Tag: Vatican

• Saturday, May 19th 2018 - 09:21 UTC

  Priests sex-abuse in Chile: all bishops offered to resign after meeting the Pope

  

  In an unprecedented move, all of Chile’s bishops offered to resign on Friday after attending a crisis meeting this week with Pope Francis about the cover-up of sexual abuse in the country.

• Thursday, May 3rd 2018 - 08:22 UTC

  Pope sends a greeting message to “Mothers of Plaza de Mayo” on their 41st anniversary

  

  Pope Francis sent an audio message for the 41st anniversary of the “Madres de Plaza de Mayo” (Mothers of Plaza de Mayo), who protested against the disappearance of their children during the Dirty War (1976-1983) of Argentina’s military dictatorship.

• Tuesday, May 1st 2018 - 10:03 UTC

  Vatican's Treasurer to stand trial in Australia on sexual abuse charges

  

  A magistrate in Australia has ordered Cardinal George Pell, one of the Vatican's senior-most officials, to stand trial on sexual abuse charges involving allegations from multiple individuals dating back decades.

• Tuesday, March 20th 2018 - 10:15 UTC

  Francis balancing act in a letter to Argentines on the fifth anniversary of his pontificate

  

  In a letter addressed to Argentine women and men who expressed their closeness on the fifth anniversary of his pontificate March 13, Pope Francis said his love for Argentina continues to be “great and intense,” and also apologized for gestures he’s made that might have caused offense.

• Wednesday, March 14th 2018 - 08:56 UTC

  Francis fifth year as Pope: a fearless reformer overwhelmed by the Church's sex abuse scandals

  

  As Pope Francis marks the fifth year of his papacy next week, the pontiff once hailed as a fearless reformer is under fire for his handling of the sex abuse scandals that have rocked the Roman Catholic Church. Since taking over in March 2013, the 81-year-old Argentine has championed the cause of the marginalized, saying he wanted a “poor church for the poor” and shunning papal palaces and ostentatious displays of wealth.

• Saturday, January 20th 2018 - 09:33 UTC

  Francis blasts corruption, calls for greater transparency in public entities, private sector, and... the Church

  

  Pope Francis made a forceful call to combat corruption in Peru, calling it a social “virus” a month after the Andean nation’s president pardoned a former autocratic leader who had been jailed for graft and human rights abuses.

• Wednesday, January 17th 2018 - 10:18 UTC

  Pope Francis held a private meeting with victims of sex abuse by priests

  

  Pope Francis publicly expressed “pain and shame” on Tuesday over the rape and molestation of children by priests in Chile and later listened, prayed and cried at a private meeting with victims. Vatican spokesman Greg Burke said the meeting took place in the Vatican embassy in Santiago.

• Saturday, January 13th 2018 - 09:40 UTC

  Four churches attacked in Santiago ahead of Pope Francis visit to Chile on Monday

  

  Four Catholic churches in Santiago were attacked with fire bombs before dawn on Friday, causing minor damage and leaving notes threatening Pope Francis just three days ahead of the pontiff’s visit to Chile next week, police said.

• Wednesday, December 27th 2017 - 09:42 UTC

  Morales insists in involving the Pope in the ongoing sea outlet dispute between Bolivia and Chile

  

  Bolivian President Evo Morales implied in a Tweet that he and Pope Francis had discussed Bolivia’s territorial dispute with Chile during a meeting at the Vatican on December 15. According to the Vatican, the 30-minute private meeting “took place in a cordial atmosphere.”

• Tuesday, May 30th 2017 - 19:00 UTC

  PM Trudeau asks Pope Francis to apologize for abuses committed by the Catholic Church in Canada

  

  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has asked Pope Francis to apologize for the role of the Catholic Church in a Canadian school system where indigenous children were abused for decades. The PM met the pontiff at the Vatican on Monday as part of his trip to Italy for the G7 summit.