Pope: Humanity can be dangerously spellbound by hi-tech progress
IMAGE: CNS photo/Rafael Marchante, Reuters By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Technology holds the potential to benefit all of humankind, but it also poses risky and unforeseen results, Pope Francis said. The rapid evolution of increased technological capacities, for example with artificial intelligence and robotics, creates a "dangerous enchantment; …
Obituary: Badin High mourning death of beloved teacher Joe DeAngelo
Joe DeAngelo had a positive impact on nearly every student who has ever walked the halls of Badin High School, and the school will not be the same without him. DeAngelo, a Marketing Education teacher who had taught at Badin for 52 of the 53 years the school has been …
Update: Pope: No more excuses; time for ‘all-out battle’ against crime of abuse
IMAGE: CNS photo/Reuters By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The time has come for an "all-out battle" against the abuse of minors, erasing this abominable crime from the face of the earth, Pope Francis said, closing a global four-day summit on child protection in the Catholic Church. For quite …
Archbishop Coleridge: ‘Copernican revolution’ needed to tackle abuse
IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican television By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Catholic Church needs a true conversion that places survivors, and not the institution, as the focus of its concern as it enacts measures to combat the sexual abuse of minors and vulnerable people, said Australian Archbishop Mark …
Pope, bishops look at what they have done, failed to do to prevent abuse
IMAGE: CNS photo/Evandro Inetti, pool By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In an opulent Vatican room designed in the 16th century for papal meetings with kings, a cardinal read, "We confess that we have shielded the guilty and have silenced those who have been harmed." "Kyrie, eleison," (Lord, have …
Bishops must see press as allies, not enemies, Mexican journalist says
IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Television By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — If they are truly serious about fighting clerical sex abuse, bishops must join forces with journalists and not view them as enemies plotting against the Catholic Church, Mexican journalist Valentina Alazraki said. Alazraki, who has covered the Vatican …
Lack of transparency harms church, justice, victims, cardinal says
By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Transparent, reliable and respectful administration is critical for counteracting sinful behavior within the Catholic Church, said German Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising. "There are no alternatives to traceability and transparency," he said, adding that he saw no convincing reason why the …
Church credibility ruined by silent hypocrisy, sister tells summit
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The hypocrisy of Catholic leaders who claimed to be guardians of morality yet remained silent about clerical sexual abuse has left the church’s credibility in shambles, an African woman religious told bishops at the Vatican summit on abuse. …
Daniel Rudd: A pioneering leader in black Catholic journalism
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy National Black Catholic Congress By Joyce Duriga CHICAGO (CNS) — With February being both Black History Month and Catholic Press Month, Daniel Rudd’s story is worth knowing. A pioneering Catholic journalist, he founded the national black newspaper the American Catholic Tribune and also was the founder of …
Vatican official urges reconsidering ‘pontifical secret’ in abuse cases
IMAGE: CNS photo/Maria Grazie Picciarella, pool By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Catholic Church should re-examine how "pontifical secret" is applied in clerical sex abuse cases so there is greater transparency in the cases and it is not invoked "to hide problems," said a canon lawyer and Vatican …