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Catholic Church allows transgender baptisms on condition of avoiding scandal
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe Catholic Church will allow transgender adults to be baptized under the same terms as any other...
A priest scandal rocked the Belleville Diocese 30 years ago. How have things changed?
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhat a difference 30 years makes. The watchdog organization Voice of the Faithful recently ranked...
Benedict's brief papacy was marred by the priest sex abuse scandal
NBC Universal via AOL· 1 year agoThe priest sex-abuse scandal was the albatross around the neck of Pope Emeritus Benedict’s brief...
Baltimore’s Catholic archdiocese adds 42 names to list of staff credibly accused of sexual abuse
Baltimore Sun via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe Archdiocese of Baltimore added more than 40 names to its public list of Catholic Church staff...
The Catholic Church is increasingly diverse – and so are its controversies
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGerman Bishop Georg Bätzing talks with members of various Catholic youth organizations holding up...
Sweeping investigation reveals decades of scandals within Catholic Diocese of Peoria
Journal Star via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThe Illinois Attorney General's Office released a sweeping report last month which detailed sexual...
Catholic dioceses in Illinois under-reported number of abusive priests, state finds
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 1 year ago“Decades of Catholic leadership decisions and policies have allowed known child sex abusers to hide,...
What the Catholic Church is learning from Pope Francis' big bet on 'synodality'
The Week via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPope Francis. Illustrated | Getty Images In Oct. 2021, Pope Francis launched an ambitious, audacious...
Another deceased Jesuit priest accused of sex abuse in Bolivia as pedophilia scandal grows
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 12 months agoA Spanish Jesuit priest who died in 2012 has been accused of sexually abusing a minor in Bolivia...
Church sex abuse revelations are unwelcome distraction as Pope visits scandal-hit Portugal
The Herald News via Yahoo News· 10 months agoLISBON, Portugal (AP) — When a panel of experts read aloud some of the harrowing accounts they had...