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Pope Francis meets Mark Vincent Healy, a survivor of clerical sexual abuse, at the Vatican July 7, 2014. Also pictured is Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston, president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors. Healy said the pope made a mistake in his judgment about a Chilean bishop, but there is now an opportunity for positive change. (CNS photo/ L'Osservatore Romano via Mark Vincent Healy)

Power of words: Listening must lead to action, abuse survivors say

Posted by - May 5, 2018
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis’ planned meeting with abuse survivors from Chile could mark a turning point in how the Catholic Church deals not just with prevention, but especially…
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A young girl looks back at as she is carried among Central American migrants walking to the U.S.-Mexico border crossing April 29 in Tijuana, where they presented themselves for asylum. (CNS photo/David Maung)

Priest: Few at Mexico-U.S. border will have asylum claims accepted

Posted by - May 5, 2018
MEXICO CITY (CNS) — The first members of the Central American caravan of migrants have been allowed to make asylum claims, but a Scalabrinian priest said “very, very few” have…
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Sister Patricia Fox, superior of the Sisters of Our Lady of Sion in the Philippines, speaks to the media after her April 17 release from the Bureau of Immigration headquarters in Manila. Philippine authorities arrested the 71-year-old Australian nun for allegedly engaging in illegal political activities. (CNS photo/Romeo Ranoco, Reuters)

Philippine church groups launch network to support Australian nun

Posted by - May 5, 2018
MANILA, Philippines (CNS) — Church groups in the Philippines have launched a support network for Sister Patricia Fox, an Australian missionary nun who has been ordered to leave the country…
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