Page 43 - Sixth Commandment News Today

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has updated the procedures for investigating allegations of sexual abuse or the cover up of abuse, specifying that the leaders of Vatican-recognized international Catholic lay associations and movements have the same responsibilities over their members that a bishop has over the priests of his diocese. The updated version of Vos Estis Lux Mundi (You are the light of the world), published March 25, also expanded the categories of victims covered by the regula

Like bishops, lay leaders must act when certain abuse allegations are made, or they can face a Vos Estis process, according to the update.

Pope Francis on Saturday updated and permanently implemented Vatican regulations on confronting sexual abuse requiring abuse against vulnerable adults as well as children to be reported.

Pope Francis on Saturday updated and permanently implemented Vatican regulations on confronting sexual abuse requiring abuse against vulnerable adults as well as children to be reported.

Francis has underlined that ‘crimes of sexual abuse offend Our Lord, cause physical, psychological and spiritual harm to the victims and harm the community of...

The date 24 June 2022 was a momentous one for which we should give thanks to God – wherever we live. That was the day when the US Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade abortion ruling. The biblical conviction that every human life has dignity (because all are created in the image of God) lies at the foundation of the life-affirming medical ethic which has shaped Western culture for 2,000 years.

The U.S. Congress is debating shortening the official work week to 4 days. Here’s a look at how clocking in for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week became the norm.

Cathy Payne, Banijay Rights’ CEO, talks to World Screen Newsflash about consolidation in the industry, evolving financing models and the continued need for innovation and creativity.

Back on the stage at the age of 87, the fêted actress talks about how a director wrongfooted her while filming with the future 007

Archbishop Anthony Apuron, OFM Cap, governed the Church in Guam from 1985 until his removal from office in 2019.