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Rosaries are sold by a vendor in Mexico City on Sept. 22, 2017.

At Lent, Catholics Reflect On Faith As Sex Abuse Scandal Shakes The Church

Mar 10, 2019
On the first Sunday of Lent, NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Sister Joan Chittister about the holiday's meaning amid the ongoing abuse scandal.
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Pope Francis arrives for the opening of a sexual abuse prevention summit at the Vatican on Thursday.

'A Life Destroyed': Survivors And Pope At Vatican Summit Address Clergy Sex Abuse

Feb 21, 2019
One survivor said a priest forced her to have abortions after raping her. The pope said he has come up with 21 "reflection points" designed to address the crisis.
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Religion
Theodore McCarrick, shown in 2011, has been accused of abusing minors and adults over a nearly 50-year clerical career.

Vatican Defrocks Former Cardinal McCarrick, Finds Him Guilty Of Sex Abuse

Feb 16, 2019
Theodore McCarrick rose to power as a cardinal and archbishop of Washington, D.C. He became the most senior Catholic Church official in modern times to lose clerical status.
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Book Reviews
Pope Francis meets Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI prior to the opening of the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica on Dec. 8, 2015 in Vatican City, Vatican.

'The Pope' Tells The Tale Of A Roman Catholic Church With Coexisting Pontiffs

Feb 08, 2019
In his new book, soon to be a feature film, Andrew McCarten examines Popes Francis and Benedict XVI — and how having two living popes, for the first time in 600 years, has weakened the papacy.
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National
The moon rises behind a church in the Pittsburgh Diocese, one of six dioceses mentioned in the massive report on sexual abuse among Pennsylvania clergy.

For The Catholic Church, A Year Of Unending Clergy Abuse Revelations

Dec 26, 2018
The Catholic Church has been roiled by revelations about clergy abuse in dioceses across the country in 2018. It began with a Pennsylvania grand jury report in August that detailed decades of abuse.
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Pope Francis told a gathering of cardinals Friday that clergy who break their vows by sexually abusing children are similar to Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Jesus Christ.

Pope Francis Tells Abusive Priests And Bishops To Turn Themselves In

Dec 21, 2018
Priests who sexually abuse children are like Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Jesus Christ, Pope Francis told a gathering of cardinals on Friday.
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More Accusations Of Child Sex Abuse By Priests In Illinois Uncovered, Says AG

Dec 20, 2018
A preliminary investigation by the state's attorney general revealed the Illinois Catholic Church withheld the names of at least 500 accused priests from the public.
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Religion
Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Wednesday. Two cardinals with ties to the Catholic Church's sex abuse scandals are no longer on his advisory panel.

Top Cardinals Embroiled In Sexual Abuse Scandal No Longer On Papal Council

Dec 12, 2018
Javier Errázuriz had been accused of ignoring sexual abuse in Chile. George Pell has reportedly been found guilty of sexually assaulting children in Australia.
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Religion
The office and residence of the Archbishop of Agana in Guam, seen Wednesday. The house was listed as one of the non-essential properties owned by the Catholic Church in the U.S. territory, which announced that it will file for bankruptcy.

Guam's Catholic Church To File Bankruptcy Amid Deluge Of Sex Abuse Lawsuits

Nov 07, 2018
Guam's archdiocese is facing claims from nearly 200 alleged survivors. "Bankruptcy is the method to deliver the greatest measure of justice to the greatest number of victims," said a Church lawyer.
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Religion
Pope Francis greets the crowd in the Vatican's St. Peter's Square in October. Many of the pope's most vocal opponents are in the United States, attacking him in tweets, blogs and politically conservative media.

Resurgence Of Cleric Scandal Invigorates Conservative U.S. Critics Of Pope Francis

Nov 07, 2018
Politically conservative Catholics criticize Francis for being pro-migrant, anti-capitalist and less rigid in doctrine than predecessors. The cleric sex abuse scandals have emboldened these critics.
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Cardinal Donald Wuerl speaks in front of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. in 2015. Wuerl resigned on Friday after accusations of covering up sexual abuse.

Washington Catholic Archdiocese Names 31 Priests 'Credibly Accused' Of Sexual Abuse

Oct 16, 2018
The list, which includes allegations dating back as far as 1948 and as recently as 1996, was released days after Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Archbishop Cardinal Donald Wuerl.
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National
Archbishop William Lori announced a new program to issue parishioner ID cards outside a Baltimore church on Wednesday.

To Help Immigrants Feel Safer Around Police, Some Churches Start Issuing IDs

Oct 11, 2018
"No one in our city should live in fear," said Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh. The Catholic archdiocese program is modeled on one in Dallas, which aims to alleviate immigrants' fears of police stops.
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Religion
Pope Francis waves prior to reciting the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican.

Pope Francis' Popularity Falls Sharply Among U.S. Catholics

Oct 02, 2018
Six of 10 U.S. Catholics say Pope Francis is doing only a "fair" or even a "poor" job handling the clergy abuse crisis. He is now only as popular as his predecessor, Pope Benedict.
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Pope Francis has removed Fernando Karadima from the priesthood, seven years after the Vatican found that Karadima had sexually abused minors in Chile.

