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Some critics of the process, including traditionalists who defend an all-male clerical hierarchy, fear it could dilute the authority of the pope and bishops. Others have questioned how ...

The next leader of the global Catholic Church needs to put the issue of clerical sex abuse at the ... to challenge the hierarchy to elect someone who does not have the same history that Francis ...

He later took the dramatic step of ordering every bishop in Chile to offer their resignation, replacing a large section of the hierarchy. One of those survivors was Juan Carlos Cruz, who went on ...

A Vatican report in 2020 acknowledged errors by the Catholic hierarchy and found former pope ... offices might have destroyed files on clerical abuse suspects. The pope promised an “all-out ...

A Vatican report in 2020 acknowledged errors by the Catholic hierarchy and found former pope ... offices might have destroyed files on clerical abuse suspects. In December 2019, the pope made ...

The pontiff sanctioned top clergy and made reporting abuse mandatory, but victims said more can and must be done. In December 2014, Pope Francis established an international panel of experts to ...