September 23, 2018 Pope Francis says snuff out ‘any whiff’ of resurgent anti-Semitism Pope Francis warned Sunday against any rebirth of the "pernicious" anti-Semitic attitudes that fueled the Holocaust as he marked the annual remembrance for Lithuania's centuries-old Jewish community that was nearly wiped out during World War II.
September 20, 2018 New York Cardinal Dolan says independent judge will review church response to sex abuse cases Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archdiocese of New York, said his flock is calling the last few months the “summer of hell.”
September 13, 2018 Pope Francis leads Vatican summit on abuse scandal, OKs probe of American bishop accused of sex harassment Pope Francis accepted the resignation of an American bishop accused of sexually harassing adults and assigned another bishop to investigate the matter, Vatican officials announced Thursday amid a wave of scandals enveloping leaders within the Catholic Church.
September 11, 2018 Pope to meet with head of US Bishops' Conference over sex abuse, cover-up scandal A delegation of U.S. cardinals and bishops is going to the Vatican Thursday to meet with Pope Francis over a sex abuse and cover-up scandal in America roiling the Catholic Church.
September 10, 2018 Pennsylvania family details abuse of 5 sisters by priest The Fortney sisters, who say they were all sexually abused by the same priest in Pennsylvania, spoke out on The Story with Martha MacCallum about the damage done to their household after they let the priest become a trusted friend of the family.
September 6, 2018 All NY Catholic dioceses subpoenaed in sex abuse probe: AP New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood has subpoenaed all eight Roman Catholic dioceses in the state as part of an investigation into the handling of sex abuse allegations, The Associated Press reported Thursday.
September 4, 2018 Angry Catholic parishioner yells 'Shame on you!' to embattled Washington archbishop during Mass An angry parishioner confronted the embattled archbishop of Washington as Cardinal Donald Wuerl asked Mass attendees on Sunday to pray for the pope and show loyalty to the Catholic Church amid the latest child sex abuse scandal.
September 2, 2018 Kim Davis ensnared in archbishop's fight with Vatican over Pope Francis The Catholic Church's pushback Sunday against Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, author of the bombshell accusation of a sex abuse cover-up against Pope Francis, has ensnared a key figure in the U.S. culture wars: Kim Davis.
August 29, 2018 Pope Francis facing calls to resign; sexual abuse scandal exposes rifts in the Vatican The Catholic Church is against staggering under the weight of a report by a grand jury in Pennsylvania found that possibly more than 1,000 children in six dioceses had been sexually abused by about 300 priests or higher ranking officials.
August 29, 2018 Marc Thiessen: Pope Francis, corruption and what’s next – now I get how the Reformation happened For the first time, I understand how the Reformation happened.