US report: Catholic clergy’s unquestioned – and uneducated – power spurs abuse
United StatesRNS A new report based on interviews with some 300 Catholic priests, nuns and laypeople concludes that clergy aren’t adequately prepared to wield the power they exercise and need more education on questions of sex and gender. The report, Beyond Bad Apples: Understanding Clericalism as a Structural Problem & Cultivating Strategies for Change, released […]
In the US, advocates urge transparency in Biden priest investigation
Santa Clara, Caliornia, USAP A prominent victims advocate group on Friday urged Santa Clara University in Northern California to release details about unspecified allegations against its president, a Jesuit priest who presided over an inaugural Mass for President Joe Biden and is now under investigation. The university said last week that Rev Kevin O’Brien allegedly “exhibited […]
“IMPACT INVESTING”: HOW A START-UP FACTORY IS HELPING AFRICAN NUNS SPREAD THE WORD ON SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
HEATHER ADAMS, writing for Religion News Service, reports on how nuns in Africa are turning social ministries into social enterprises for a better future for the communities in which they live…