Tag: Abuse in the church
Pope to address abuse and declining numbers of Belgium’s Catholic Church
Pope Francis is embarking on yet another papal trip, this time, to Belgium, where the Catholic Church is far from free of challenges. One of its main concerns is numbers, which is something the pope has spoken out about, for example in 2021 with the European bishops.
‘We were all like dogs.’ New book unveils abuse in women’s...
“I understood we were all like dogs. They told us to sit and we sat, to get up and we got up, to roll over and we rolled over,” said an Australian-born religious identified only as “Sister Elizabeth” in the book, Veil of Silence. After 30 years in religious life, she said she realises she, […]
Philippa Martyr: Barking up the wrong pulpit
Francis Sullivan’s passion is undoubted. His grasp of the real issues facing the Church isn’t.
Francis Sullivan recently expressed concerns in the US National Catholic...