Pope Francis Defrocks Priest Fernando Karadima, A Notorious Abuser In Chile

Sep 28, 2018
Karadima has been the face of the church's sex abuse scandal in Chile. In 2011, a Vatican tribunal found him guilty of sexually abusing dozens of minors.
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Europe
Cardinal Reinhard Marx and Bishop Stephan Ackermann present the results of the study on sexual abuse of minors by Germany's Catholic priests and clerics on Tuesday in Fulda, Germany.

German Bishops' Report: At Least 3,677 Minors Were Abused By Clerics

Sep 25, 2018
The study found that 5 percent of priests in the country's dioceses had been accused of abuse. Germany's justice minister said the study was "shocking and probably just the tip of the iceberg."
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News
Archbishop Jose Gomez (left) and Cardinal Daniel DiNardo arrive at the Perugino Gate to meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Thursday to discuss the sex abuse crisis within the church.

U.S. Leaders Of 'Lacerated' Catholic Church Meet Pope To Discuss Sex Abuse Crisis

Sep 13, 2018
As Pope Francis grapples with a growing scandal, an accused bishop has resigned in West Virginia and a new study has emerged documenting the scale of clerical abuse in Germany.
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National
Acting New York state Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood (left) speaks in Albany, N.Y. on May 15. New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal speaks during a news conference on Aug. 1 in Newark, N.J.

New York, New Jersey Investigating Sex Abuse And Cover-Ups By Clergy

Sep 06, 2018
The attorneys general for both states have launched active investigations into abuse allegations. Last month, a grand jury report from Pennsylvania detailed abuse by more than 300 Catholic priests.
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World
Sarah O'Rourke, a primary school religion teacher, didn't tell some acquaintances she was attending the pope's Mass in Dublin on Sunday. "It wasn't a popular thing to say," she said.

Pope Ends Visit To A Disillusioned Ireland, Where Church Authority Has Plunged

Aug 27, 2018
As the pope departed for Rome Sunday night, his visit to Ireland only seemed to reinforce the decline of Roman Catholic authority in a country that was once synonymous with the faith.
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Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, a staunch critic of Pope Francis, alleges in a letter that the pope knew about allegations of sexual misconduct against disgraced former Cardinal McCarrick for years.

Archbishop Alleges Pope Francis Long Knew About Abuse, Calls On Him To Resign

Aug 26, 2018
In an 11-page letter, an ex-Vatican diplomat calls for Pope Francis to resign, alleging he knew about former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick's abuses for years.
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Europe
Pope Francis arrived at Dublin Airport on Saturday, the first visit by a Pope since John Paul II's in 1979. He is expected to have private meetings with victims of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy.

The Pope Lands In Ireland, Overshadowed By Church Scandals

Aug 25, 2018
Pope Francis said the failure to address abuse remains "a source of pain and shame for the Catholic community." His visit comes at a time when the church's influence is greatly diminished.
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Archbishop Robert Carlson pictured at Cathedral Basilica on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, in St. Louis. On Thursday, he invited AG Josh Hawley to review church records and it's handling of sexual abuse allegations.

St. Louis Archdiocese Agrees To AG's Investigation Of Sexual Abuse Accusations

Aug 23, 2018
In the wake of the shocking revelations detailed in the Pennsylvania grand jury report on clergy abuse, Archbishop Robert Carlson of St. Louis has voluntarily opened church files for scrutiny.
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Europe
Pope Francis holds his weekly general audience at the Vatican on Wednesday. Pressure is mounting on the pontiff as more and more church sexual abuse scandals unfold around the world.

Pope Francis To Visit Ireland Amid Church Scandals Across The World

Aug 23, 2018
The pope is under intense pressure to enact concrete measures to ensure accountability for church officials who ignored or covered up sexual abuse by clergy.
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Pope Francis reads from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Wednesday. On Thursday, the Vatican responded to the latest report of clergy abuse in the United States.

Pope Francis Expresses 'Shame And Sorrow' Over Pennsylvania Abuse Allegations

Aug 16, 2018
After days of silence and a barrage of criticism for failing to address the most recent priest sex abuse scandal, the Vatican speaks: "The Holy See condemns unequivocally the sexual abuse of minors."
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Ronald Gainer, the Roman Catholic bishop of the diocese of Harrisburg, Pa., discusses child sexual abuse by clergy during a press conference on Wednesday in Harrisburg, Pa. A partially redacted, roughly 900-page grand jury report about abuse by priests i

In Pennsylvania, Shadow Of Secrecy Lifting From Decades Of Abuse By Priests

Aug 02, 2018
Accused predators have been named. Confidentiality agreements with abuse survivors have been waived. And soon Pennsylvania courts will release a redacted report on more than 300 "predator priests."
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Religion
Pope Francis, shown here in May, has previously spoken out against the death penalty.

Catholic Church Now Formally Opposes Death Penalty In All Cases

Aug 02, 2018
It's a shift for the church, which used to consider the death penalty an "acceptable, albeit extreme, means of safeguarding the common good" in response to certain crimes.

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