The new pope, Leo XIV, has something in common with many of his peers in the Catholic hierarchy. He’s been in positions of ...

Taylor: How do you see the election of a new pope shaping the direction of the Catholic ... clergy would have to report child abuse, neglect under proposal Taylor: Historically, the church has ...

But his service in the Catholic Church stretches beyond the ... an approach which aims to make the structure of the Church more inclusive and participatory. Leo previously said that it could ...

Survivors say Pope Leo must commit to transparency in investigations of priests accused of sexual abuse. His record on doing ...

A moderate who was close to Pope Francis and spent years as a missionary in Peru, he becomes the Catholic ... a key role shaping the Church's global hierarchy. His cross-cultural background ...

"I hope to be able to respond to [the challenges] with a healthy dialogue," said Cardinal Robert Prevost in 2023.

The new pope, Leo XIV, has this in common with many of his peers in the Catholic hierarchy ... handled such cases when he held positions of church authority in Chicago and Peru.

If there is one way to summarize Francis’ action while he led the universal Church ... the abuses committed by the clergy and, especially, their cover-up by the hierarchy.