's Catholic bishops have made progress in regaining the trust of the laity since approving a groundbreaking document in response to the clergy sexual abuse crisis two decades ago, but for Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory "the task is not complete."
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In the second of a special two-part series marking the 20th anniversary of the passing of the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People (known as the Dallas Charter), Michelle Martin unpacks the procedures that were created to protect minors
On Jan. 6, 2002, Epiphany Sunday, the Boston Globe published the first installment of its Spotlight series on sexual abuse by priests in the Church. The story was keyed to the trial of John Geoghan, a former priest, for one instance of
In April 2002, with the U.S. Church reeling from the Boston Globe scandal that unveiled historic cases of sexual abuse by priests, a delegation of American cardinals were called to the Vatican to meet with Pope John Paul II, who told them: