Legal experts and victims' advocates say dioceses have employed common legal strategies in response to investigations. Here's the playbook.

The Vatican released the pope’s message to the priests, which was read by Archbishop Rino Fisichella, pro-prefect of the ...

Begun by the pope in 2014, it invites at least one Catholic church in every diocese to be open all ... Father Bernard Olszewski said their role is to be mediators between the penitent and the merciful ...

As hundreds of Missionaries of Mercy gathered in Rome this weekend, Pope Francis commended their distinctive ministry of ...

Pope Francis wrote that Missionaries of Mercy should “exercise their ministry by reviving hope and offering forgiveness whenever a sinner comes to them with an open heart and a penitent spirit.” ...

may [Missionaries of Mercy] exercise their ministry by reviving hope and offering forgiveness whenever a sinner comes to them with an open heart and a penitent spirit.” “May they remain a source of ...

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“I tell the prisoners, you know [the penitent thief next to Jesus Christ ... inmates currently on death row in Arizona. The Arizona Catholic Conference released a statement on March 11 in ...