US Catholic leaders, urging ceasefire, call on Biden to halt weapons shipments to Israel
United States RNS More than 200 US Catholic leaders, including a cardinal, an archbishop and numerous nuns, have put their names on a letter urging President Joe Biden to push for a ceasefire in Gaza, secure the release of Israeli hostages and halt the shipment of weapons to Israel. “We call on President Biden, a […]
Jesuits admit artist excommunicated before new abuse claims
Rome, ItalyAP The head of Pope Francis’ Jesuit religious order admitted Wednesday that a famous Jesuit priest had been convicted of one of the most serious crimes in the Catholic Church some two years before the Vatican decided to shelve another case against him for allegedly abusing other adult women under his spiritual care. Rev […]
Jesuits pledge $US100 million for descendants of people their order enslaved
Washington DC, USRNS The Society of Jesus has announced plans to raise $US100 million for the descendants of enslaved people it once claimed to own, making the Roman Catholic order’s initiative one of the largest financial efforts by any group to try to atone for the institution of slavery and address racial injustice in the […]
In a first for Spain, Jesuits admit to decades of sex abuse
Madrid, Spain/Rome, ItalyAP The first comprehensive internal inquiry on sex abuse allegations by a religious order in Spain has identified 81 children and 37 adult victims of 96 Jesuits since the late 1920s, a much higher number than the cases that had so far been publicly known. Associations of victims are welcoming the disclosure, but […]
Final US Jesuit group releases names of accused abusers
RNS The Northeast province of the Society of Jesus has released the names of 50 men it says have been credibly accused of child sex abuse since 1950. With the report’s release on Tuesday, following others from the Catholic order’s US provinces in recent months, all Jesuit provinces in the United States have now unveiled lists of […]