Report finds 28 credible child sex abuse claims of Georgia priests in last 70 years

by | Mar 29, 2023 | Catholic World

Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta. / Credit: JJonahJackalope, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 29, 2023 / 11:40 am (CNA). A new report says that 28 Catholic priests have faced credible child sex abuse all…...

BREAKING: Pope Francis hospitalized with a respiratory infection, Vatican says

by | Mar 29, 2023 | Catholic World

Pope Francis speaks at his general audience in St. Peter’s Square on March 29, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Mar 29, 2023 / 13:24 pm (CNA). Pope Francis will be hospitalized for “some days” after being diagnosed with a respiratory infection, the...

Abuse expert leaves Vatican commission for protection of minors, citing concerns

by | Mar 29, 2023 | Catholic World

Father Hans Zollner. / Rebecski CC 4.0 Rome Newsroom, Mar 29, 2023 / 09:30 am (CNA). Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, an internationally-renowned expert in protecting children and vulnerable adults from clerical sex abuse, has resigned from his posi…...

Vatican: Pope Francis at Rome hospital to undergo checkups

by | Mar 29, 2023 | Catholic World

Pope Francis, seated in a wheelchair, greets a child during the pope’s general audience at the Vatican on Jan. 25, 2023. / Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Mar 29, 2023 / 08:57 am (CNA). Pope Francis has been undergoing some medical checkups at one of Rome’s most...

Shia LaBeouf stars in ‘Padre Pio’ film to be released June 2

by | Mar 29, 2023 | Catholic World

Shia LaBeouf and Brother Alexander Rodriguez, a real Franciscan friar who makes an appearance in the film, are close friends in real life. / Br. Alexander Rodriguez Boston, Mass., Mar 29, 2023 / 10:00 am (CNA). A new movie about St. Padre Pio, …...

Pope Francis mourns ‘senseless act of violence’ at Nashville Christian school

by | Mar 29, 2023 | Catholic World

null / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Vatican City, Mar 29, 2023 / 05:27 am (CNA). Pope Francis has expressed his sorrow over a shooting at a private Presbyterian Christian school in Nashville.A person took the lives of three 9-year-old students and three …...