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Vatican Says Rupnik Trial Still Under Way and Denies Reported Acquittal

The statement heightens scrutiny of the church’s secretive canonical process by underscoring limits on victims’ access to information.

Independent Inquiry Releases First Findings on Abuse Claims Against Cardinal Hengsbach

Spain and Catholic Church Seal One-Year Pact to Compensate Clergy Abuse Victims Outside Courts

Spain and Catholic Church Seal Deal to Compensate Clergy Abuse Victims

Pope Leo XIV Names Ronald Hicks Archbishop of New York in Swift Move Replacing Dolan

Pope Says Vatican Inquiry Into Spanish Bishop Zornoza Will Proceed

Spanish Bishops Brief Pope on Zornoza Abuse Probe, Say Resignation May Be Accepted Soon

In First Interview, Pope Leo XIV Signals No Near-Term Changes on Sexuality, Marriage and Women Deacons

HBO Docuseries Revives Maciel Scandal With New Testimony and Archival Evidence

HBO Max Debuts “Marcial Maciel: El Lobo de Dios” Documentary Uncovering New Evidence of Clerical Abuse

Former Limburg Bishop Franz Kamphaus Dies at 92