Pope Francis has made major changes to the Diocese of Rome, giving new positions to both Cardinal Angelo De Donatis, his vicar for the diocese since 2017, and Auxiliary Bishop Daniele Libanori, a Jesuit who has served as auxiliary for the past
The Diocese of Rome's statement Sept. 18 said that given the accusations against Father Rupnik and since the Centro Aletti was recognized as a "public association of the faithful" in the diocese, Cardinal De Donatis decided in January to begin a visitation
Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of San Diego apologized to a group of children in Rome for having forgotten most of the Italian he had learned as a student in their city.
But his promise to them, and their pledge to him in return,
Pope Francis has accepted Jesuit Father Hans Zollner's request to no longer be a member of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.
A leading safeguarding expert and a member of the papal commission since its establishment in 2014, Father Zollner had
On March 3, Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, Pope Francis' point man on the clergy abuse crisis, was appointed as consultant to the Diocese of Rome's newly established office dedicated to the protection of minors and vulnerable persons.
"I am committed to listening to
Ten months after Pope Francis inducted him into the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington took possession of his titular church in Rome, the Church of the Immaculate Conception of Mary in the Grottarossa neighborhood of northern Rome.
Greeting parishioners