Jury Selection to Begin in Philadelphia Archdiocese Scandal Case

"Jury selection begins Tuesday in the Philadelphia Catholic Archdiocese trial, a case experts have called one of the most sweeping sex abuse scandals in America."

The New Christian Abolition Movement

"Motivated in large part by their religious traditions of protecting the vulnerable and serving 'the least of these,' as Jesus instructed his followers to do in the Gospel of Matthew, World Relief and other Christian agencies like the Salvation Army are stepping up efforts and working with law enforcement to stem the flow of human trafficking, which includes sex trafficking and labor trafficking."

Catholic Leaders to Use Internet Against Pedophiles

"Roman Catholic Church leaders unveiled an Internet teaching project on Thursday to help clergy around the world root out pedophiles in their ranks and protect children from potential abusers."

Corruption Scandal Shakes Vatican as Internal Letters on Crony Contracts Leaked

"The Vatican was shaken by a corruption scandal Thursday after an Italian television investigation said a former top official had been transferred against his will after complaining about irregularities in awarding contracts."

Report: Hundreds of Catholic Clergy Sex Abuse Victims in Belgium

"Hundreds of sex abuse victims have come forward in Belgium with harrowing accounts of molestation by Catholic clergy that reportedly led to at least 13 suicides and affected children as young as two, an independent Belgian commission said Friday."

Pope Sees Sex Scandal as Greatest Threat to Catholic church

"The clerical abuse scandal represents the greatest threat to the Roman Catholic Church and the crisis was 'born from sins within the church' not outside, Pope Benedict XVI said Tuesday on a trip to Portugal."

U.S. Catholic Church Moving Faster on Abuse Cases

"Denver's handling of the Thompson case is the latest example of American Catholic leaders shifting from secrecy to greater openness, an attitude church leaders elsewhere in the world have been slower to adopt."

Vatican to Post Guide for Sex Abuse Accusations

"The Vatican has launched a new transparency strategy to deal with the sex abuse crisis, planning to post a guide for lay people on the Web to explain how it deals with abuse accusations against priests, The Associated Press has learned."

Scandal Tests Catholics’ Trust in Leadership

"As the sexual abuse scandal sweeps through the Roman Catholic Church in Europe and the United States, there are few places where dismay and confusion among worshipers strikes as deep a chord as here in Armagh, seat of the embattled cardinal whose fate has become closely entangled with the widening controversy facing Pope Benedict XVI."

Pope Accused of Failing to Act on Sex Abuse Case

"Pope Benedict XVI has been accused of failing to act on complaints from two archbishops in the US about a priest who allegedly abused 200 deaf boys."

Report: Catholic Clergy Abuse Claims Drop in US

"While the Roman Catholic church in Europe reels from a widening sex abuse crisis, the scandal that has plagued the U.S. church for nearly a decade is tapering off, a report released Tuesday says."

Child Abuse Claims Sweep Catholic Church in Europe

"It often starts as a voice in the wilderness, but can swell into an entire nation's demand for truth. From Ireland to Germany, Europe's many victims of child abuse in the Roman Catholic church are finally breaking social taboos and confronting the clergy to face its demons."

Louisiana Prison Gives Inmates Chance to Earn Ministry Degree

"Since starting the program at Angola, the Baptist seminary has begun similar ones in the Mississippi and Georgia prisons. Angola and seminary officials believe they are the only full-time, college-accredited programs for ministers in the nation's prisons."

Irish Bishop Resigns Over Sex-Abuse Scandal

"A Roman Catholic bishop in Ireland has resigned after an investigation into child sex abuse by clergymen accused him of ignoring reports of crimes by priests in his diocese, the Vatican said Thursday."

Experts: Bishops Covered up Priests' Child Abuse

"Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church in Dublin covered up decades of child abuse by priests to protect the church's reputation, an expert commission reported Thursday after a three-year investigation."