Pope Francis is working on approving a newly translated version of the Lord’s Prayer.
Pope Francis is working on approving a newly translated version of the Lord’s Prayer.
Pope Francis told Father Fernando Prado during an interview for his book The Strength of Vocation, that homosexuality among clergy is a “serious matter” that “worries” him.
The prosperity gospel is a dangerous belief that can “overshadow the Gospel of Christ,” the pope’s communication advisers wrote in a Vatican-approved journal.
A Roman Catholic diocese in Iowa acknowledged last Wednesday that it had concealed a priest’s admission of sexual abuse for decades.
Following the resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the Archdiocese of Washington released a list of 28 names of clergy members who, since 1948, were accused of sexually abusing children.
On Friday, Pope Francis accepted Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl’s resignation after he was accused of aiding in the cover-up of two sexual abuse scandals.
The head of the Vatican’s bishop office rejected an ambassador’s claim that Pope Francis covered up the misconduct of an American cardinal.
This week the Vatican announced that it would be responding to allegations that “Pope Francis covered up” sexual abuse by former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick. Claims of this action were recently brought to light by former Vatican Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò who wrote an open letter to the pope calling him out for his lack of action in the cases of sex abuse in the Catholic church.
Sexual abuse in the church is not just a Catholic problem. According to a recent WORLD Magazine cover story, Protestant clergy are also guilty of widespread sexual assaults.
On Thursday, the Archdiocese of Baltimore released a statement that said, the pope has instructed Baltimore Archbishop William Lori to “conduct an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment of adults against Bishop Bransfield.”
