With the recent meeting in Rome already concluded and the final document issued, Bishop Luis Marín de San Martín discussed ...

Listen ROME – A new annual report from the Vatican’s safeguarding body calls for a more transparent and streamlined process for handling abuse cases in the Roman Curia, as part of a global ana ...

Members of the pope’s abuse watchdog body have said they find long wait times for victims who have lodged a complaint and a ...

For Francis, the synodal process was always more important than any decisions the synod made. Synodality requires a spiritual ...

Parts of the Roman Catholic Church are still failing to ensure clerical sexual abuse is reported adequately, Pope Francis’ ...

The Catholic Church must make it easier to remove priests who have abused minors while giving victims "access to the truth", ...

Cardinals under the age of 80 elect the Pope when the Holy See becomes vacant; and are major administrators of church affairs, serving in one or more departments of the Roman Curia. Cardinals in ...

In 2022, Francis incorporated it into the Roman Curia -- the government of the Holy See -- asking for an annual account of what was being done "and what needs to change". Commission member Juan ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A yearslong process to reform the Catholic Church closes Saturday with recommendations that are expected ...

I expect an endorsement of the requirement to work in a synodal way not only in the Roman Curia as already required by “Praedicate Evangelium,” the constitution for the reform of that body ...