A sweeping study released Wednesday covering 60 years of sexual abuse allegations against the U.S.
Controversial Study Links Catholic Abuse to ’60s Culture and Church Hierarchy, but Offers Few Solutions
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Vatican Gets Tough on Child Abuse, but Not Tough Enough
When the Vatican issued a letter on Monday ordering bishops across the world to draw up tough guidelines for dealing with priests who rape or molest children, it addressed only half the scandal that has been rocking the Catholic Church. To be sure, when it comes to the abusive clerics, the Vatican’s new edict takes a firm stand, obliging local bishops to cooperate with local law enforcement in reporting sex crimes and recommending that policies be put in place to exclude accused priests from public ministry if they pose a continued danger to minors or could be a “cause of scandal for the community.” But what Monday’s letter fails to do is put in place any sanctions on the bishops who oversee those clerics, should they fail to follow through with the recommendations
Education: Sex and Schools
It took only a single paragraph to change the course of an ancient debate.
The Ways of Opus Dei
In early March, Elizabeth Heil, an arts-administration graduate student at Columbia University, was watching previews in a movie theater on Manhattan’s Upper West Side when she cracked up inappropriately.
Education: BEST CATHOLIC COLLEGES
AT their classical best. Catholic colleges and universities are bountiful providers of sound lawyers, doctors, civil servants, teachers.
Books: Cambodia’s brother number one
It is 1975 and Khmer Rouge troops are forcibly evacuating Phnom Penh’s residents to the countrysidean exodus that will ultimately lead to the deaths of hundreds of thousands. Monitoring events from Beijing, an elderly Mao Zedong asks visiting Vietnamese leader Le Duan whether he could ever mount such a merciless purge.
Catholic Church Fights Gay Marriage, Activists Regroup
When America’s Catholic bishops gather next week in Baltimore for a four-day conference, they will hear an update on the Catholic Church’s ongoing fight to convince the country that marriage as an institution should never include gay couples, and they’ll get a sneak peek at how that fight will be waged in the coming year. Videos aimed at priests and deacons are being produced in English and Spanish to give the pastors better tools to reach their parishioners, especially young people, whom the church fears need reminding about its basic teachings on marriage, love and sex.
"A Moral Justification For War Exists"
THE ATTACKS of Sept. 11, 2001, sent religious people all over the world to their knees in prayer.
Jesuits to Elect a New ‘Black Pope’
All the incense and intrigue of another papal conclave is upon us again. Well, sort of.
Religion: A Change on Birth Control?
At least four-fifths of the 76-member pontifical commission on birth control favors a change in the Roman Catholic Church's traditional prohibition against mechanical and chemical methods of birth control. Ending three years of study on the question, the commission last week presented its findings to Pope Paul VI