Pope Benedict XVI

World 01/20/22, 15:06

The law firm Westpfahl Spilker Wastl (WSW, for the German acronym) accuses Pope Benedict XVI of knowing that priests abused children, at least in four cases, but failed to detain them when he was archbishop of Munich, Germany, from 1977 to 1982. "In a total of four cases, we came to ...

China 10/06/20, 18:33

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, has acknowledged that the former head of state of the Vatican, Benedict XVI, sought to materialize an agreement with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to regulate Catholicism in that country, despite the long history of the CCP's violating human rights while suppressing religious ...

Europe 04/11/19, 09:38

Retired Pope Benedict XVI has published an analysis on the Catholic Church's clergy sex abuse scandal, blaming it on the sexual revolution of the 1960s and church laws that protected priests. The essay immediately raised eyebrows, seeming to interfere with or even contradict Pope Francis' own efforts to confront one of ...

Europe 02/05/19, 12:32

Pope Francis has for the first time publicly acknowledged the scandal of priests and bishops sexually abusing nuns, and says he is committed to doing more to fight the problem.Speaking to reporters Tuesday, Francis said: "Should we do something more? Yes. Is there the will? Yes. But it's a path ...

Europe 10/19/18, 05:03

The Vatican ambassador who accused Pope Francis of rehabilitating a disgraced ex-American cardinal is doubling down on his claims, asserting that the "scourge of homosexuality" in the priesthood is responsible for sex abuse and that the Vatican is being hypocritical in refusing to acknowledge it.Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano issued a ...