Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI honored in funeral at the Vatican
Former CBS3 anchor Pat Ciarrocchi looks back on the tenure of former Pope Benedict XVI after his funeral at the Vatican Thursday.
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Former CBS3 anchor Pat Ciarrocchi looks back on the tenure of former Pope Benedict XVI after his funeral at the Vatican Thursday.
Reverend Dennis Sullivan, the Bishop of Camden shared photos with Eyewitness News of him and the Pope.
Parishioners at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul are praying for the former Pope Benedict XVI.
The current pontiff asked for prayers for Pope Benedict XVI.
The archdiocese says these churches won't be used for worship any more starting Jan. 23.
Abuse victims and their advocates said the law was a step forward, but not nearly enough.
New Jersey's attorney general launched a task force in September to investigate the clergy abuse scandal.
The grand jury report identified 300 "predator priests" who allegedly molested more than 1,000 children in six Pennsylvania dioceses.
The subpoenas follow a state grand jury report in August that detailed hundreds of allegations of children being sexually abused by 300 "predator priests" in dioceses across Pennsylvania.
With the resignation, Wuerl becomes the most prominent head to roll in the scandal roiling the Catholic Church after his predecessor as Washington archbishop, Theodore McCarrick, was forced to resign as cardinal over allegations he sexually abused at least two minors and adult seminarians.
A former church youth leader has been indicted on more than 100 crimes against children.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro hosts a roundtable discussion on clergy sex abuse within the Catholic Church.
The lawsuit filed Monday in Pittsburgh comes a month after a statewide grand jury report detailed sexual abuse allegations against more than 300 priests over decades in six dioceses.
Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said Thursday that he is establishing a task force to be headed by a former county prosecutor.
This comes as Pope Francis faces a call to resign over a claim he knew about alleged sex abuse by a former American cardinal and allowed him to serve unpunished.
In a speech Saturday, Pope Francis expressed "pain and shame" over the sexual abuse of children by catholic priests.
The report revealed at least 1,000 children were sexually abused by 300 priests in six Pennsylvania dioceses.
The ex-priest, Edward Ganster, went on to work at Disney World for 18 years.
The Church now teaches that "the death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person" and states that it will "work with determination towards its abolition worldwide," the Vatican said.
Bishop Ron Gainer issued a public apology Wednesday for the abuse and said the church's bishops shared the blame, having responded inadequately to all the allegations.
Pope Francis appears to be opening a door to a greater role for women in the Catholic Church, agreeing to study re-constituting a clerical office held by both men and women in the early Church.
It's part of the Pope's Year of Mercy in the Church. Msgr. George Majoros is the parochial vicar at Sacred Heart in Bridgeport.
In the case of the Zika virus, Pope Francis has suggested that women threatened with the virus are allowed to use contraception.
November 1 is All Saints' Day in many churches -- and parishioners at Saint Adalbert's Catholic Church in Port Richmond marked the occasion on Sunday.
Vatican observers say the synod exposed divisions among top church leaders over the approach to such issues as communion for Catholics who are divorced or those remarried outside the church.
