Vatican revokes arrest warrant against woman linked to finance scandal

The Vatican announced that it withdrew an arrest and extradition request for an Italian political analyst, who allegedly was hired as a consultant by Cardinal Angelo Becciu and is now accused of embezzlement. Cecilia Marogna was arrested in October on suspicion of embezzlement and misappropriation of funds by the Italian financial police after an international warrant was... Read More

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October 1, 2020

Home Office staff to have migration and race training after Windrush scandal

All Home Office staff will be trained on the UK’s ‘history of migration and race’ in efforts to address failings which led to the Windrush scandal. The move is part of a series of measures set out in an improvement plan which seeks to overhaul the culture of the department so staff are ‘focused on... Read More

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November 27, 2019

Financial scandal shows Vatican reforms are working, pope tells media

Questions about Vatican finances, especially those involving a real estate deal in London, are serious, but they are also a sign that reforms begun by Pope Benedict XVI are working, Pope Francis said. “This is the first time the lids have been taken off the pots by someone inside and not outside” the Vatican, the... Read More

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April 19, 2019

Universe turns spotlight on homeless scandal

Christians cannot choose to ignore the scandal of homelessness on our doorsteps, the Bishop of Salford has warned. In a forthcoming Catholic Universe campaign on homelessness, Bishop John Arnold shares his thoughts on the crisis in Manchester, including his first-hand account of the many people he sees sleeping rough in the city’s streets. ‘It is... Read More

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February 8, 2019

Africa is also grappling with clerical abuse, say Catholic leaders

When child sexual abuse scandals involving Catholic priests emerge in Africa, they do not draw a frenzied reaction similar to that witnessed in developed countries, but the continent’s Church is affected, said Catholic leaders. While there is a general view that the scandals are a challenge of the Church in Europe and America, African officials... Read More

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November 27, 2018

Peru’s bishops call for ‘honest and independent judicial system’

Peru’s bishops have called for guarantees of “constitutional rule of law and an honourable, honest and independent judicial system” as the country faces a widening corruption scandal. “It is impossible to continue to tolerate living with corruption,” the bishops wrote in a statement issued last Thursday. They decried “deep-rooted corruption” and the “unacceptable primacy of... Read More

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October 8, 2018

Cardinal: Damage of abuse scandal caused by Church leadership, not media

The days of making “weak excuses” in response to the sexual abuse crisis are over, said German Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising. The fallout and damage that has resulted, he added, “has not been caused by the press doing their job properly, but rather by the Church itself; it’s caused by the Church... Read More

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October 2, 2018

Church’s problems are caused by its own members, pope says

The barque of the Church is being buffeted by strong winds of scandal created by its own members, Pope Francis told a group of priests from France. When the Church is “hit by opposing and violent winds, especially because of grave sins committed by some of its members,” the pope said on 1st October, Catholics... Read More

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September 26, 2018

It’s not true to say Church has done nothing ‘to clean up’ abuse scandals, says pope

The Catholic Church has grown in its understanding of the horror of clerical sexual abuse and of the “corruption” of covering it up, Pope Francis said. Returning to Rome from a trip to the Baltic nations, Pope Francis was asked about his remarks to young people in Tallinn, Estonia, when he said young people are... Read More

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