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by bcadmin | Jul 28, 2022 | Archbishop Charles Scicluna, Chile, Church in the Americas, clerical sexual abuse, lead, News, Pope Francis | 0 |
The Catholic Church in Chile today resembles a lighthouse with a broken lightbulb — the bishops have lost all credibility — and the Vatican has seemingly abandoned efforts to fix it.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 14, 2022 | Archbishop Charles Scicluna, Cardinal Luis Ladaria, clerical sexual abuse, Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith, Doctrine, Faith, lead, News, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
Pope Francis has made significant changes to the Vatican’s doctrinal office, restructuring the department to include a new independent section dealing entirely with disciplinary matters, including clerical sexual abuse cases.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 7, 2022 | Archbishop Charles Scicluna, Archbishop Scicluna, Homophobic remark, Malta Gay Rights Movement, News, Times of Malta, U.S. & World News | 0 |
Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta issued a formal warning against a controversial local priest who posted a homophobic remark on Facebook.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 9, 2021 | Analysis, Archbishop Charles Scicluna, CIASE, clerical sex abuse, Features, Fr. Hans Zollner SJ, France, Ines San Martin, News, Pope Francis | 0 |
The Catholic Church’s leading expert on sex crimes says the French bishops deserve our gratitude for their willingness to face the disclosure of decades of abuse and coverup. “I think we have to thank the […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 8, 2021 | Archbishop Charles Scicluna, Clerical sexual abuse in France, News, U.S. & World News | 0 |
Shame and sorrow are appropriate initial responses to the report on the extent of clerical sexual abuse in France, but the Catholic Church must move to action to protect children and to guarantee justice for victims and survivors, said Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 8, 2021 | Abuse, Archbishop Charles Scicluna, Church in Europe, lay movements, lead, Malta, News | 0 |
After a 5-month investigation into the Maltese Community of Jesus the Savior, the archdiocese has issued a decree forbidding participation in the group after finding what it described as abusive tendencies causing harm to members.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 3, 2020 | Abuse prevention, Archbishop Charles Scicluna, Church in the Americas, clerical sexual abuse, COVID-19 pandemic, Latin America, lead, Monsignor Jordi Bertomeu, News, Pope Francis, vademecum | 0 |
Some 2,000 people joined a video conference on preventing sexual abuse in the Church in Latin America organized by the Center for Child Protection of Mexico’s Catholic University (CEPROME) and the Vatican Safeguarding Taskforce.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 31, 2020 | Archbishop Charles Scicluna, Chile, Church in the Americas, clerical sexual abuse survivors, lead, Monsignor Jordi Bertomeu, News, Pope Francis | 0 |
A little over two years after Pope Francis accepted the resignation of a controversial Chilean bishop accused of covering up sexual abuse by his mentor, a local network of clerical abuse survivors are alleging that neither civil nor Church authorities are making allegations public.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 16, 2020 | Archbishop Charles Scicluna, Church in Europe, Cults, lay movements, lead, Malta, News | 0 |
One of the leaders of a controversial lay movement in Malta has said the group was shocked to find out second-hand that the archdiocese had told priests to steer clear of the group, insisting that they have never been contacted about potential problems.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 14, 2020 | Archbishop Charles Scicluna, Catholic Church, Church in Europe, Cults, lay movements, lead, Malta, News | 0 |
The Archdiocese of Malta has disassociated itself from the Community of Jesus the Savior, which has been accused of espousing cult-like practices, and priests are forbidden to hold any association with it.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 6, 2020 | Archbishop Charles Scicluna, clerical sexual abuse, Father Jordi Bertomeu, Mexico, News, Vatican | 0 |
ROME – Claiming that it’s due to the outbreak in Italy of coronavirus, the Mexican bishops’ conference announced Friday that a planned visit by two top papal aides to address a local clerical sexual abuse crisis has been “postponed.” According to the statement released Friday afternoon, the mission of Maltese
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 3, 2020 | Archbishop Charles Scicluna, Chile, Church in the Americas, clerical sexual abuse, Coping International, Jordi Bertomeu, lead, Mexico, News, Pope Francis, Vincent Doyle | 0 |
ROME – Pope Francis is sending two top aides to Mexico to help the local bishops address the clerical abuse crisis in Mexico. The pontiff tapped Maltese Archbishop Charles Scicluna and Spaniard Father Jordi Bertomeu, the same duo he had sent to Chile in 2018 in the aftermath of the
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