Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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OSV News
Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News
Parishes in the Diocese of Buffalo, N.Y., are set to pay a total of $80 million into the diocese’s $150 million bankruptcy settlement, with the funds due to be paid into a trust by July 15.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, World News
Citing “crippling economic challenges” faced by the Archdiocese of Washington, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy announced June 5 “that the archdiocese will need to cut spending, reduce its workforce and restructure departments to accommodate a more streamlined Pastoral Center.”
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OSV News
Filed Under: Bishops, Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, World News
The U.S. Catholic bishops’ latest annual report on child and youth protection shows abuse allegations continue to decline — but authors warned of the dangers of complacency among dioceses and the laity in upholding key aspects of bishops’ safe environment protocols.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, Vatican, World News
The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors hopes to deliver a “Universal Guidelines Framework for Safeguarding” to Pope Leo XIV later this year, the commission said.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News
The Archdiocese of New Orleans has reached a memorandum of understanding with creditors in its long-running bankruptcy case.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, News, Vatican, World News
One issue any pope would have to face when elected to govern the Catholic Church in 2025 is that of continuing to address the clergy sexual abuse crisis.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Bishops, Child & Youth Protection, News, social media, World News
The U.S. bishops recently released an updated version of their 2015 pastoral letter on the dangers of pornography, a document they said is “still needed today” amid increased social acceptance of — and addiction to — such material.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Commentary
Being unable to be honest with a doctor for fear of safety is one thing. Creating a situation in which victim-survivors may feel unsafe being honest with God is a violation of religious freedom and causes direct harm.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Local News, News
The judge overseeing the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization case issued an order May 2 that will allow those who filed claims in the case to also file lawsuits against the archdiocese and affiliated entities in order to preserve their rights under an amendment this year to the Maryland Child Victims Act.
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OSV News
Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Child & Youth Protection, News, Vatican, World News
While Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle is topping the list of “papabili” in the world press, it’s another Filipino that would please advocates and victims of clerical sexual abuse. His name is Cardinal Pablo Virgilio Siongco David of Kalookan.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, Religious Freedom, World News
The Justice Department said May 5 it opened a civil rights investigation into the development and passage of legislation in Washington state that requires clergy to report child abuse or neglect but provides no exceptions for clergy-penitent privilege.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, World News
The Archdiocese of New Orleans is facing an expedited bankruptcy court appearance, with the judge asking why the five-year-old case should not be dismissed for failure to reach a reorganization plan.
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