Pope thanks journalists for helping expose church sex scandals
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis on Saturday thanked journalists for helping uncover the clerical sexual abuse scandals that the Roman Catholic Church initially tried to cover up. The Pope praised what he called the “mission” of journalism and said it was vital for reporters to get out of their newsrooms and discover what was happening in […]
At Vatican summit, talk of destroyed files riles bishops’ critics
Vatican CityRNS On a day packed with emotion and unusually direct criticism of the Catholic church hierarchy, victims of church abuse responded sharply to an admission by a German cardinal that the church has destroyed files documenting sexual abuse abuse by its priests. “Files that could have documented the terrible deeds and named those responsible […]