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News/International

A protester holds a picture of Pope Francis during an Aug. 25 demonstration against clerical sex abuse in Dublin.

Pope Francis meets survivors of sex abuse in Ireland

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DUBLIN – Pope Francis spent 90 minutes meeting privately with eight survivors of sexual, physical and emotional abuse at the hands of Catholic clergy or in Catholic-run schools and institutions.
Pope Francis responds to a question from reporter Anna Matranga of CBS News aboard his flight from Dublin to Rome Aug. 26. Matranga asked the pope about a statement made by Italian Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, the former apostolic nuncio to the United States, concerning Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick.

Pope Francis makes 'act of faith' in people who read Archbishop Vigano's claims about him

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ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM DUBLIN – Pope Francis said Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano's long document calling on him to resign is written in a way that people should be able to draw their own conclusions.
A group of Rohingya refugee women participate in an Aug. 25 protest to mark Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day at a camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. A U.N. fact-finding mission said senior military officials in Myanmar must be prosecuted for genocide and war crimes against Rohingya Muslims and other ethnic minorities.

Myanmar military leaders must be prosecuted for genocide, U.N. fact-finders say

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MANDALAY, Myanmar – U.N. fact-finding mission said senior military officials in Myanmar must be prosecuted for genocide and war crimes against Rohingya Muslims and other ethnic minorities.

Pope Francis celebrates Mass at Phoenix Park in Dublin Aug. 26.

Pope Francis makes penitential plea for abuse scandals at Dublin Mass

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DUBLIN – Before celebrating Mass in a Dublin park, Pope Francis solemnly asked forgiveness for the thousands of cases of sexual and physical abuse perpetrated by Catholics in Ireland.
Pope Francis greets family members as he visits the Knock Shrine in Knock, Ireland, Aug. 26.

Pope begs forgiveness for betrayal of abuse at Knock Shrine

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KNOCK, Ireland – On a foggy, soggy day at a Marian shrine in County Mayo, Pope Francis said he prayed before a statue of Our Lady of Knock for all those who suffered sexual and physical abuse by Catholic clergy or in Catholic-run institutions in Ireland.
Pope Francis prepares to speak during a meeting with authorities, civil society leaders and members of the diplomatic corps in Dublin Castle in Dublin Aug. 25.

Pope Francis acknowledges 'repugnant crimes' of sex abuse in Ireland

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DUBLIN – Acknowledging the failures "of bishops, religious superiors, priests and others" in the Catholic Church to protect children from the "repugnant crimes" of physical and sexual abuse, Pope Francis began his two-day visit to Ireland.
Marie Collins is seen at the World Meeting of Families in Dublin Aug. 24. She is a survivor of clerical sex abuse and a former member of the Pontifical Commission for Protection of Minors.

Prominent Irish abuse survivor defends Cardinal O'Malley

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DUBLIN – Marie Collins, a survivor of Irish clerical sex abuse, has given her backing to Boston Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley as president of the Vatican's Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.
An LGBT choir sings outside the Pastoral Congress at the World Meeting of Families in Dublin Aug. 23.

Fr. James Martin says gay people have been treated like 'lepers' by the church

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DUBLIN (CNS) -- U.S. Jesuit Father James Martin set out a series of ways in which parishes can show welcome and respect to LGBT Catholics.
Cardinal Collins: ‘Evil’ must be rooted out to renew Church

Cardinal Collins: ‘Evil’ must be rooted out to renew Church

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The “evil” in the Church can and must be “rooted out,” Toronto Cardinal Thomas Collins says.

Pope Francis greets participants in the plenary assembly of the Congregation for Clergy during an audience at the Vatican June 1. The cardinals pictured in the first row are: Giuseppe Betori of Florence, Italy; Vincent Nichols of Westminster, England; Donald W. Wuerl of Washington; and Beniamino Stella, prefect of the Congregation for Clergy.

World's bishops call for action on sex abuse; English bishop wants synod on clergy

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MANCHESTER, England – A global synod on priests could help the church to end the "terrible" scandals of clerical child abuse, an English bishop told Pope Francis.
Priests sit below the statue of St. Peter as Pope Francis celebrates Mass marking the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican June 29. In an Aug. 20 letter to all Catholics, the pope blamed clericalism for helping to support and perpetuate sexual abuse committed by clergy.

The culture of clericalism that enables abuse and insists on hiding it

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VATICAN – Pope Francis blamed "clericalism" in the Catholic Church for creating a culture where criminal abuse was widespread and extraordinary efforts were made to keep the crimes hidden.
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